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April 27, 2021

Link OmniFocus and DEVONthink

Screenshot of the Learn OmniFocus website.

For many of you OmniFocus is a natural choice for managing your to-dos and projects. The folks running the great tutorial website Learn OmniFocus have updated their mini tutorial on how to integrate DEVONthink with OmniFocus. (more)

April 21, 2021

DEVONthink 3.7

Spring has finally arrived in Europe and so here’s our first major spring release: DEVONthink for Mac 3.7. It fully embraces Markdown editing on the Mac with WYSIWYG editing, file transclusion, and more. (more)

April 2, 2021

How to Get Data into the Global Inbox

Global Inbox shown in the Finder.

The Global Inbox is a core component of DEVONthink. Ever-present and useful for storing transient data or things you may not have a database for yet, it’s also accessible from almost everywhere on your Mac. Here are some ways to get data into the Global Inbox. (more)

March 16, 2021

How to Simplify the DEVONthink UI

DEVONthink window.

When people come to DEVONthink from other applications with simpler interfaces, the experience can feel a bit daunting. Just like a Boeing 777 has more controls than a Piper Cub — and a lot more power — more complexity in the interface is required to handle all that power. Here are some ways to set up DEVONthink with a more minimal UI. (more)

March 9, 2021

How to Take Notes in DEVONthink

Taking notes in DEVONthink with the Sorter.

Taking notes is a common activity in today’s information-intensive world. This need often leads to having many different applications to create different file types. While DEVONthink is an information manager at its core, it also has the ability to create a few document types suitable for note-taking. (more)

February 16, 2021

How to Customize the Toolbar

Window with toolbar options

As with any good macOS application, the toolbar at the top of any window in DEVONthink presents information at-a-glance and buttons for some common commands. Perhaps you often add rich text files to your databases. Or maybe you prefer to press a button to group and ungroup files. Here’s how to customize the toolbar to your own needs. (more)

February 10, 2021

DEVONthink 3.6.2

Screenshot showing opening screen of DEVONthink.

What would be CloudKit sync support in DEVONthink To Go 3.0 without its Mac counterpart? Say hello to DEVONthink 3.6.2 for Mac. Also in the box: extensive support for CriticMarkup, Mermaid.js, and a new app icon designed for macOS Big Sur. (more)

February 2, 2021

How to Use Favorites in DEVONthink

Favorites in the Sorter

DEVONthink has a special section named Favorites in the Navigate sidebar. This is a place you can put commonly used items for quicker access. It also has ties in with the Sorter for quick drag-and-drop to commonly used groups. Here is how to work with and use the Favorites. (more)

January 12, 2021

How to Use Placeholders

Placeholders used in a template

In DEVONthink, placeholders are specialized strings that resolve specific values on demand. They can be used to dynamically add data to documents generated via templates or file items in locations based on dates. Here are some ways placeholders are used. (more)

December 17, 2020

Join Us for WinterFest

Snowflake

WinterFest is the time when we come virtually together with other, like-minded software manufacturers. Buy DEVONthink or DEVONagent Pro for 25% off directly at the workshop gate and have a look at the other WinterFest apps with a similar discount. (more)