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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)

July 27, 2023

Using Templates in DEVONthink

Screenshot showing tutorials in DEVONthink's support assistant.

DEVONthink offers several templates for various purposes, including journal entries, Cornell notes, systematic filing systems, and much more. To demonstrate the templates and their capabilities, we have created a new tutorial for you. (more)

July 21, 2023

SummerFest: Great Apps, Great Prices

In the summer months, daylight lasts long and the warm evening air brings conviviality. And for many years now, we also get together with friends all over the world and celebrate our traditional SummerFest. Get DEVONthink and DEVONagent Pro for 25% off directly at the workshop gate and have a look at the other SummerFest apps with a similar discount. (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 6, 2023

DEVONthink 3.9.2

Screenshot of the Clip to DEVONthink menulet.

Today’s maintenance release of DEVONthink for Mac comes with an improved clutter-free web capture option, better detection of defective PDFs, an updated OCR engine, and more. (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 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)