Maybe that can be scripted?
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That would be great @chrillek !
I am new to DEVONthink and have not worked with scripts, but that would solve my issue.
I donât have Adobe Acrobat. Thereâs online documentation available at Adobeâs site and a quite old example elsewhere. Iâm sure Google will provide more information on that.
Update: Thereâs also a thread here.
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This is background information (or background noise). It wonât solve the problem, but itâs interesting.
You can create a low quality profile in the ColorSync utility.
Open the PDF in Preview and then choose âFile->exportâ (not export to PDF, just export).
Set the export format to PDF and choose your low quality ColorSync filter in the âquartz filterâ field.
That will reduce the size of a bloated PDF some, but wonât get all the worms back in the small economy size can.
I keep wanting to look closer with Pythonâs PDF library, but between training, a panicked rush to find a job, and hipster sloth, I havenât gotten to it yet.
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Itâd be good if you could provide an example of such a PDF
Hi @Silverstone ,
Thanks for looking into this! I have uploaded two versions of a pdf; both compressed and OCRed in Adobe Acrobat, but only one opened in DEVONthink.
Mileti et al. (1975) after annotation in DEVONthink.pdf (14.3 MB) Mileti et al. (1975) compressed in Adobe Acrobat.pdf (2.0 MB)
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I confirm that after annotating (changing) PDF and saving in DT - PDF gets 15 Mb from 2 Mb.
The best workaround I see - is do not do any changes in DT - do them in PDF Expert e.g. or Acrobat. After saving there file remains 2 Mb. In DT you may change any metadata, including custom. But do not touch PDFâs own metadata via DT
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Thanks for checking! Perhaps this is something for the development team to look into, since other programmes (e.g. Preview and PDF Expert) seems to be able to maintain the file size. Just as @BLUEFROG suggested. I keep my fingers crossed that it is possible to solve for DT, as that would simplify my workflow significantly.
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