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Where to Store Your Databases

September 12, 2023

Screenshot showing database files stored in the Finder.

When you create a DEVONthink database, you need to save it to a specific location. In principle, there are many options here. Some are good, some others rather not. Here are the advocated options and things you need to know. (more)

How to Use WordService

September 5, 2023

Screenshot showing WordService options in an application's services menu.

When working with text, there are times you need to modify the format, for example, switching from upper to lower case. Or maybe you want to make sure that there are no duplicate spaces in your text. We have a freeware app that helps you with such little changes: WordService. (more)

How to Use Multiple Windows on macOS

August 29, 2023

Screenshot showing App Exposé for currently open DEVONthink windows.

When working in DEVONthink, you almost certainly end up with several windows open at once, and even on larger screens you can easily lose track of them. Fortunately, there are some tricks on how to get an overview of your windows and how to find lost ones. (more)

How to Quickly Launch DEVONthink To Go

August 22, 2023

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)

How to Clip Web Content Inside DEVONthink

August 15, 2023

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)

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 Use Templates in XMenu

August 2, 2023

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)

How to Use Focus Modes

July 25, 2023

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)

How to Get Instapaper as RSS

July 18, 2023

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)

How to Get Metadata from Crossref

July 11, 2023

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)