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How to Use Local AI in DEVONthink To Go

July 14, 2026

Screenshot showing the server settings of LM Studio, so it can be accessed on the network.

When using AI on mobile devices, you typically access cloud services like. You can’t run a full local model on an iPhone today, but you can run one on your Mac and connect DEVONthink To Go to it. Here is how that works. (more)

How to Create a New Account on Your Mac

July 7, 2026

Screenshot showing the macOS dialogue for creating a new user account.

When you get a new Mac, your user account gets set up for day-to-day use. But adding a second user account has some real benefits. And while it may sound complicated, it is straightforward to do. Here we show you how to do this and why. (more)

How DEVONthink Keeps You in Control

June 30, 2026

Screenshot showing DEVONthink’s smart rule editor, showing a smart rule that uses the On Demand event trigger.

You might assume that apps will do certain things automatically. However, many decisions are yours to make, not the app’s. We prefer clear opt‑in controls rather than hidden opt‑outs. Here are a few optional things that are up to your control in DEVONthink or DEVONthink To Go. (more)

How to Schedule Tasks in DEVONthink

June 23, 2026

Screenshot showing Annotations inspector, displaying a weekly reminder scheduled for every other Friday.

Reminders are one way to automate work in DEVONthink. They let you set exact times, days, and well-defined recurrences for certain time-based actions like playing a sound, opening a document, or even running a script. Here is how that works. (more)

How to Use Sheets in DEVONthink

June 16, 2026

Screenshot showing the sheet creation dialog of DEVONthink.

DEVONthink lets you use several common file formats: PDF documents for reading, RTF or Markdown for note taking, and many more. But if you need to record information in a spreadsheet-style format, we also have a native format for that: sheets. Here is how to use it in DEVONthink. (more)

How to Scan in DEVONthink To Go

June 9, 2026

Screenshot showing an iPhone’s Home Screen displaying DEVONthink To Go's application context menu with the New Scan command highlighted.

DEVONthink To Go lets you scan documents directly into your database. You can capture single pages or multi-page documents and even make them fully searchable. Here is how to do it. (more)

How to Migrate from DEVONthink 2 to 4

June 2, 2026

A robot carrying files from an old and dusty filing cabinet to a desk with a MacBook showing the DEVONthink 4 logo.

Very soon, macOS will no longer support Intel Macs. Upgrading hardware is also a good impetus to upgrade DEVONthink. If you’re running the Pro or Pro Office editions of the 2.x line, here is the smoothest migration path to version 4. (more)

Introducing DEVONthink's MCP Server

May 26, 2026

DEVONthink's MCP server settings panel

MCP (Model Context Protocol) is a mechanism that allows AI assistants to communicate with apps to accomplish tasks for you. On macOS Sequoia and later, DEVONthink now has its own MCP support built-in that lets your preferred AI agent access and work with your databases. (more)

How to Use Text-Based Metadata

May 19, 2026

Screenshot showing DEVONthink’s Data inspector, containing text-based custom metadata.

If you use custom metadata in DEVONthink Pro and Server or DEVONthink To Go, you’ve probably used text-based attributes like Single-Line Text. But have you ever wondered about the various text types and their differences? Here is an overview. (more)

Unifying Elements in DEVONthink

May 12, 2026

Screenshot showing a DEVONthink window displaying DEVONthink's Navigate sidebar with unified tags and non-unified databases and Inboxes.

DEVONthink’s unified elements collect all inboxes and Tags groups from your open databases in one place in the Navigate sidebar, making it easy to find what you need. Here is how to unify different elements in DEVONthink and what that does. (more)