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September 23, 2023

DEVONthink 3.9.3

Screenshot of selected text in DEVONthink and the Copy with Source Link menu command.

Today’s update for DEVONthink for Mac is, as always, not only a maintenance update with bug fixes and performance enhancements. It also improves quoting, working with custom metadata, viewing computer code in Markdown, and preserving image quality when running PDFs through OCR. (more)

September 19, 2023

A Relaxing Way to Work

Picture of a student sitting at her desk and with headphones on.

No matter how much you may enjoy your work, sometimes it’s just stressful underneath the surface. One option for relieving a little stress from your day that works for us are relaxing background sounds. Here are some options to explore. (more)

September 13, 2023

DEVONthink To Go 3.7.5

Screenshot of DEVONthink To Go's View Options menu.

DEVONthink To Go 3.7.5 is all about better thumbnail and preview management and performance enhancements. It is now also possible to export selected pages from a PDF to the Files app or, with drag-and-drop, to combine them into to a new document. (more)

September 12, 2023

Where to Store Your Databases

Screenshot showing database files stored in the Finder.

When you create a DEVONthink database, you need to save it to a specific location. In principle, there are many options here. Some are good, some others rather not. Here are the advocated options and things you need to know. (more)

September 5, 2023

How to Use WordService

Screenshot showing WordService options in an application's services menu.

When working with text, there are times you need to modify the format, for example, switching from upper to lower case. Or maybe you want to make sure that there are no duplicate spaces in your text. We have a freeware app that helps you with such little changes: WordService. (more)

September 4, 2023

Welcome Back to Campus

Part of the daily routine at university is being able to organize knowledge. That means taking notes, doing research, creating and managing documents. Our apps help you do just that. For a relaxed start into the new term, here’s a 40 percent discount, only until September 17th, 2023. (more)

August 30, 2023

Take Control of Your Paperless Office Updated (4th Edition)

Image showing the cover of Take Control of Your Paperless Office.

Joe Kissel from Take Control Books revised the ebook Take Control of Your Paperless Office to reflect today’s hardware and software landscape. This includes, e.g., current scanner models and, of course, our applications DEVONthink 3 and DEVONthink To Go 3. (more)

August 29, 2023

How to Use Multiple Windows on macOS

Screenshot showing App Exposé for currently open DEVONthink windows.

When working in DEVONthink, you almost certainly end up with several windows open at once, and even on larger screens you can easily lose track of them. Fortunately, there are some tricks on how to get an overview of your windows and how to find lost ones. (more)

August 22, 2023

How to Quickly Launch DEVONthink To Go

Screenshot showing the shortcut for quickly launching DEVONthink To Go.

When you’re working in DEVONthink To Go, there are likely items you keep returning to. To let you quickly access your most important items in DEVONthink To Go from anywhere on your device without laborious navigating, we’ve created a shortcut. Here is, how it works. (more)

August 18, 2023

Understanding Indexing Files

Screenshot showing the tutorial Understanding Indexing in DEVONthinks support assistent.

DEVONthink provides two different methods for getting data into your databases: importing and indexing. To explain what it means to index files, what you can do with them in DEVONthink, and what you should keep in mind, there’s a new tutorial for you. (more)