DEVONthink Pro Office 2.3.4

This maintenance release prepares DEVONthink Pro Office for the upcoming sync technology, introduces the new Activity panel, brings interface and usability enhancements, and fixes some minor bugs and glitches. It is recommended for all users of DEVONthink Pro Office.

DEVONthink Pro Office only:

  • Improved: Compatibility to eastern European languages.
  • Improved: Support for all versions of ExactScan.
  • Improved: Threading of imported email messages.
  • Fixed: Installation of Apple Mail plugin with ~/Library/Mail replaced with an alias or symbolic link.
  • Fixed: Creator and producer attributes of OCRed PDF documents.
  • Fixed: Size of date field of metadata entry window.

DEVONthink Pro and up:

  • NEW: Script Add message(s) & attachments to DEVONthink for easily importing both messages and attachments.
  • NEW: Support for categories of Atom feeds.
  • Improved: Opening multiple databases uses now one progress indicator.
  • Improved: Support for sheets, e.g. imported .csv files, with varying number of columns.
  • Improved: Scripts > Import > Del.icio.us no longer uses the discontinued keychain scripting. In addition it is able to download and set a thumbnail for the group again.
  • Improved: Encoding support for Add mailbox(es) to DEVONthink and Add message(s) to DEVONthink scripts.
  • Improved: Automator action Set Current Group.
  • Improved: Smart groups in the sidebar using the Date Opened condition are immediately updated.
  • Improved: Handling of feeds not containing dates.
  • Fixed: Issue preventing Sente 6 smart template from linking back to the original reference in Sente.
  • Removed: Obsolete script Scripts > Feeds > Apple - Latest Mac OS X downloads.

DEVONthink Personal and up:

  • NEW: Activity panel. Replaces the OCR Activity panel.
  • NEW: Copy Frame Link contextual menu command for movies.
  • Improved: Handling of Quick Look panel on OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and later.
  • Fixed: Two issues with tabbed document windows.
  • Fixed: Crashes caused by Quick Look on OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion (workaround).
  • Fixed: Dragging linked images from Safari stored them as bookmarks since the latest Safari updates.
  • Fixed: Bookmarks to pages of PDF documents didn't always work on OS X 10.7 Lion.
  • Fixed: Duplicate shortcuts in Format popup menu of Clip to DEVONthink panel.
  • Fixed: Empty folders were not always deleted e.g. after deleting indexed items.

All editions:

  • NEW: View option View > Columns > Aliases and sorting option View > Sorting > By Aliases.
  • NEW: Number of items in groups , smart groups, and feeds is now displayed right aligned and gray.
  • NEW: Creating new documents in Tags view adds them either to the currently selected group tag or to the inbox of the database and tags them with the currently selected (ordinary) tag(s).
  • NEW: Double-clicking on entries in the Log panel reveals them or shows them in the Finder if possible.
  • Improved: Data > See Also > Classify can now also be used when the drawer is already visible, e.g. to close it using the keyboard shortcut.
  • Improved: Reliability when inserting links and attachments into rich text documents.
  • Improved: Memory management.
  • Improved: Overall reliability and performance.
  • Fixed: Some minor user interface issues on OS X 10.7 Lion.
  • Fixed: Smart groups using Item contains aliases were not always automatically updated.
  • Fixed: Mouse cursor did not show as arrow over popup and clear buttons of search fields.
  • Fixed: Reordering items in ordinary tags (inside the Tags group) wasn't possible in unsorted views.
  • Fixed: Send by Email commands were not disabled if no documents were selected.
  • Fixed: Using services or Clip to DEVONthink could cause issues while synchronizing with DEVONthink To Go.
  • Fixed: Spotlight metadata cache didn't always contain all files.
  • Fixed: Minor bugs and glitches.
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