This can be achieved by adding the notes folder on the hard disk with File → Index Files and Folders…. One thing I changed to my previous DEVONthink- only workflow is that I use an indexed folder instead of putting my notes directly in DEVONthink. I won’t go into much more detail on how I work with DEVONthink, as this is covered in my previous essay, Zettelkasten Note-Taking Method With DEVONthink. Tags replaced all folders for me because folders and tags are interchangeable in DEVONthink. And I use countless tags (currently, 23507 different tags). The Tagging is incredibly fast and convenient, compared with other tools such as Evernote. The databases are automatically encrypted on external servers. Databases can be synced via Bonjour, WebDAV, USB connection, or cloud providers such as Dropbox, or iCloud. It allows any type of content to be stored, archived, sorted, and analyzed. Tools DEVONthinkĭEVONthink is a fantastic document management system. The following sections describe my workflow and how I integrate the various tools into my note-taking process. GitHub – Version-controlled history of all my note changes.iA Writer – Writing essays or longer notes.Alfred – Creating snippets (ID, or templates).Obsidian – Creating, writing, linking, and analyzing notes.DEVONthink to Go – Adding notes on mobile devices like my phone or tablet.DEVONthink – Holding all my reference material, synchronizing notes across devices, and easy filtering by tags.And as there is never one tool that fulfills all wishes, why not combine tools? I felt frustrated to not be able to have the features of both tools in one tool. It had tremendously improved after I first tested it. I gave Obsidian another try and was impressed. ![]() But as I use DEVONthink not only for note-taking but for archiving documents, or inspirational material, I found myself in a dilemma. DEVONthink or Obsidian? Both!Īfter using DEVONthink for a while, a few of its disadvantages for the Zettelkasten method became obvious: The linking of notes was time-consuming manual work, it is missing backlink and graph features, and the WikiLink auto-complete does only work if I know the note ID. This essay describes which tools I use for my notes and why. But since then, I integrated more tools into my workflow. If you want to learn more about the Zettelkasten method, I recommend the essay Zettelkasten - How One German Scholar Was So Freakishly Productive.Īs I wrote in my last essay Zettelkasten Note-Taking Method With DEVONthink I started my Zettelkasten in DEVONthink. And now I can see the first benefits of cross-linking notes. In this short time, my collection of notes grew from zero to more than 350 notes. I started 6 months ago to use the Zettelkasten note-taking method.
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