When it reaches my Macbook, the Folder Action kicks off and the file is imported into DEVONthink.Īssigning the Folder Action to your newly created Holding Folder is a simple process. I use PDFPen Scan+ to scan the receipt, I rename with a TextExpander snippet before sending it directly to my Dropbox Holding Folder. Secondly, I find myself scanning and submitting business expense receipts from iOS a LOT. Why have I specified that this should be setup as a Dropbox folder? Well, firstly, any folder connected to a Cloud Service is fine (Google Drive, OneDrive, iCloud) - I just happen to use Dropbox extensively. We're going to be performing a 'lighter' (yet still powerful) OCR at an earlier stage, so as to rename the file effectively, however the final OCR will take place here.
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The OCR that will be completed in this stage will be using the ABBYY Fine Reader Engine, arguably the most powerful OCR software on the Mac and built-in to DEVONthink Pro Office. This folder is the final place files will reside before import into DEVONthink. It will perform a Folder Action that will Import a file into DEVONthink, perform OCR (Optical Character Recognition, making the contents of the document searchable) and Delete the original. Now this Holding Folder has one purpose and one purpose only. The first stage is to set up a Holding Folder. This script will Import, OCR and Delete the original file.
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I'm going to walk you through the setup I have employed to allow for the renaming of files with Hazel and subsequent import into DEVONthink Pro Office.ġ) All files downloaded to my Downloads folder (the default)Ģ) Hazel watches this folder and automatically performs OCR on any PDF files that appear, using AppleScript and PDFPen Proģ) These files are then renamed and moved to a Holding Folder I have in Dropbox.Ĥ) Using the built-in Folder Actions for DEVONthink, a script runs on all contents of the folder. While the statement above is largely true, a small amount of lateral thinking can, however open up some possibilities. Using Hazel to rename files isn't possible within DEVONthink itself. However, after reading various forums and listening to some of my favourite podcasts, it seems that the general impression is that you can't have a workflow that includes them both.
They are both amazing applications and I couldn't imagine having to live without either of them. I'm also going to continue on the basis that you know about the awesome power of DEVONthink Pro Office, the Database/Paperless Office/Finder Replacement/All round swiss-army-knife-type-storage-app for macOS.
I'm going to assume that you already understand that Hazel is an amazing application for macOS, that watches over folders in some form of virtual nanny-state, performing file actions on your behalf whilst you get that busy work done. Before I move on with this post, I'm going to make a couple of assumptions.
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