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I anticipate continuing to use DT as an archive of my own and colleaguesвЂ™ work. In my old job, I found that it was easier to Google for articles for background research than to find the on my own hard disk вЂ“ true even for articles I wrote myself! However, on the new job I find that Google is unreliable at finding the materials IвЂ™m looking for. I find that Google is much, much worse at indexing corporate marketing material than journalism. The value has been extracted and summarized in the article itself, which is accessible on Google. The nature of the work is that the source material is of little to no value once the article is done. Some people call the work I do вЂњbrand journalism.вЂќ Now I do content marketing for a tech vendor вЂ“ but itвЂ™s the same processвЂ“ 6-7 articles per month instead of per week, but the workflow is the same. Source materials consisted of typed notes, archived web pages, PDFs, Word documents, PowerPoints, audio and video files, etc. Every article was its own, self-contained project, with source materials in a separate DT Group. Until February, I was a tech journalist вЂ“ like the guys who write for 9to5Mac, ZDnet, etc., but in a different realm entirely. In this entry I talk about how I use OmniOutliner and DEVONthink Pro Office to summarize academic literature to lay the foundation for a literature review (or any type of written work, for that matter). I still think DEVONthink 3 worth it though and is, I would say my number one app. Summarizing Academic Literature with OmniOutliner and DEVONthink. I couldnвЂ™t put any more work into the tech so I understand how folk feel about learing curves here. I have reduced the writing and research tools I use and find that was a good idea even though I have Houdah Spot, I couldnвЂ™t get it to work with Drafts, despite some help from the developer and dropped that as a consequence. I canвЂ™t give that up either after all this time. Piles and вЂsort ofвЂ™ knowing where things were, my book library is the same in the physical world. It is now I always worked in a way, or mimics it. I know it can do much more but that works perfectly for me, I find nearly everything from Houdah Spot too. Hardly ever happens: again just how I work I think? I start a new one or pull anything back out if I want to do any work on it. I put notes direct into DEVONthink 3 but I hardly ever modify a note. I write though and вЂcomposeвЂ™ you might say totally outside it then store anything I used or wrote back into it. I am locked in to DEVONthink 3 now, I put notes in there and everything else. I really appreciate everyone sharing their perspectives on this forum. I have to say I am nervous to be outside of iCloud synch though I have a good 3-2-1 backup system and will ultimately want the вЂњTo GoвЂќ version for iPad Pro use.Д«etween my recent addition of Cardhop and now DT3, I am feeling good about 2021 workflows. The ease of email archiving alone is well worth the $199 Pro price. I am a legacy workplace Microsoft user so was using One Note, but really donвЂ™t like it. My old work flow of saving emails as pdfs and then filing in Finder was not good. Downloaded and purchased DT3 this morning after reading вЂњTake ControlвЂќ book another MPU-er recommended last night along with your two threads and a few others.ДЇor me, I have a few different вЂњjobsвЂќ/responsibilities and trying to keep track of too many emails, too many files, etc., has become a challenge. I have been in great need to revamp some workflows. The vast amount of organizational features is great for those conducting research and gathering data, and we believe DevonThink Pro is the best choice for anyone in these fields.Thank you for this thread and one from last year I found in the search.

Devonthink pro review full#

Bottom LineДevonThink Pro for Mac, if used to its full potential, will completely streamline and revolutionize most people's experience with their computers. Our documents also saved incorrectly on one occasion, causing us to lose most of the text we had written. Mixed performance: Using this application was usually a smooth process, but we sometimes experienced freezing when handling large folders and files. Those who are not fully familiar with computers in general will have a very hard time with this program despite the helpful support tools. ConsДifficult usability: Our first tests of DevonThink Pro were rather exasperating because of the steep learning curve of this program. We visited the user forums and noted that the majority of threads were constantly active and offered more customized support based on users' goals. Excellent support: This application can be very hard to fully understand because of its many abilities, but the included tutorials mildly alleviate this difficulty by explaining DevonThink Pro in great detail.