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November 27, 2024

Black Friday Weekend

Illustration of an autumn landscape.

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, a time for families to gather, feast, and reflect on their blessings. And it also a great time to get ready for the coming year. Only from Black Friday through Cyber Monday, we give 25 percent discount on all our software products and ebooks. (more)

November 26, 2024

How to Use Dynamic Tagging

Screenshot showing the database properties and an item list with tagged items in DEVONthink. In the properties, the two tagging options discussed in the post are activated.

Tags can be very effective for organizing your databases. But it is often tedious to assign them to each document by hand, isn’t it? That’s why DEVONthink and DEVONthink To Go can dynamically add and remove tags to objects. Here are two options for dynamic tagging. (more)

November 21, 2024

DEVONagent 3.11.9, DEVONsphere 1.9.8

Screenshot of DEVONsphere Express' user interface featuring the settings in dark mode.

With these updates we’ve focused on improving search efficiency, user experience, and privacy. DEVONagent enhances result filtering and performance, while DEVONsphere adds dark mode support and privacy controls. (more)

November 19, 2024

How to Export DEVONagent Results

Screenshot showing a DEVONagent window with the Results tab and a window with the .csv export of the results.

Would you like to share your search results from DEVONagent with others or use them in another application? You can export the results in various forms and formats to use them as you wish. Here is, how to do this. (more)

November 12, 2024

DEVONthink's Property Icons

Screenshot showing two DEVONthink windows displaying several items with property icons.

You have probably already seen the different icons in DEVONthink, for example a little speech bubble or a Finder icon next to a document. But what do these symbols mean? Here is, what the iconology in DEVONthink is all about. (more)

November 7, 2024

The UTSA explains DEVONthink

Screenshot of the website of the University of Texas at San Antonio, showing a section from the Research Guide for DEVONthink referred to in the post.
Source: libguides.utsa.edu

The University of Texas at San Antonio has created a research guide for DEVONthink, explaining the basics and a lot of features that are particularly useful for academic work. But it is also a great source for anyone who wants to work effectively with DEVONthink. (more)

November 3, 2024

Using Custom Metadata for Automation

Screenshot showing the editor for a smart rule in DEVONthink. In the smart rule, a placeholder for custom metadata is used for a file action, as described in the tip.

Thinking about making your automations in DEVONthink more dynamic using variable values? Combine smart rules or batch processing with metadata you’ve defined yourself. We show you an example how this could work. (more)

October 30, 2024

We Say Hello from Cupertino

Graphic from Apple's announcement video for the new iMacs. The graphic shows the icons of various applications that support Apple's systemwide writing tools, including DEVONthink.

Apple presented their new iMacs this week and we made it into the presentation! If you take a careful look at the video, you can spot the DEVONthink icon. But what could this be about? (more)

October 29, 2024

How to Use DEVONagent's Digest Tab

Screenshot showing a DEVONagent window, displaying search results for

When doing a web search in DEVONagent, you are presented with a list of matching pages. One of the tabs is called the Digest. But what information do you get in this view? Here is a brief introduction. (more)