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How to Write a Good AI Prompt

November 18, 2025

A screenshot shows DEVONthink's chat assistant, which displays a prompt and an AI answer.

If you’ve started using generative AI features in DEVONthink, you’ve probably noticed that the results vary. Crafting a good prompt can make the difference between a helpful and a vague or off-topic response. Here’s how you can create effective, but still reasonable, AI prompts. (more)

How to Choose a Local AI in DEVONthink

November 11, 2025

Screenshot showing LM Studio's server settings.

If you want to use AI in DEVONthink, you can choose between server-based and local models. Whether it’s for privacy reasons or just the novelty, running AI locally on your Mac may be something you’re considering. But how does that work and what options are available? (more)

How to Use the Reading List

November 4, 2025

Screenshot showing the Reading List sidebar in DEVONthink, containing some HTML documents.

Safari has long had a reading list in its sidebars, a place to store temporary bookmarks to websites you want to revisit when you have time to focus on them. Both DEVONthink and DEVONthink To Go also have a reading list for documents. Here is how to use it. (more)

Understanding URL Schemes

October 28, 2025

Screenshot, that shows a Raycast window in which a Quick Link with a DEVONthink URL is being created.

We are all familiar with links to our favorite websites. But URLs, uniform resource locators, are not only used for web pages in a web browser. There are other specialized links that can be used with other applications, for example DEVONthink. (more)

How to Use Temporary Favorites

October 21, 2025

Screenshot showing grouped favorites in DEVONthink's Navigate sidebar.

If you are working on a project, Favorites can be an effective way to quickly access it. But having too many items in one’s Favorites can be counter-productive. Here’s something you can do in DEVONthink and DEVONthink To Go. (more)

How to Import Contacts Into DEVONthink

October 14, 2025

Screenshot of DEVONthink's contact import dialog window. It shows some contacts and selected properties.

DEVONthink is capable of organizing many types of documents. But it’s also capable of importing information from your contacts, such as email addresses or entire vCards. Here’s how and why you may want to do this. (more)

How to Focus on One Database

October 7, 2025

Screenshot showing a simple DEVONthink main window with the sidebar hidden.

DEVONthink allows you to open multiple databases at once. While this is a very useful feature, it sometimes can feel a bit overwhelming. However, you can simplify things by focusing on just one database. Here we will show you how that works. (more)

The Web Clipping Options in DEVONthink

September 30, 2025

Screenshot showing Safari's Favorites bar with our bookmarklets installed.

Clipping web content is a much used feature in DEVONthink. There are numerous ways to import web content into DEVONthink, e.g., with our browser extension, with bookmarklets, or with the print dialog. To see the range of options in one place, here is a list of them. (more)

How to Use Quick Look

September 23, 2025

Screenshot showing a Quick Look slideshow with our user handbooks and the Take Control book.

Quick Look is a handy feature that, as the name suggests, allows you to take a quick peek at a file without having to open it. Most Mac apps support Quick Look, including DEVONthink or EasyFind. And while it may be familiar to you, here are a few tricks you may not know. (more)

Using EasyFind's Results Pane

September 16, 2025

Screenshot of an EasyFind window displaying search results.

Do some files on your Mac occasionally play hide-and-seek with you? With EasyFind, you can find them, no matter how well they’re hidden. Here are some useful tricks for working effectively with its results pane. (more)