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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)

How to Use Bangs in DEVONagent Pro

January 27, 2026

Screenshot showing a browser window with the DuckDuckGo's Bangs site open.

If you search for something with DuckDuckGo or Kagi, you may know this trick: In addition to your search term, you type a special abbreviation to go directly to a specific page, for example !w for Wikipedia. This search mechanism ist called a bang and they’re supported in DEVONagent Pro. (more)

Take Control of DEVONthink Updated (January 2026)

January 22, 2026

Image showing the cover of Take Control of DEVONthink 4.

Joe Kissell from Take Control Books has updated the free ebook Take Control of DEVONthink 4. It now covers the new features of DEVONthink 4.1.1 Europa and includes a revised chapter on DEVONthink To Go 4 Kepler. (more)

How to Replace Text in DEVONthink

January 20, 2026

Screenshot showing two versions of a text document in DEVONthink with the search inspector for text replacement opened. One version shows the text before the text replacement; the other one shows the text after.

Whether you made errors while writing, have text you need to update, or want to do some text cleanup, DEVONthink can help modify text in a document. It’s search-and-replace feature allows you to carefully replace text. (more)

How to Add Favicons to Your Bookmarks

January 13, 2026

Screenshot showing DEVONthink's smart rule editor and in the background some bookmarks with favicons.

Many people store bookmarks in a DEVONthink database. Often these have the generic bookmark icon which makes it more difficult to visually identify the site they’re from. However, with a little automation, you can use the site’s favicon. Here is how. (more)