Thread: Managing a huge collection of PDF files
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Old 05-17-2025, 11:28 PM   #24
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Originally Posted by pmh View Post
My question is which approach to take - or what you are doing - for a large collection of PDF documents that do not really fit the "book" metaphor well - scientific articles, magazines, manuals ... accumulated over more than two decades.[...]

Or just use folders and the Mac OS builtin spotlight.

Or is there anything else that do not yet know?
Have you looked at Devonthink? It was pretty great when I was managing a bunch of academic articles/PDFs/etc. Looks like it's still being maintained and updated. It's pricey but powerful - depends on your needs.

https://www.devontechnologies.com/apps/devonthink
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