I’ve been looking through the forum for answers to this…I’m sure there are, but I think my question is so simple that I can’t see it.
I currently index my whole life from two Dropbox folders:
@Main @Personal
I like it this way because it pretty much reflects how I see my life: Work, Personal
With work (@Main) though, I have 3 main areas:
Teach (I’m a professor)
Current Research project (I write books)
Other (committees etc)
Right now, most of what I’m putting into @Main has to do with research. So I’ve been indexing all @Main into my Research DB.
When I move something into, say, the TEACH database–I either remember to replicate the file before moving so I don’t have to index again, or I don’t. Mostly I don’t.
Is there an easier workflow for me out there? Thoughts?
You index two folders and you want to move a document from one folder to the other? I would select the document in indexed group “A”, use “Move into Database” from the contextual menu. Move the document within DEVONthink to the other indexed group “B”, and from the contextual menu use “Move to External Folder”. Done: moved in DEVONthink, and moved in the file system.
Working as designed. If you do not want to index all the documents in a folder, do not index the (parent) folder. Just index the documents inside that folder that you want to include in your database.