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March 4, 2025

A Word About Data Privacy

Screenshot showing the DEVONthink To Go settings with the Backup data to iCloud option disabled.

Any time you store your data on servers you don’t operate, you have to trust they will respect your privacy. But even if you feel fairly comfortable, it’s not a bad idea to take a few further steps to protect your data. (more)

February 25, 2025

How to Use Our Search Services

Screenshot showing DEVONtechnologies' search services in macOS' Services menu. The DEVONagent Pro: Lookup service mentioned in the article is selected.

The Services menu in most native macOS applications provides a variety of context-dependent, handy automations. Our applications extend this menu with powerful search features that you can use in your search workflow. (more)

February 18, 2025

How to Use Mentions in DEVONthink

Screenshot showing the Mentions inspector in DEVONthink. As described in the blog article, the inspector lists documents in which the selected document is mentioned.

Making connections between documents is an important aspect of researching a topic and linking information. DEVONthink offers several ways to do this, including Mentions. Here we show you how to use them. (more)

February 11, 2025

DEVONagent's Browser Inspectors

Screenshot showing the DEVONagent browser with the Linked Documents inspector open, which is described in this blog post.

DEVONagent’s web browser lets you view websites you have found without having to switch applications. And while it may not have all the features of major browsers, it has a very handy one: inspectors, which provide some additional information about the site. (more)

February 4, 2025

How to Backup Data From Our Apps

Screenshot showing a Finder window containing DEVONthink databases.

We are big advocates of being diligent in your backups, especially if your data is important to you. Full and incremental machine backups are a great idea, but you may want a specific backup for the data of our apps too. Here is, how you do that. (more)

January 28, 2025

How to Clip in Microsoft Edge

Screenshot showing the settings for the extensions for Microsoft Edge, including Clip to DEVONthink.

If your browser of choice is Microsoft Edge, you have two easy options for clipping web content to DEVONthink. We show you how they work. (more)

January 21, 2025

Downloading Our Chrome Extension

Screenshot showing an error in locating our browser extension in the Chrome Web Store.

With our Clip to DEVONthink extension, you can easily capture web content in Google Chrome. However, if you are having trouble downloading the extension, we may have a solution for you. (more)

January 14, 2025

First Steps with a New Device

Screenshot of a DEVONthink window showing a read-only database, indicated by the symbol of a small crossed-out pencil.

Have you just done a fresh install of DEVONthink on a new Mac and want to get it up and running? Here are a few things to check off your list. (more)

December 17, 2024

How to Access Your Last Destination

Screenshot showing DEVONthink's Go menu with

In DEVONthink, you move documents around, duplicate them, or capture web content and store them in a specific location. So that you can quickly continue working, there is a command in DEVONthink that takes you to your last destination. (more)

December 10, 2024

How to Scan to DEVONthink To Go

Screenshot showing the export settings in the Genius Scan iOS application, including the Save to Files app option.

There are many ways to scan documents with your iPhone. But what’s the easiest way to get scans from your favorite scanning app into DEVONthink To Go without the hassle of moving documents around? Here we show you how to scan directly into your database. (more)