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How to Find Destinations in DEVONthink

September 9, 2025

Screenshot showing the search field in the Destination menu in the Email section of the Import sidebar in DEVONthink 4.

As your databases grow, you have more to choose from and navigate through when working in DEVONthink. Some menus can become quite long when displaying your entire database structures. But DEVONthink 4 makes this easier with a simple control. (more)

DEVONthink 4.1 Europa

September 4, 2025

Screenshot of DEVONthink 4.1 Europa's new scripting assistant.

Here’s our first feature release for DEVONthink 4 with new, flexible generative AI integrations, a new scripting assistant, enhanced AI image editing capabilities, and support for Cornell University’s arXiv service. (more)

How to Use Dictation in DEVONthink

September 2, 2025

Screenshot showing the macOS System Settings with the Keyboard section open, displaying Apple's dictation feature settings.

Apple’s Dictation feature has been a great assistive technology on their platforms. It can even be used for text entry in our applications like DEVONthink. Here are some ideas for how you could use it. (more)

DEVONthink To Go 4.0 Public Beta

August 28, 2025

Screenshot of DEVONthink To Go's chat popover showcasing a question to Claude Sonnet about objects passing the solar system.

In April we released DEVONthink 4.0 for Mac as public beta with the final release of DEVONthink 4.0 Copernicus in June. Today we’re starting the official beta test of DEVONthink To Go 4.0 with countless new features and improvements. Join in! (more)

DEVONthink as Archive for AI Chats?

August 27, 2025

Screenshot showing the title and part of the title image of the article in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
Source: faz.net

In many business areas, important knowledge — such as programming code or strategic considerations — is generated in AI chats today. But how safe is that knowledge there? Marcus Schuler addresses this question in the German-language newspaper FAZ and also highlights DEVONthink as a safe archive. (more)

How to Create New Groups in DEVONthink

August 26, 2025

Screenshot showing the Data New submenu in DEVONthink, with the new group command selected.

Groups are a core element in DEVONthink databases, functionally similar to Finder folders. They are an excellent way to organize your documents and information, and in DEVONthink, there are many different ways to create them within your workflows. Here is how. (more)

Problems with Security Certificate

August 21, 2025

Last week we updated our SSL/TSL security certificate. If you experience problems connecting to our sites or backend services, you can download and install the new root certificate manually. Here’s how. (more)

DEVONthink 4 at ScreenCastsONLINE

August 21, 2025

Screenshot showing the new video tutorial for DEVONthink 4 on ScreenCastsOnline's website.

ScreenCastsONLINE has created a new video tutorial for DEVONthink 4. In this screencast, host Lee Garrett shows you how to upgrade your license and takes you through many of the new features of DEVONthink 4 Copernicus, including the new AI features, versioning, and revision-proof databases. (more)

How to Reorganize Your Menu Bar

August 19, 2025

Screenshot showing the macOS menu bar. Below it is a floating second bar from the utility Ice and the Ice settings.

The menu bar is great place to access lightweight utilities, like XMenu or DEVONthink’s Sorter. However, it is also a limited space where chaos can quickly break out. We therefore want to show you a great utility that will help you clean things up. (more)

Discovering DEVONthink 4: Handling Email

August 14, 2025

Screenshot showing the Info Annotations inspector with a reminder set that automatically sends an email with an attachment, as described in the post.

DEVONthink is a place for all types of documents, including emails. In DEVONthink 4, we’ve improved email importing capabilities and the archiving of attachments, and there are new options for automated email sending. Here is what’s new and improved in email handling. (more)