The first three options are perfectly reasonable, and lead to PDF’s that you can store and won’t change. Again, please don’t use this…I’ll tell you why below, but using it led to this solution. Web Internet Location (Also known as a bookmark).The PDF will then go into the general inbox. You can get this from the System Print Dialog. You can then use the share sheet to get the PDF into DevonThink, or drag and drop from Finder, Forklift, or any other file utility. You can get this from the System Print Dialog if you have Acrobat Standard or Pro. Otherwise, drag and drop the PDF from Finder, Forklift, or your favorite file utility into the desired database. In iOS and iPadOS, you can select the database from the share sheet menu. You then use the share sheet to get the PDF into DevonThink. MacOS, iOS and iPadOS have various ways of doing this without having to resort to the next option. There are several ways to save a particular webpage into DevonThink: This will take a little explanation before I tell you the trick, but you may learn something about all the different ways to get content into DevonThink in the meantime. And some in particular are so bad that the widgets used on the website bleed over into the content. There are some websites that can create ugly printouts because of the CSS (cascading style sheets) that the website uses (I won’t mention any names… Faculty Focus…). Fortunately, I’m in a field where using Macs isn’t really questioned, but many college campuses are PC-dominant for the most part, and one sometimes has to make an argument for using a Mac. I’ll just say here that DevonThink is one good reason to have a Mac, and in all seriousness, I did ask on job interviews whether I’d be allowed to have a Mac as part of my questions. I’ll include more about the why and how DevonThink is useful in other posts on the website. However, it helps *me* to keep things straight… But that’s not what this post is about. And there’s an argument to be made for that. I know that some people will throw everything into one database. At this point, I have at least 25 databases in DevonThink that include everything from notes on accessibility to vocal training exercises. Now I’m all in on version 3.” Not a direct quote, and he’s talked about DevonThink on several different podcasts. David Sparks said on one of his podcasts something to the effect of, “I had DevonThink 2, but I wasn’t sure how to use it. So I’ve gone pretty much all in on DevonThink 3.
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