Create file in indexed folder to be accessible in Finder.app

[Nucleophilicrxn]

I can make files in an indexed database, but they do not sync to the actual folder (accessible in Finder.app). Is there a way to create a file in an indexed database and have it synced to the actual folder to be accessible in Finder.app?

Thanks!

[Bill_DeVille]

If the document is within an Indexed group, Control-click on it and choose the contextual menu option, Move to External Folder. The item will be removed from the database to the external folder in the Finder, then Indexed back to the database.

[Nucleophilicrxn]

Awesome, thanks! So I’m guessing I could probably make/find an AppleScript that will automate this?

@Bill_DeVille

If the document is within an Indexed group, Control-click on it and choose the contextual menu option, Move to External Folder. The item will be removed from the database to the external folder in the Finder, then Indexed back to the database.

[BLUEFROG]

Use the deconsolidate command in AS.

[korm]

@Nucleophilicrxn

Awesome, thanks! So I’m guessing I could probably make/find an AppleScript that will automate this?

Please see this thread

Tip: Accessing/Editing Documents Outside of DEVONthink

A recent discussion in the DEVONthink To Go forum inquired about making available on Dropbox a sub-set of documents from a database where the documents are contained (imported) into the database. The documents need be available on Dropbox for editing/annotation in other applications/operating systems. Ideally, the external changes would then be updated in the database while maintaining the documents’ metadata and location/replication in the database. The following workflow accomplishes these go…

As Greg mentions in the referenced thread, it is now easier to use Move to External Folder than the triggered script I wrote a long time ago, because triggered scripts are not truly unattended. But you could make the script syntax changes Greg describes if you really want to update the script for 2.7.x

[BLUEFROG]

And just my two cents… I still do use a triggered script with a deconsolidate command.