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DEVONthink's Content Inspectors for PDFs

May 20, 2025

Screenshot showing DEVONthink's Content Inspector, displaying a modified table of contents.

The Content inspectors in DEVONthink 4 are especially useful for PDFs, as they provide an overview of the document. You get a table of contents and thumbnails of the document’s pages. With DEVONthink 4, you can also customize a PDF’s outline. (more)

Using Local AI in DEVONthink?

May 12, 2025

Screenshot showing the AI section of DEVONthink's settings.

When it comes to AI in DEVONthink 4, questions of privacy and cost usually come up. In addition to the large commercial products, there also are smaller models that you can install and run locally on your Mac and use in DEVONthink. Here we show you these options. (more)

DEVONthink 4 Suddenly Doesn't Work

May 6, 2025

Starting the last week of April, DEVONthink 4.0 Beta 1 could suddenly ask for a license just. This is a bug in the first beta and we have already fixed it in the second beta. (more)

How to Get an API Key for AI

May 6, 2025

Screenshot showing a window of Anthropic’s Claude application with a request about API access.

In DEVONthink 4, you can use an external AI model like Claude or ChatGPT, e.g., to ask questions about your documents or generate images. For that you need an API key. But what is this and where can you get one? (more)

DEVONthink 4.0 Beta 2

April 30, 2025

Four weeks ago we’ve released the first public beta of DEVONthink 4. Today, we’re following up with public beta 2 which brings support for new AI models, new scripts, interface enhancements, and more. (more)

How to Interact with the XMenus

April 29, 2025

Screenshot showing the XMenu preferences and the contextual menu of a XMenu's menu.

XMenu is a free utility from us that lets you quickly access apps, files and folders, your home directory, or even small text snippets from your menu bar. It’s a handy little tool to save you time navigating around your Mac. We show you a few little tricks on how to interact with the menus. (more)

How to Get RSS Notifications

April 23, 2025

Screenshot showing DEVONthink's smart rule editor with the smart rule for rss notifications.

You can use DEVONthink as an RSS reader to subscribe to, read, and archive feeds. Here is a simple way to add notifications when you get new articles. (more)

The New Text Settings in DEVONthink 4

April 15, 2025

Screenshot showing two windows. One with a Markdown document, one with the editing settings in DEVONthink 4.

Do you use DEVONthink for writing text or taking notes? DEVONthink 4 has some settings that affect the appearance of your text to make editing text a little more comfortable. (more)

How to Get Help in DEVONthink 4

April 8, 2025

Screenshot showing the new Help viewer in DEVONthink 4.

We receive a lot of questions about the features of DEVONthink 4, e. g., “How does AI integration work” or “How do I use versioning”? In our new generation, we have completely reworked the built-in Help, making it much easier for you to access information. (more)

DEVONthink 4.0 Public Beta

April 3, 2025

After a lot of tinkering, working and testing, we can finally make it official: DEVONthink 4 is now in public beta. Welcome our new generation and its slew of new features and improvements, from the addition of generative AI to versioning, audit-proof databases, a completely rewritten web interface, new automations and much, much more. (more)