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A Sync Checklist for DEVONthink

March 10, 2026

Screenshot showing the sync explained section in DEVONthink's help.

DEVONthink and DEVONthink To Go do not automatically sync by default because we believe that you should decide for yourself whether and what you want to sync. Here are things to consider when setting up the sync. (more)

How to Use Annotations in DEVONthink 4

March 3, 2026

Screenshot showing a document in DEVONthink with its annotation in the Annotations & Reminders inspector.

If you want to take notes about a document in your DEVONthink database, there is a feature for exactly that: the annotation. This is a specialized note document attached to another document. Here is how to create and use them. (more)

How to Use DEVONthink's Extras Sidebar

February 24, 2026

Screenshot showing the Extras sidebar in DEVONthink with it's different sections.

There are four different sidebars in a DEVONthink window: the Navigate sidebar, the Reading List, the Import sidebar, and the Extras sidebar. The latter may seem like just a simple pane in the interface, but we believe it’s a useful place to get some additional information from us. (more)

How to Use Ollama Remote AI in DEVONthink

February 17, 2026

Screenshot showing DEVONthink's AI settings, in which the Ollama (Remote) option is configured.

The popular AI app Ollama, typically used to run AI models locally on your Mac, now offers cloud models. This gives you remote access to many models, even if your hardware is limited. And you can also use these models in DEVONthink and DEVONthink To Go. Here’s how to set them up. (more)

Stephen Millard's Import Automation

February 13, 2026

Screenshot showing Stephen Millard's blogpost

DEVONthink user Stephen Millard created an automation for importing documents and shared it on his blog. Stephen not only shares the script itself, but also his work process, making it a good example of an automation created through tinkering. (more)

Four Years Later

February 11, 2026

In the far a winter cityscape with buildings destroyed by war, in the front a truck driving towards the city.

This month four years ago the Russian Federation brought war back to Europe. Now, the cold winter and the targeted destruction of civil energy infrastructure is making life in Ukraine almost unbearable. Today we have donated 20 % of our projected February revenue to humanitarian organizations helping Ukraine. (more)

How to Use DEVONthink's Graph View

February 10, 2026

Screenshot showing DEVONthink's Graph popover visualizing document connections.

Documents in DEVONthink are often linked or related to each other in some way, forming a network of information. To visualize these connections, DEVONthink 4 offers a Graph view. Here is a brief introduction. (more)

Import Your Notes from Capture

February 5, 2026

Screenshot of the Capture app showing a note with astronomy questions and the Share menu with the DEVONthink option selected.

Do you use the Capture app from Sir Studio? With Capture, you can quickly make notes when a thought crosses your mind and then organize them. Now the developer has also added an export option for DEVONthink. (more)

How to Use Named Versions

February 3, 2026

Screenshot of DEVONthink 4.2's Versions inspector listing several named versions. Above it a dialog box letting the user create a new named version.

DEVONthink 4 supports automatic versioning, quietly saving snapshots of your documents as you work. But sometimes you want more control over which versions are preserved. That’s where (nohyphens: DEVONthink 4.2 Cassini’s named versions come in. Here’s how to use them. (more)

DEVONthink 4.2 Cassini

January 29, 2026

Screenshot of DEVONthink 4.2 Cassini's Versions inspector.

The second feature release for DEVONthink 4 introduces a refreshed look on macOS Tahoe, adds powerful new capabilities to the chat assistant, and updates supported generative AI models to the latest available versions. A detachable Graph popover lets you visualize document connections even better and saving new versions manually gives you finer revision control. (more)