export items from Yojimbo's library without using Yojimbo

[Thomas]

Hi

I'd like to know if there's to get items out of Yojimbo's library when
I'm not running it.

For example, I want to make a backup of my library on a file server.
If my mac has a problem, can I get back what I stored in Yojimbo using
a Windows PC ? Is there a way to take the items out of the sqlite
library ?

Thanks

[cubic....@fastmail.fm]

I had a poke around Yojimbo's database file in sqlite3 a while back
out of curiosity. The schema didn't seem too bizarre and I'm sure, if
the worst came to the worst and you were unable to ever access a Mac
again and all the Barebones staff were eaten by crocodiles, it
wouldn't be hard to extract your data if you were familiar with
sqlite. I have no idea about encrypted items though.

[Jim Correia]

On Oct 15, 2009, at 5:47 PM, cubic....@fastmail.fm wrote:

> I had a poke around Yojimbo's database file in sqlite3 a while back
> out of curiosity. The schema didn't seem too bizarre and I'm sure, if
> the worst came to the worst and you were unable to ever access a Mac
> again and all the Barebones staff were eaten by crocodiles, it
> wouldn't be hard to extract your data if you were familiar with
> sqlite. I have no idea about encrypted items though.

The particulars of the database schema and storage types are an
implementation detail (that can, will, and has changed over time as
needs dictate.)

As long as you have access to a Mac, you can use the built in export
function to export your data to a common interchange format. Or you
can use AppleScript to export your data in any format you choose.

In the unlikely event that all of us were eaten by crocodiles (that
sounds like a painful way to go) and there were no more working
Macintosh computers on the planet, you'd need a working Cocoa
compatible stack to read some item types given today's implementation
details.

I've got lots of private document formats on my disk that have the
same "problem." While I do take other reasonable precautions
(backups), this isn't something I generally worry about. (When we're
down to only hundreds of working Macs on the planet, then I'll worry,
and start migrating my data.)

Jim

[Thomas]

Thank you for your answers.
I guess I'll have to convince my colleagues to use macs too.
This way I'll be sure that there is a mac around if mine fails.

Thomas

[Jason Davies]

you could always export it once a week and let Time Machine back it up
as single files.

[Veritrope]

You could use Evernote as your "Yojimbo Backup" -- and give your
Windows-using colleagues access at the same time!

I've posted a couple of AppleScripts on my site to help facilitate
import/export between Yojimbo and Evernote...

Links are here:
http://veritrope.com/tips/yojimbo-evernote-export
http://veritrope.com/tips/evernote-yojimbo-export

Kind Regards,

Justin