Having your cake and eating it too

DEVONthink
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I think I understand the difference between importing and indexing into DEVONthink Pro 3. But - what if I want to do both?

I have a Documents folder on my iMac and an Archive folder in Mail. I want to have the files there and within DEVONthink. So that I may send a file to either folder on my Mac and have a copy (not a reference) sent automatically to corresponding Group in DEVONthink. Better, if I change a document in, say, my Documents folder and save it, I want the corresponding document in DEVONthink to be updated.

Is this possible?

Thanks.

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So that I may send a file to either folder on my Mac and have a copy (not a reference) sent automatically to corresponding Group in DEVONthink.

This is not possible without some utility or other means of automation.

Better, if I change a document in, say, my Documents folder and save it, I want the corresponding document in DEVONthink to be updated.

This is possible via indexing, not importing… or via some automation mechanism.

PS: Importing and indexing is covered in the built-in Help > Documentation > In & Out > Importing & Indexing.