Hmm, at least, a nice example that you should test changes in the software with actually used systems, including low, medium and high use cases. After all, how much space do a couple of preview images require? Or rather, they considered a particular group of users, but did not consider the … more invested users. On the plus side, DEVONthink’s support was quick and helpful (without irony, these guys are really great ? ) and they informed me that there are plans to include an option to turn off previews in a future release. But the available iOS disk space did go down when DEVONthink on iOS started to create the previews. No idea how large each preview file is and how much space it actually takes. Perhaps there are other things at play here. But that includes backups of the database information. Looking at the size of the databases in Mac’s Finder, it would be 205.21 GB.
Hmm, thinking about it (short update after posting), I’m comparing the space of the data, not counting the database information itself. I had to remove a few databases and now carry only four with me. Sure, the space is likely used differently and you likely lose some space due to these differences anyway, but 50 GB for preview images?
For comparison purposes, the same four databases which take up 165.6 GB on my Mac take up 216.46 GB on my iPad. Suddenly, my 256 GB iPad got serious disk space problems. Seems strange - it’s only preview images - but it adds up. Unfortunately, pre-generating preview images does cost a lot of disk space if you have a lot of files. There are good reasons for it for a lot of users, as the iOS version now works better with the iOS files app (information from DEVONthink).
With iOS version 2.7.2, the iOS version started to generate previews. It’s a bedrock of my work (and private) infrastructure. It handles data much, much better than Mac’s Finder and provides a lot of functionality. It allows you to sync files on your Mac with your iPad or iPhone. Never say «OOPS!» always say «Ah, Interesting!»ĭEVONthink - the Mac App and it’s iOS version - is a great application.