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We all want to work more productive in order to get more time for the really important things in life.

Personally, I think that time management and efficiency improvements have their limits and if not that the human has as he needs to sleep at some point.

Having said that, today I will show a secrete of productivity and how to improve your workflow.by automating tasks.



My secrete calls x-callback function and can be used for most apps using your MAC or IOS. You will be able to get rid of…

Question from Stephan on 10 April 2017:
Dear Steffi, a couple of weeks ago I have noticed your blog on Lars Bobach where I read your article with great interest. My next step is towards to "own Cloud" and I like to use ZoomNotes as I am really satisfied with all the possibilities available using my Synology disc station and WebDav.
I have followed your tutorial "ZoomNotes: An underestimated software..." and tried to create a new document and import another (from WebDav). However, in the import…

Some of you might think I already dream of ZoomNotes :-) But it is really the only one which is that mighty and supportive with WebDav to create, manage and sort your handwritten notes, essays or any other type of notes, homework or presentation.
The options available to you are almost endless and you can do it the way you like!



There are many settings in ZoomNotes, which makes your workflow much easier - and as Germans do : more efficient :-). Did you know that you can sort the left and…

AirMail has released update 3.2.5 and implemented the DTPO integration!


The biggest news today is AirMail's Update with the integration to DevonThinkProOffice. Now, you can work even smarter with AirMail and DTPO together without going through a folder! AirMail will use x-callback-URL to provide the necessary data. Meaning there is no doubling in emails but a great advantage of searching and manage your data by DTPO.






Update now to the latest version of AirMail and test for yourself!…

Sure, it has to do with trust to enter into a quiz. Therefore, thank you very much for entering and your trust in me!
Now to the winners:

These are

Els, Stephan und Matt.

Actually, I aimed for 13 winners but …. Well, I am a positive person therefore I am happy for my winners at my Easter Special Raffle.
What are the prices?

Well, all three winners have scored well and therefore they can looking forward to:
Els - Congratulations!

One licence of each:

ZoomNotes (IOS)

BusyCal (IOS)…

ZoomNotes has published Update 7.1.26 which includes new features.
First New Feature

Now, you can work with your "Mozbii Colorpilar" stylus in ZoomNotes directly! This is a stylus there you are able to capture colours from your environment such as "Flowers in a garden" and use exactly this colour to do your handwritten notes or drawings.
Second New Feature

This feature is not really obvious but, in my eyes it is vast improvement for the Auto-Backup-Feature available. It is now possible to…

First I tell you that DevonThinkOfficePro (DTPO) and DevonThinkToGo can handle all sorts of data and now I come up with conversion of data…
Conversion of data has two main uses:


Gives user a better overview and layout
more possibilities of layout designs.
An email in a file format *.eml can be searched and indexed - no issue at all until a human is looking for some attachments :-) There are now two options to solve this problem:


Open file in an email program / app
or convert into a…

Recently, I have read a post / tip and wondered that there are so many IOS user who do not know that there are some hidden features in their devices.

I was really astonished about this and could not hardly believe it. However, I thought it would be a good idea to show you every now and then some of the hidden features under MAC and IOS. This will give you the possibility to enhance your workflow with your own cloud.

Did you know that you can create PDF files easily with IOS? No?
Since IOS 9…

This is the first of four tutorials about the DS716 II (Synology) in which I will show you :

Make your DS able to work with WebDav and get it into the Internet

Advanced Security (Part II [URL:https://www.steffiscloud.com/index.php/en/ii-tutorial-ds-essential-security-tips-your-cloud/])

Let Fritzbox do the job

Synchronisation between DevonThinkProOffice, DevonThinkToGo and DS716 II.


The background of these tutorials are that I currently help one of my readers to setup WebDav and fulfil his…

Hello and Welcome to my new post about ZoomNotes and how you will be able to do all your text and handwritten notes within 10 minutes! Further to this, you will see how fast you can export your notes into other apps like DTPO or DTTG.
In my first article [URL:https://www.steffiscloud.de/index.php/en/zoomnotes-handwritten-notes-underestimated-software/] about ZoomNotes I have shown you the most important settings. I hope, that you were able to go with my tutorial and you are now ready for your…

I am very happy and excited to announce that:
ZoomNotes

joined Steffi's Cloud as a new partner.

ZoomNotes, developed by Deliverance Software, England is the best note taking app for your own cloud. There are several posts published and some help articles available. I am very happy, that ZoomNotes will support my readers to fulfil there dream of their own cloud.

You will see this software in other and future articles too just because of the fact, that ZoomNotes is the only software - I know…

DevonThink [URL:https://shop.devontechnologies.com/affiliate.php?ACCOUNT=DEVONTEC&AFFILIATE=92927&PATH=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.devontechnologies.com%2Fde%2Fprodukte%2Fdevonthink.html]ProOffice (DTPO) is a mighty tool and very flexible to use. There are loads of possibilities to change to your own needs and workflow in your own cloud. Today, we will sync all your data within 10 minutes.

With it's "little" brother DevonThink ToGo (DTTG) and DTPO you will have everything you need to have all your data…

My first impression of ZoomNotes was it will be easy to use it and I will be able within one or two hours to work with all the component. At the second glimpse I was not so sure about any more and the third had shown me there will be a steep learning curve ahead. I wanted to have a note taking app for my handwritten notes with loads of features such as import and export. More importantly, it should be able to work with WebDav for my own cloud.



The developer are located in England / UK and do…

Since the update from Synology for all NAS it is much easier to implement WebDav and HTTPS within your owncloud.
What is WebDav?



Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning - Thanks very much! and now?



In short: WebDav connects to a user as a hard drive would be directly connected to his/hers computer. It is also the core basis of CardDav and CaldDav protocol.



Why should I use WebDav ?



Well, there are Internet connections almost everywhere available today and WebDav has its…