There's also an Obsidian plugin called DEVONlink which can further help with this. I.e., if opening the said PDF, the backlink pane of DevonThink will show me that there is a backlink from Obsidian.
Devonthink to go features pdf#
If I link a PDF from DevonThink in Obsidian as discussed above, this additional setup will allow me to see it in the backlink pane of DevonThink. Using this, the Obsidian data will show up and sync through DevonThink.Īs another neat feature, it will allow backlinks to work in DevonThink. Another neat trickĪnother cool workflow I found with newer DevonThink versions is including your Obsidian database as an indexed folder ( File > Index Files and Folders). Thus, it won't work, if you rename the file or move it. In contrast, the Obsidian link just plainly links to a file. It will actually still work if you move the file or change its name. One thing to note: The DevonThink link uses some kind of hashing and is unique in your database. If you right-click > Copy Obsidian URL in Obsidian, it will copy a link like this, which can be copied into Devonthink: obsidian://open?vault=vaultname&file=YourFile The same thing also works the other way around. This should work on all plattforms with DevonThink installed and the same databases available, including iOS (with Obsidian Mobile + DevonThink To Go) If clicked, it will open DevonThink with the corresponding file. Thus, I can copy the itemlink in DevonThink ( right-click > Copy Item Link) and link it in Obsidian with a standard linking syntax: (x-devonthink-item://.) In my case, I mostly want to link materials archived inside DevonThink in some Obsidian note. Luckily, DevonThink and Obsidian make this relatively easy. It is very hard to actually connect contents in different apps. One problem when using multiple apps is interconnectivity. Mostly it's a garbage dump with excellent full-text search, so I trust the DevonThink AI features to find the correct files for me if I need them. )Įssentially, the divide is DevonThink = "random materials in all kinds of file types" whereas Obsidian is "structured knowledge I built by hand".ĭevonThink has very few structure, I only use a limited amount of tags and groups. PDFs and materials I receive from other people (e.g., presentations and handout from my students, literature from other researchers.Figures, PowerPoint and Word files basically all "source materials" of my own work.Meeting notes, project notes, literature notes.Why two apps? Well, I like to keep text notes (mainly "my own thoughts") and archived materials (both created by myself, but lots of literature, too) seperate. For knowledgement I am using a combination of Obsidian and DevonThink.
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