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August 22, 2023

How to Quickly Launch DEVONthink To Go

Screenshot showing the shortcut for quickly launching DEVONthink To Go.

When you’re working in DEVONthink To Go, there are likely items you keep returning to. To let you quickly access your most important items in DEVONthink To Go from anywhere on your device without laborious navigating, we’ve created a shortcut. Here is, how it works. (more)

August 15, 2023

How to Clip Web Content Inside DEVONthink

Screenshot showing a DEVONthink window with a Google search tab.

Clipping web content is one of the most common ways to get data into DEVONthink. But you may not know that you can clip inside our app as well, without having to switch to a separate browser. Here’s a simple way how you can quickly browse and capture web content directly in DEVONthink. (more)

August 8, 2023

How to Open Items with Keyboard Maestro

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)

August 2, 2023

How to Use Templates in XMenu

Screenshot showing XMenu's preferences.

If you often use templates in applications, for example writing business letters in Microsoft Word, our freeware XMenu can be useful for you. Here’s how to simply access your templates from the menubar. (more)

July 25, 2023

How to Use Focus Modes

Screenshot showing the settings for a focus mode for DEVONthink To Go.

Focus modes allow you to minimize distractions in different circumstances. This usually involves disabling notifications from certain people or applications. DEVONthink To Go also supports Focus modes and lets you filter your information as needed. Here is, how that works. (more)

July 18, 2023

How to Get Instapaper as RSS

Screenshot showing Instapaper's website and a contextual menu.

If you are using Instapaper for gathering resources in an online archive, there isn’t a built-in RSS feed available. If you’d like to have a feed adding these articles to your DEVONthink database, here is a simple way to accomplish this. (more)

July 11, 2023

How to Get Metadata from Crossref

Screenshot showing the Info inspector with some metadata in DEVONthink.

DEVONthink is a good place to keep your literature, because you can add a lot of bibliographic data as metadata. One source for such data is Crossref, and with a script you can easily import metadata from there to DEVONthink. Here is how that works. (more)

July 4, 2023

How to Use Default Smart Groups

Screenshot showing DEVONthink's smart group criteria editor.

Similar to the Finder’s saved searches, DEVONthink’s smart groups display items that match criteria you define. Besides the possibility to build your own smart groups, there are also a few default ones in DEVONthink. Here’s what they are. (more)

June 27, 2023

All Things Apple

Screenshot showing the Mactracker interface.

We are big fans of utility applications that excel at a certain function, apps that do one thing exceptionally well. Whether you’re shopping for hardware or just an Apple enthusiast, you should check out Mactracker. (more)

June 20, 2023

DEVONthink's Automation Options

Screenshot showing batch processing and script code in DEVONthink.

The beauty of the paperless office is that you can automate workflows. But maybe you are not familiar with all the capabilities of automation in DEVONthink or don’t know when which one makes sense? Here are the main options and when it’s best to use each. (more)