DEVONthink 3 Public Beta Now Open

Posted by Amontillado
Apr 26, 2019 at 02:33 AM

DT is clunky, granted, but it seems to be exceedingly reliable. I was completely addicted to The Brain, but I had some data loss.

I would have to say The Brain is more open than DT, since the XML that binds it all together is pretty easy to understand. I did some hacking around with it, but ultimately settled on Devonthink. At this point, when I want to keep a bunch of notes in a bundle, DT is what I reach for.

Does anyone have a feel for how safe the public beta is? I imagine it’s close to stable, or they wouldn’t risk it being seen. On the other hand, I have very mission critical stuff in DT databases. I’m a treasurer for a volunteer organization, and DT is my filing cabinet - sort of. I have an actual filing cabinet, and if DT evaporated, I would be able to continue my role, once I got past the gut-wrenching sobs. All my personal financial records are in DT, too, contained in a few thousand PDF scans over the past few years.

I keep, of course, lots of backups.