What files don't you store in DEVONthink Pro ?

DEVONthink Tips
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I’m in the process of organising my databases.

So here’s a question for those of you who are more experienced and have worked out a thing or two.

What kind of files don’t you store in DEVONthink (and why not)?

Perhaps we could offer Kudos if not prizes for best answers in various categories!

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I don’t store:

  • Anything in /Applications - I can’t think of why I’d want to keep them in DEVONthink
  • Archives (.zip, etc.) - DEVONthink can’t access their content, so there’s no value for me in having them in the database
  • OPML - because DEVONthink explodes them into individual documents for each level, which isn’t useful at all
  • Anything in /System and most things in /Library or ~/Library - too dangerous – DEVONthink doesn’t warn about moves, changes, or deletions; the exception is script or template files
  • Anything that doesn’t relate to my work or private projects - I don’t need DEVONthink to reproduce Spotlight or file system browsers
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That’s a great answer, Korm, thanks for the tips -

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I’m currently leaving out a number of web assets - things I use in making websites, such as templates, images and snippets. That’s because they are currently all in one place and I know where they are; because many are zipped up - and because I can’t think how DEVONthink would search for them. But perhaps tagged up?

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Anything that currently exists in another database.

Specifically for me all my pictures and scanned historical photographs tagging and metadata are stored in a Lightroom catalog.

Genealogical info are stored in Reunion.

PDFs that I plan to read on my iPad are in GoodReader because I like that interface better for reading.

Sheep Inventory is in LibreOffice Files and there no way to conveniently store them in DT although I’d love a way to at least view them on my mobile devices.