There’s always something new and shiny coming from Cupertino. And with a new computer comes the inevitable question, “How do I move my DEVONthink to my new Mac?” Here is how to manually migrate to a new Mac. (more)
It’s now one month after the Russian Federation invaded Ukraine. However, what happens in Europe at the moment also affects other parts of our world. The war is making the all-present hunger in East Africa and the Middle East even worse. We are donating 10% of our March revenue to JAM. (more)
The interface of DEVONthink is made up of multiple panes, each with a specific focus and set of functions. On the left are the sidebars, the default one, where you’ll spend most of your time, is the Navigate sidebar. Here’s what you’ll find there. (more)
This maintenance release for DEVONthink for Mac delivers a bit new, a bit improved, and some fixes. Split PDFs into single pages or export metadata as JSON. Clipping web pages to formatted notes retains the styling better. Smart rules run more reliably, AppleScript learns more tricks, and the synchronization is more stable. (more)
While hard drives are relatively large and inexpensive nowadays, it’s still a good idea to keep an eye on you disk usage. When you’re trying to determine how much space you’re using in DEVONthink, there can appear to be conflicting reports. Here’s how to understand the sizes you see. (more)
In DEVONthink and DEVONthink To Go, it’s easy to make as many databases as you’d like. However, there are times when you’ve made and synced databases you now deleted or perhaps just no longer want to sync but the unwanted databases keep showing up in the sync location. Here’s how to get rid of them. (more)
Last week, the Russian Federation military crossed the border to the free and sovereign nation of Ukraine, starting a full-scale invasion. We are a small team of developers working from the US, the UK, and the EU. The very concept of freedom is essential to everything we are and believe in. This freedom is now at stake. We have today donated 30% of our February revenue to humanitarian organizations helping the people in Ukraine. (more)
When rapidly capturing data from a source for use in another application, copy and paste is a commonly used method. In DEVONthink there is a built-in shortcut to create new documents from clipboard content but you need to understand what you’ll get from the content you copied. (more)
As the old adage goes, “a picture is worth a thousand words”. This is certainly true in computing too. It is very common to capture things we want to remember or share. macOS has always had nice screen capturing capabilities but the images are captured to a static location. Here is how to take and file screen captures directly in DEVONthink. (more)
On his blog, David Sparks a.k.a. MacSparky paints a dark picture of an age of mass surveillance. And David is right. We can only watch out and base our decisions what products to use and which services to trust on smart choices. Here are some of our thoughts and two links. (more)