Thanks for the swift reply!
It makes sense now. I’d be really interested in understanding your workflow. And why you chose to go with Bookends instead of Zotero.
For me the issue is the following: I currently have different types of files (photos, word documents, scrivener files, notes, handwritten notes, book reviews, books, pdf articles, citations, tweets, safari bookmarks, etc.) in different places (HDD, Google File Stream, iCloud, notebooks) and no universal way of indexing them—which now at the beginning of my PhD seems to me like a major deficiency. Ideally I am looking for a way in which I can tag any and all types of files, group and regroup them according to themes or projects, and retrieve them at will (hopefully finding connections between things I didn’t consider together before). All while not having duplicates, and being able to access them across devices. For me this is now not only about DT, but also figuring out how and where I want to store and backup my files in general.
Now the first year of my PhD is over and I have to figure this out and get working properly. I also have to say that I’m rather scatterbrained and so I need a low maintenance protocol.
So if you have any tips that would be greatly appreciated!
(Btw I tried browsing your reply history so as not to be redundant, and your reply on this other thread is very intriguing: Creating a commonplace book with DevonThink?)