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- Wed Mar 16, 2022 10:33 am
- Forum: Bookends
- Topic: Much time needed to open groups
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2399
Re: Much time needed to open groups
The internal cache doesn't seem to have any effect. Yes, that's my impression too. One of my library contains 12,000 items. Still, opening a group doesn't last longer than 2 seconds. Dellu, how do you organize your groups? My references are all related to the humanities, where culture, history and ...
- Tue Mar 15, 2022 9:45 am
- Forum: Bookends
- Topic: Much time needed to open groups
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2399
Much time needed to open groups
I'm having 3233 references in my Library. I have many groups with a considerable number of subgroups, i.e. static groups, smart groups, folders and smart folders. Since it sometimes may take between 10 and 20 seconds to open a group, or even longer, depending on how many subgroups the parent group h...
- Tue Mar 15, 2022 8:49 am
- Forum: Bookends
- Topic: Can't create a keyboard shortcut for Formats Manager anymore
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1047
Re: Can't create a keyboard shortcut for Formats Manager anymore
I deleted all Bookends shortcuts in the System Preferences and created them again from scratch, and that helped.
- Tue Mar 15, 2022 4:14 am
- Forum: Bookends
- Topic: Can't create a keyboard shortcut for Formats Manager anymore
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1047
Can't create a keyboard shortcut for Formats Manager anymore
In the past I used to use the shortcut control+f for the Formats Manager which I created in the System Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts > App Shortcuts. Since I upgraded to v14 the shortcut has disappeared from Bookends, and now, in v.14.06, I can't assign any shortcut to the Formats Manager anymore...
- Mon Jan 24, 2022 12:54 am
- Forum: Bookends
- Topic: I need to know the total number of pages
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1777
Re: I need to know the total number of pages
Unfortunately I'm not very familiar with AppleScript. The example you gave will only consider the last publication item, but I need to calculate the total number for all selected references, or all references in a group, not just for the last one. Anyway, I managed to find the right script I was loo...
- Sat Jan 22, 2022 3:15 pm
- Forum: Bookends
- Topic: I need to know the total number of pages
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1777
- Fri Jan 21, 2022 10:50 pm
- Forum: Bookends
- Topic: I need to know the total number of pages
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1777
Re: I need to know the total number of pages
The best thing I can think of is to create a format that outputs the pages field That's a good idea. I created a new format and called it "Number of pages." For books, journal articles and reviews it has only one field, namely Pages range (p-). When I select references in Bookends and the...
- Wed Jan 19, 2022 1:41 pm
- Forum: Bookends
- Topic: I need to know the total number of pages
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1777
I need to know the total number of pages
Is it possible to show or find out somehow the total number of pages for a group or of selected references in the Library Window? I think this can be quite useful, both for private use (how long will it take me to read all the books in the group?) or for teachers who are creating reading lists for s...
- Wed Jan 19, 2022 5:55 am
- Forum: Bookends
- Topic: Great update of reference pane in 14.0.4
- Replies: 53
- Views: 13132
Re: Great update of reference pane in 14.0.4
I'm also happy with the restructuring of the reference pane in version 14.0.4 It's a great improvement! The "horizontal" pane is clearly structured and gives a good overall view of the fields, allowing me to see all relevant details at a glance. The "problem" with long custom lab...
- Mon Nov 01, 2021 2:49 pm
- Forum: Bookends
- Topic: Zotero is to Bookends, as Evernote is for DEvonthink
- Replies: 16
- Views: 11130
- Mon Nov 01, 2021 2:33 pm
- Forum: Bookends
- Topic: Zotero is to Bookends, as Evernote is for DEvonthink
- Replies: 16
- Views: 11130
Re: Zotero is to Bookends, as Evernote is for DEvonthink
Look at Lingbuzz: (https://lingbuzz.net) for example. […] When these kinds of sources appear, what I do is simply request a Translator. It doesn't take more than a couple of days to get a Translator. I am then good to go. I can understand that Lingbuzz is a valuable site for you as a linguist. Her...
- Sun Oct 31, 2021 4:14 pm
- Forum: Bookends
- Topic: Zotero is to Bookends, as Evernote is for DEvonthink
- Replies: 16
- Views: 11130
Re: Zotero is to Bookends, as Evernote is for DEvonthink
Zotero [is] best for collecting data. It seems you use Zotero for scouring the Web for references. If I don't completely misunderstand, this can only mean that you are looking for brand new publications not older than, let's say, one week. Such publications are not (yet) to be found in any library....
- Sun Oct 31, 2021 2:27 pm
- Forum: Bookends
- Topic: Zotero is to Bookends, as Evernote is for DEvonthink
- Replies: 16
- Views: 11130
Re: Zotero is to Bookends, as Evernote is for DEvonthink
I assemble and read PDF journal articles. Most recently, I read them on my iPad. I don't have an iPad, so what's the advantage of reading them on an iPad rather on a Mac with PDF Expert, PDFpenPro or Skim? What apps do you use to take notes, highlight text, etc. when you read a PDF on an iPad? Pape...
- Sun Oct 31, 2021 1:01 pm
- Forum: Bookends
- Topic: Zotero is to Bookends, as Evernote is for DEvonthink
- Replies: 16
- Views: 11130
Re: Zotero is to Bookends, as Evernote is for DEvonthink
So, what I do right now [is to] use Evernote as a temporary inbox to clip web pages precisely the way they appear on the web. What browser are you using? If you clip/save sites as Web Archive with Safari they should appear in DEVONthink exactly as they appear on the web. Evernote requires you to be...
- Sun Oct 31, 2021 12:57 pm
- Forum: Bookends
- Topic: Zotero is to Bookends, as Evernote is for DEvonthink
- Replies: 16
- Views: 11130
Re: Zotero is to Bookends, as Evernote is for DEvonthink
I use Zotero as a temporary inbox, to scrap references from the web. I finally move these references to Be for permanent storage and manipulation, if I need to do so. Zotero for Mac is actually restricted to MS Word, LibreOffice and GoogleDocs, so I guess you must be using MS Word. The problem is, ...