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3.4.1   Applications That Support Capture

EagleFiler’s capture feature lets you import the current window or items from the frontmost application, just by pressing a key. The capture key and capture with options key work in these applications:

Arc Browser

Captures the URL of the current tab. You can also use EagleFiler’s service to import the selected text.

BBEdit
Captures the file of the first document of the front window.
Brave Browser
Captures the URL of the current tab.
Camino
Captures the URL of the current tab of the front window.
Cocoalicious
Captures the URLs of the selected posts, preserving the tags, description, and extended description.
Contacts
Captures a vCard file for the selected contacts.
Cruz
Captures the URL of the current tab.
Cyndicate
Captures the URLs of the selected articles, preserving the label and flagged status.
DEVONagent
Captures the URL of the front browser window.
DEVONthink
Captures the selected items, preserving the comments, tags, rating, URL, and flagged/unread/locked state for the specific items that are selected. If a folder is selected, the files and subfolders it contains will be imported, but they will not retain this extra metadata.
Endo
Captures the selected news items as Web archives, preserving their tags and importing the excerpts as notes.
Evernote
Captures the selected notes and converts them to RTFD format, along with their tags, attachments, source URLs, and other metadata. You can also use the Import ENEX File… command to import notes previously exported from Evernote. (Evernote 10 no longer supports AppleScript, so you should use the Import ENEX File… command instead of the capture key.)
Finder
Captures the selected files in the front window.
Firefox
Firefox is no longer scriptable enough to support the capture key, but pressing it will show you some instructions for importing from Firefox to EagleFiler.
Flock
Captures the URL of the current tab.
Google Chrome

Captures the URL of the current tab. You can also use EagleFiler’s service or the Auto Copy extension to import the selected text.

Hibari
Captures the URL of the selected tweet. (Direct messages are not supported.)
iCab
Captures the URL of the front window.
Iron

Captures the URL of the current tab. You can also use EagleFiler’s service or the Auto Copy extension to import the selected text.

Journler
Captures the selected documents, preserving the tags, category, comments, and label.
Keep It
Captures the selected files, preserving the tags, comments, labels, favorite status, and source URL. (Notes remain in Keep It’s proprietary format.)
Keynote
Captures the file of the front window.
Leaf
Leaf is not scriptable enough to support the capture key, but you can enable the EagleFiler Import extension in its Sharing preferences.
Mail
Captures the selected messages in the front viewer window. Tags, projects, and annotations from MailTags are preserved, as are the unread/flagged/replied/etc. flags from Mail itself. For more information, see the Importing Mail From Apple Mail section.
MailMate
Please see Importing Mail From MailMate.
Mailsmith
Captures the selected messages or mailboxes, preserving the message status, label, and notes. You may find it helpful to use Email Archiver to separate messages by age before importing them into EagleFiler.
MarsEdit
Captures the text of current post window or the selected posts, preserving the permalink and the published date.
Microsoft Edge
Captures the URL of the current tab.
Microsoft Entourage
Captures the selected messages or mailbox, preserving the message flags, categories, and projects. If you want EagleFiler to skip a message, you can assign it the category “OmitFromArchive”.
Microsoft Excel (2004 and later)
Captures the file of the front window (make sure that it’s saved to disk).
Microsoft OneNote
Unfortunately, the Mac version of OneNote does not make it easy to get your data out. You can either export one page at a time as a PDF or sync your data to a Windows PC and then use it to export everything at once.
Microsoft Outlook
Captures the selected messages or mailbox, preserving the message flags, read status, and categories. If you want EagleFiler to skip a message, you can assign it the category “OmitFromArchive”. For more information, see the Importing Mail From Outlook section.
Microsoft PowerPoint (2016 and later)
Captures the file of the front window.
Microsoft Word (2004 and later)
Captures the file of the front window (make sure that it’s saved to disk).
MindManager
Captures the file of the front window.
News
Apple News doesn’t support the capture key, but you can import to EagleFiler using the Share button.
News Explorer
News Explorer is not scriptable enough to support the capture key, but you can enable the EagleFiler Import service in its Sharing preferences and assign a keyboard shortcut to it.
Netflix Freak
Captures the URLs of the selected movies.
NetNewsWire
Captures the URL of the current tab, or the URL of the selected headline (if no tab is selected). If text is selected in a Web page, EagleFiler adds it as a note. If it’s starred, applies the flagged tag. You can also use the EagleFiler Import command from NetNewsWire’s Share button. (Capturing works in NetNewsWire 5 and NetNewsWire 3, but not in NetNewsWire 4.)
NewsRack
Captures the URL of the current tab and puts the selected text in a note.
Nisus Writer Express
Captures the file of the front window.
Notes
The Apple Notes application is not scriptable enough to support the capture key, but pressing it will show you some instructions for importing from Notes to EagleFiler. For example, you can select text in Notes and import it using one of EagleFiler’s Services.
Numbers
Captures the file of the front window.
OmniFocus
Captures the selected actions of the front window. The project, flagged state, and tags are imported as tags. The creation and modification dates are preserved. The URL in OmniFocus is preserved. The note is preserved as plain text, with any text styles or attached files discarded.
OmniGraffle
Captures the file of the front window. For best results, set OmniGraffle to save its documents with a Quick Look preview.
OmniWeb
Captures the URL of the current tab.
Opera
Captures the URL of the current tab.
Orion
Captures the URL of the current tab.
Pages
Captures the file of the front window.
Path Finder
Captures the selected files in the front window.
PDFView
Captures the file of the front window.
PowerMail
Captures the selected messages or mailboxes, preserving the message status and label
Preview
Captures the frontmost document.
Pukka
Captures URL being added, along with the title, tags, and description.
Reeder
Reeder is not scriptable enough to support the capture key, but pressing it will show you some instructions for setting up a toolbar button or a separate hotkey for importing to EagleFiler.
Safari and Safari Technology Preview
Captures the URL of the current tab and puts the selected text in a note. For more information, see the Importing From Safari section.
Skim
Captures the file of the front window.
SOHO Notes
SOHO Notes does not work with EagleFiler’s capture key, but you can import from it via drag and drop. For example, dragging a folder of notes from the SOHO Notes window to EagleFiler’s Dock icon will export those notes from SOHO Notes and import them into EagleFiler.
SubEthaEdit
Captures the file of the front window.
TextEdit
Captures the file of the front window.
TextMate
Captures the file of the front window.
TextWrangler
Captures the file of the first document of the front window.
Together
Captures the selected files, preserving the tags, comments, labels, and ratings.
Unread
Unread doesn’t support the capture key, but you can import to EagleFiler using the Share button.
Vesper
From Vesper on iOS, you can export to iCloud Drive. Then select the Vesper Export ƒ folder in the Mac Finder and press the capture key.
Vienna
Captures the URL of the last selected post.
Vivaldi
Captures the URL of the current tab.
WebKit Nightly
See description for Safari.
WebnoteHappy
Captures the selected URLs as Web archives, preserving the tags and notes.
Yojimbo
Captures the selected items, preserving the tags, labels, flagged state, and comments.

For applications that are not listed here, there are many other ways to import. For applications that support AppleScript, you can add EagleFiler capture support by writing capture scripts.

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