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Fixing DEVONthink's Hidden Settings

October 15, 2024

Screenshot showing DEVONthink's hidden settings in a new window.

In addition to the regular settings, DEVONthink also offers some hidden preferences that can be accessed via the Help menu. Unfortunately, Apple has made changes to the way application help works, so these hidden settings no longer work that way. We have prepared a fix for you. (more)

How to Clean a Sync Location

October 8, 2024

Screenshot showing a log window in DEVONthink, reporting a successful cleaning of a sync location.

For some sync-related errors or when needing to modify an encryption key in DEVONthink or DEVONthink To Go, cleaning the sync data may be required. Here we show you, how to properly do this. (more)

Understanding the Release Notes

October 1, 2024

Screenshot of DEVONthink To Go's release notes.

When updating DEVONthink or our other applications, you might want to know what’s new and what we’ve improved? This is what the release notes are for, which we provide with every update to our apps. Here’s what’s in the notes and how they can help you. (more)

How to Extend Our Browser Filing Script

September 26, 2024

Screenshot showing a Finder window, which contains the scripts for Safari, including the script presented here.

There is a script for DEVONthink, that allows you to quickly save your open browser tabs as bookmarks into your database. Here we have a few extra tips on extending the functionality a bit. So for those so inclined to tinker, we hope you enjoy this. (more)

How to Save Your Browser Tabs

September 24, 2024

Screenshot showing a DEVONthink window with some saved links in the background and a browser window with an open web page in the foreground.

In our browsers, many tabs tend to accumulate, as most of us are certainly familiar with. Perhaps you would like to preserve some of these tabs, e.g., when you are doing a research? For that, we have a DEVONthink script available to file tabs from Safari or Google Chrome. (more)

How to Unencrypt a Database

September 17, 2024

Screenshot showing a Finder window. The Finder window contains the open disk image of an encrypted database, as described in the post. The disk image contains a regular database file.

DEVONthink’s encrypted databases are useful for keeping your private data, e.g., financial or health records, though they can be used for any purpose. If you decide you don’t need a particular database to be encrypted, here’s how you can unencrypt it. (more)

Search Multiple Locations in EasyFind

September 10, 2024

Screenshot showing multiple EasyFind windows open with searches in different locations.

EasyFind lets you search every corner of your Mac for files and folders that Spotlight might not find. Perhaps you need to run the same search on multiple locations and don’t want to reconfigure the search each time? We show you a workflow for that. (more)

Using Compressed Files in DEVONthink

September 3, 2024

Screenshot of Archive Utility's settings, set to decompress to the downloads folder.

A DEVONthink database can contain many different types of files including ZIP archives. But is this a good idea? We explore how to deal with compressed files in your databases. (more)

How to Reuse Groups and Tags

August 20, 2024

Screenshot showing nested tag groups in DEVONthink. Two of these groups are selected to exemplify the script we discuss in the blog post.

If you have groups or tags in a DEVONthink database and want to use them in another, you may have tried copying them. But this also duplicates the documents. We have a script for you to duplicate only selected groups or tags, leaving their documents behind. (more)