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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)

Discovering DEVONthink 4: Document Editing

September 18, 2025

Screenshot showing WYSIWYG Markdown editing in DEVONthink with a link selected and a context menu.

DEVONthink has built-in text editors for common formats like Markdown or rich text, so you can edit your notes directly in our app. With DEVONthink 4, we have improved the editors and added new features and settings to make note taking more comfortable. Here is what is new. (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)

How to Find Destinations in DEVONthink

September 9, 2025

Screenshot showing the search field in the Destination menu in the Email section of the Import sidebar in DEVONthink 4.

As your databases grow, you have more to choose from and navigate through when working in DEVONthink. Some menus can become quite long when displaying your entire database structures. But DEVONthink 4 makes this easier with a simple control. (more)

DEVONthink 4.1 Europa

September 4, 2025

Screenshot of DEVONthink 4.1 Europa's new scripting assistant.

Here’s our first feature release for DEVONthink 4 with new, flexible generative AI integrations, a new scripting assistant, enhanced AI image editing capabilities, and support for Cornell University’s arXiv service. (more)

How to Use Dictation in DEVONthink

September 2, 2025

Screenshot showing the macOS System Settings with the Keyboard section open, displaying Apple's dictation feature settings.

Apple’s Dictation feature has been a great assistive technology on their platforms. It can even be used for text entry in our applications like DEVONthink. Here are some ideas for how you could use it. (more)

DEVONthink To Go 4.0 Public Beta

August 28, 2025

Screenshot of DEVONthink To Go's chat popover showcasing a question to Claude Sonnet about objects passing the solar system.

In April we released DEVONthink 4.0 for Mac as public beta with the final release of DEVONthink 4.0 Copernicus in June. Today we’re starting the official beta test of DEVONthink To Go 4.0 with countless new features and improvements. Join in! (more)

DEVONthink as Archive for AI Chats?

August 27, 2025

Screenshot showing the title and part of the title image of the article in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
Source: faz.net

In many business areas, important knowledge — such as programming code or strategic considerations — is generated in AI chats today. But how safe is that knowledge there? Marcus Schuler addresses this question in the German-language newspaper FAZ and also highlights DEVONthink as a safe archive. (more)

How to Create New Groups in DEVONthink

August 26, 2025

Screenshot showing the Data New submenu in DEVONthink, with the new group command selected.

Groups are a core element in DEVONthink databases, functionally similar to Finder folders. They are an excellent way to organize your documents and information, and in DEVONthink, there are many different ways to create them within your workflows. Here is how. (more)

Problems with Security Certificate

August 21, 2025

Last week we updated our SSL/TSL security certificate. If you experience problems connecting to our sites or backend services, you can download and install the new root certificate manually. Here’s how. (more)