iCloud PDF Increments
Posted: Sat May 02, 2020 7:35 am
Hi there
I have a frustrating quirk when using iOS sync, which appears to be an iCloud issue rather than Bookends but wondered if anyone has found a way around this.
Any time I Annotate a PDF in an external editor (such as PDF expert), the file name increments and Bookends can’t find it…or worse, if I Annotate in OSX, then move to iOS, sometimes I have two versions of the file which haven’t merged.
Any help or workarounds appreciated. I index the Bookends iCloud folder with DEVONthink as I have a workflow set up (from https://eggleton.co.nz/) to support my project’s literature review.
I have a frustrating quirk when using iOS sync, which appears to be an iCloud issue rather than Bookends but wondered if anyone has found a way around this.
Any time I Annotate a PDF in an external editor (such as PDF expert), the file name increments and Bookends can’t find it…or worse, if I Annotate in OSX, then move to iOS, sometimes I have two versions of the file which haven’t merged.
Any help or workarounds appreciated. I index the Bookends iCloud folder with DEVONthink as I have a workflow set up (from https://eggleton.co.nz/) to support my project’s literature review.
- I have my Attachment folder set up per the recommended settings.
- When I edit a PDF out with bookends (by double clicking on the paperclip) iCloud increments the PDF file name. The original file name was ‘Naslund 2008.pdf’ and after editing on mac PDF expert increments to ‘Naslund 2008 295.pdf’ and then on iPad version of PDF expert (launched via Bookends) to ‘Naslund 2008 113 19.pdf’
- This results in Bookends not being able to find the reference attachment across my Mac, iPad and on my iPhone and I have to reattach the file and rename it each time. Also, given there are two versions of the file, sometimes the annotations haven’t merged.