Exclude Indexed files

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Hi,

As some other threads have indicated, many of us have pdf collections that are indexed in DevonThink (I do this so I can keep pdfs in Dropbox and access them on Windows computers without DT). I have a folder for each text i read, and these folder have a mixture of rtf notes in them and an indexed pdf file.

I would prefer it if I could choose somehow to keep these indexed pdf files off the iPad, but still sync over the rtf notes. I have all the pdfs synced through GoodReader, so having them synced over with DTTG creates 2 copies on the (limited space) iPad. Perhaps an option in settings like: Exclude indexed files.

Perhaps there is some way for me to do a saved search in DT to create a way to exclude the indexed files in the Sync group?

**Update: I have created a new smart group that searches for “instance is not indexed”. I have put this group in the Sync group, but it does not sync any notes to the iPad. I have also tried replicating this smart group to the Sync group but also no luck.

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Smart groups don’t Sync to DT TG.

But you could create a new group and select and replicate the items in the smart group to that group. Then place that group in Mobile Sync.

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Hi Bill,

Thanks for the suggestion. Given my folder structure it doesn’t look to me like it will work. Here’s what I’ve got:

Reading Notes
–A
—Arthur
------note.rtf
------article.pdf (indexed)
–B
—Boris
------note.rtf
------article.pdf (indexed)

Creating a smart group that searches for non-indexed items ends up with a flat list of the rtf notes. The structure, though, is useful for me and I’d like it to be recreated on the iPad.

Is there a way to create a smart group that keeps this folder hierarchy?