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February 2, 2023

Julien Dimastromatteo's Workflow

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In DEVONthink you can create an item link to any item in your database. This is a URL that allows you to access an item directly without having to search for it or navigate through your database. DEVONthink user Julien Dimastromatteo, Ph.D., shows how to use item links practically. (more)

November 10, 2022

News from DEVONthink for Historians

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Avigail Oren and Ada Barlatt created DEVONthink for Historians, a series of online courses that provide a practical introduction to scholarly work with DEVONthink. Now, Ada and Avigail started to share some exciting insights into Avigail’s current research project on their YouTube channel, showing how a new database is being built for this. (more)

July 1, 2022

Take Control of DEVONthink Updated

Cover picture of the ebook Take Control of DEVONthink 3.

Take Control Books’ Joe Kissell updated the ebook Take Control of DEVONthink 3 to cover DEVONthink for Mac up through version 3.8.4, and DEVONthink To Go for iOS/iPadOS up through version 3.5. (more)

June 3, 2022

Monica Rysavy's Capture Workflow

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DEVONthink user Monica Rysavy, Ph.D., Ed.D., shares an insight into her daily capture routine for different types of information on Twitter and her website. (more)

September 20, 2021

MacSparky DEVONthink Field Guide

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After six months of work David Sparks a.k.a. MacSparky has today published another one of his excellent field guides — this time for DEVONthink and DEVONthink To Go. It brings you more than 100 learning videos totaling 8.5 hours. Everything is transcribed, additional downloads include sample data sets and scripts. Check it out and don’t miss the launch discount. (more)

April 27, 2021

Link OmniFocus and DEVONthink

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For many of you OmniFocus is a natural choice for managing your to-dos and projects. The folks running the great tutorial website Learn OmniFocus have updated their mini tutorial on how to integrate DEVONthink with OmniFocus. (more)

April 26, 2021

New Tutorial for DEVONthink To Go

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The great people at ScreenCastsOnline produced a new introduction tutorial for DEVONthink To Go. In his 35 minute video, Todd Olthoff touches all aspects of DEVONthink To Go, guides you through the interface, and explains every element in detail. (more)

October 5, 2020

Elaine Giles' DEVONthink 3 Series

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Elaine Giles, an IT consultant based in Manchester, UK, has made all the screencasts that she produced for MacBites After Hours available for free on YouTube. You don’t want to miss this great collection of tutorials. (more)

August 17, 2020

DEVONthink 3 Ebook Version 1.3

Joe Kissell has released the third update for the Take Control of DEVONthink 3 ebook. Download the latest version for free from our Handbooks and Extras page. (more)

May 27, 2020

New Book: Taking Smart Notes

Kourosh Dini, author of the excellent book Creating Flow with OmniFocus 3, has just released a brand new book: Taking Smart Notes with DEVONthink. Learn the basics of DEVONthink, build databases with the Zettelkasten method, and automate your workflows with scripts and macros that come with the book. (more)