No access to DT webarchives if internet access is down

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I need some help understanding the webarchive functionality in DT.
I have captured a few webarchives; they list as xx kb or Mb in my DT list. So I assume the html code is in my DT database. However, if my internet connection is lost, I cannot access the webarchives :cry: at all.
I thought the whole point is to have my database offline, for whenever I need it…

Can someone please explain?

2

The web archive format of macOS/Safari has many flaws, especially in case of modern, dynamic web pages. Which version of macOS do you use, which web page did you grab?

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My OS is El Capitan, 10.11.5.
One website is rstatistics.net/1192-2/
Another one is svitsrv25.epfl.ch/R-doc/library/ … noreg.html

Thanks

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I did WebArchives in DEVONthink of theses and they work fine over here when I turn off the network access – other than, of course, the links to other sites do not work. But one wouldn’t expect links like that to work without web access.

5

Rudd, are you sure you have the latest version of DT? There was a problem with the previous one (I couldn’t view a webarchive without web access), but after the update, it worked.

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No, I noticed today there was an update of DT. I will definitely try if it resolves the issue.
Thanks!

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I installed the new version, DTPO 2.9.11. It still does not fully work. Here is an example: xkcd.com/1818 as webarchive.
I converted the webarchive in a pdf. One with internet connection, one without internet connection (shut down DHCP). The one without internet misses a lot of information. I converted the webarchives into pdf and subsequently to png for viewing here:

With internet.png
With internet.png832×616 99.3 KB

Without internet.png
Without internet.png832×521 52.7 KB

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Sure wish I could help, but I cannot make this fail.

Just now, I captured xkcd.com/1818/ with the DEVONthink Clipper from Safari as WebArchive.

I was able to view that capture in a database with, and without, the internet being active. No difference at all.

With the internet turned off I was able to control-click the background of the captured web archive (which was still fully visible) and chose Capture Page > PDF from the contextual menu. The PDF contains all the content of the WebArchive it was captured from.

No problems.

Using 10.12.4 and DEVONthink Pro Office 2.9.11