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Understanding URL Schemes

October 28, 2025

Screenshot, that shows a Raycast window in which a Quick Link with a DEVONthink URL is being created.

We are all familiar with links to our favorite websites. But URLs, uniform resource locators, are not only used for web pages in a web browser. There are other specialized links that can be used with other applications, for example DEVONthink. (more)

DEVONthink Integration for Marky

January 23, 2025

Screenshot showing the webtool Marky the Markdownifier. It shows the Markdown text and the different export options, including Clip to DEVONhink.

Do you already know Marky, the Markdownifier? This is a web application that easily converts web pages into beautiful and clean Markdown. And now Marky has also received an integration for DEVONthink. (more)

Lyndon Drake’s Road to DPhil

August 24, 2023

Photography of Lyndon Drake wearing his academic dress and holding his certificate of graduation.
Lyndon Drake, happy to receive his second doctorate, this time in Theology from Oxford.

Lyndon Drake received his Doctor of Philosophy degree in Theology: Congratulations! We are honored to be part of his journey, since DEVONthink gave him a helping hand with his academic work. Here we share some of his thoughts and tips with you. (more)

How to Add Contextual Shortcuts

May 7, 2024

Screenshot showing shortcuts defined in the application custom shortcuts.

In macOS’ System Settings or Houdah CustomShortcuts, you can set up a keyboard shortcut to quickly open documents from DEVONthink in a specific application. Here is, how to set up the very same keyboard shortcut for different file types. (more)

How to Open Items with Keyboard Maestro

August 8, 2023

Screenshot showing a palette from Keyboard Maestro.

Even as our DEVONthink databases continue to grow, there are always certain documents or groups we deal with daily. Here is a way to create a launch palette in the popular Keyboard Maestro utility to quickly jump to an item in your database. (more)

How to Switch from Apple Notes

May 6, 2023

Screenshot showing the import menu in DEVONthink.

A popular application for making notes is Apple Notes. But maybe you would like to transfer your notes to DEVONthink, individual notes or all? While there isn’t a way to sync your notes with DEVONthink, here are a few options for copying your notes into our application. (more)

How to Switch from Evernote

May 3, 2023

Image showing an elephant walking away and a DEVONthink icon in the foreground.

Over the years, we have had many people migrate to DEVONthink for one reason or another. One application people have switched from is Evernote. If you are considering making such a move, here is how to switch and what to expect. (more)

Integrate Trickster with DEVONthink

July 6, 2021

Trickster and DEVONthink icons connected with a cable.

Our friends at Apparent Software added dedicated integration with DEVONthink to Trickster. Trickster is a little application that lives in the menu bar and lists your recently used files, neatly organized by file type and application. Here’s how the integration works and how you set it up. (more)

Link OmniFocus and DEVONthink

April 27, 2021

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)

How to Customize Bookends Import

October 13, 2020

Importing Bookends references into DEVONthink.

If you are using the Pro or Server editions of DEVONthink, you can import references from the popular bibliographic manager Bookends. Here’s how you can customize the format of the imported references in DEVONthink. (more)