This is an Apple Mac, iPad or iPhone Video Tutorial from ScreenCastsOnline: DEVONthink is one of the most powerful database applications made for the Mac. Unless you are up to the price, I see no reason to choose eagleFiler over Devonthink. I’d suggest the problem should be approached from the needs perspective—what are your requirements?Do you need something to organize files for projects or for research?And so on. I had been asking the same question for the last couple of days. Before EagleFiler, i had bought and tried Journler, Yojimbo, and Devonthink Pro Office, in that order, each for over a year. And the search function of TheBrain is surprisingly robust. But FoxTrot can be set to update its indices on a regular basis (by default, every night), and has ridiculously powerful search options. Generally, Devonthink is more potent than EagleFiler. EagleFiler is more straightforward, very robust, very very fast in searching. Evernote sync is easy. Yes, it is best if you have a place for it—a parent “thought”—but that isn’t necessary right away, as you can drag things into an “In Box” thought and organize later. An Introduction to DevonThink. And it doesn’t appear to have had any new features for years. Devonthink vs. EagleFiler vs. Keep It (x-post r/Productivity) Question. This is pretty much what my use of Devonthink was. This is then indexed by Foxtrot. If you don’t know what you want to accomplish to begin with, odds are you’ll buy the wrong thing because some guy on the internet told you what they like. If you use Keep-It instead of DTPO, why? And then download and try them by throwing real-world (your real world) problems at them.The cost is not in the software. I threw all my files into Devonthink and essentially used it as a repository of all my data that was searchable. Anyone who I remotely thought that would benefit who has tried it on my recommendation has loved it and found it life-changing, ultimately getting the information workers bundle (not sure if that's still a thing) with Devonagent. (I compared EAgleFiler with Devonthink years ago: didn’t check back to EF recent: so, I Winner: Journler, by far. The two work together amazingly well and have been around for ages.Yes, DevonThink is serious stuff. The discussion betweeen JM and SL about their relative merits fits my experience. The app makes it a breeze to store and retrieve information. It stores files and allows you to create new ones as well as see the information in different ways. The developer is very responsive and seems to take the security of your tags very seriously, just read through the forums and you will get a sense. I'm looking at DevonThink, Paperless, Yep, Yojimbo, Together, Evernote, etc. DEVONtechnologies develops DEVONthink, DEVONagent, and other Mac and iOS apps for document and information management and web research. I'm looking for a web clipper aka an "Everything Bucket" app.The three best ones that I've found on the Mac seem to be DevonThink, EagleFiler, and Keep It (previously known as Together 3).Do any of you guys and girls like and use any of these apps?Any insight into why you prefer one app over the others would be greatly appreciated.Devonthink has been around forever and works like a dream with devonagent. My collect all bucket is now Finder using Hazel to file files not modified in 5 weeks into an Archive folder by Year > Quarter. Although I own Notebooks for Mac and iOS, and despite desiring a cross-platform solution, I’m still relying on EagleFiler on my Mac, which I’ve used for 3-4 years as a DEVONthink replacement. Save Web pages as self-contained Web archives, PDF, or RTF files , including all the images, formatting, and the original source URL. I'm looking for a web clipper aka an "Everything Bucket" app.The three best ones that I've found on the Mac seem to be DevonThink, EagleFiler, and Keep It (previously known as Together 3).Do any of you guys and girls like and use any of these apps?Any insight into why you prefer one app over the others would be greatly appreciated.Devonthink has been around forever and works like a dream with devonagent. Favored "bucket" app - DEVONthink v. Keep-It vs. EagleFiler etc < Next Topic | Back to topic list | Previous Topic >. I finally settled on EagleFiler. Unless you are up to the price, I see no reason to choose eagleFiler over Devonthink. I would like to like DevonThink, but I still have fits trying to use it on multiple computers. Any advice about what is the best software to go with the Scansnap? DEVONthink is limited to whatever is in the currently open database. In EagleFiler, the smallest unit of analysis is an entire document, while Devonthink (I hope) has the ability to do quite a bit of highlighting, excerpting, cross-referencing, and extracting portions of a large PDF. Generally, Devonthink is more potent than EagleFiler. In this article I want to provide you a basic introduction to how we use DevonThink.. For the uninitiated, DevonThink is a “Smart Document Management” application, that helps you manage your information and helps you go paperless. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcutsCookies help us deliver our Services. DEVONthink is essentially a database for tagging and tracking all kinds of information. It lets you archive and search mail, Web pages, PDF files, word processing documents, images, and more. The two work together amazingly well and have been around for ages.Yes, DevonThink is serious stuff. EagleFiler makes managing your information easy. An pretty darn good info bucket is TheBrain. r/productivity: Tips and tricks for being more productive I need a web clipper and originally I was going to use Evernote but in the end I didn't want to sign up for another subscription service. EagleFiler can convert from Apple Mail, Microsoft Outlook, .eml, and other formats to the standard mbox format, and it’s designed to handle tons of mail efficiently.