Portable local file links in Macos

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Posted by Amontillado
Nov 25, 2019 at 05:46 PM

One of the reasons I’ve enjoyed Devonthink for even small projects is that I can use tags and file links. When DT syncs to another Mac, all the links still work, which is not typical of links in a MindNode file. They fail (and crash MindNode) when you try to follow them on another machine.

The limitation seems to be constrained to the filesystem. If I create a sparse disk image and put everything in there, a MindNode file with file links in the image will work on other Macs.

A link to anything outside the image will still crash MindNode. A shame.

Anyway, is there a better way to handle local file links across machines?

The need is to have MindNode (or other utility) contain a link to a local file, and have the link work after the files are copied to another machine. The files will be entirely on one machine at a time, using rsync.

Posted by Paul Korm
Nov 25, 2019 at 05:56 PM

Are you thinking of file:/// links?

Since those links are path-driven, their transport across machines depends on consistent path names (starting at the root) on both machines.

Posted by Amontillado
Nov 25, 2019 at 06:40 PM

Aha! My username is different on the laptop, so the path to my home directory is the inconsistency. I see a symlink in my future.

Thanks!

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