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August 30, 2023

Take Control of Your Paperless Office Updated (4th Edition)

Image showing the cover of Take Control of Your Paperless Office.

Joe Kissel from Take Control Books revised the ebook Take Control of Your Paperless Office to reflect today’s hardware and software landscape. This includes, e.g., current scanner models and, of course, our applications DEVONthink 3 and DEVONthink To Go 3. (more)

August 29, 2023

How to Use Multiple Windows on macOS

Screenshot showing App Exposé for currently open DEVONthink windows.

When working in DEVONthink, you almost certainly end up with several windows open at once, and even on larger screens you can easily lose track of them. Fortunately, there are some tricks on how to get an overview of your windows and how to find lost ones. (more)

August 22, 2023

How to Quickly Launch DEVONthink To Go

Screenshot showing the shortcut for quickly launching DEVONthink To Go.

When you’re working in DEVONthink To Go, there are likely items you keep returning to. To let you quickly access your most important items in DEVONthink To Go from anywhere on your device without laborious navigating, we’ve created a shortcut. Here is, how it works. (more)

August 18, 2023

Understanding Indexing Files

Screenshot showing the tutorial Understanding Indexing in DEVONthinks support assistent.

DEVONthink provides two different methods for getting data into your databases: importing and indexing. To explain what it means to index files, what you can do with them in DEVONthink, and what you should keep in mind, there’s a new tutorial for you. (more)

August 16, 2023

DEVONthink To Go 3.7.4

Screenshot of DEVONthink To Go's WikiLinks settings.

This update lets you filter for documents and improves Wiki linking. Tags can be grouped and merging groups or documents chooses a better name for the created item. It is also easier to select a group for Shortcuts actions and the app state is saved more often too. (more)

August 15, 2023

How to Clip Web Content Inside DEVONthink

Screenshot showing a DEVONthink window with a Google search tab.

Clipping web content is one of the most common ways to get data into DEVONthink. But you may not know that you can clip inside our app as well, without having to switch to a separate browser. Here’s a simple way how you can quickly browse and capture web content directly in DEVONthink. (more)

August 8, 2023

How to Open Items with Keyboard Maestro

Screenshot showing a palette from Keyboard Maestro.

Even as our DEVONthink databases continue to grow, there are always certain documents or groups we deal with daily. Here is a way to create a launch palette in the popular Keyboard Maestro utility to quickly jump to an item in your database. (more)

August 2, 2023

How to Use Templates in XMenu

Screenshot showing XMenu's preferences.

If you often use templates in applications, for example writing business letters in Microsoft Word, our freeware XMenu can be useful for you. Here’s how to simply access your templates from the menubar. (more)

July 27, 2023

Using Templates in DEVONthink

Screenshot showing tutorials in DEVONthink's support assistant.

DEVONthink offers several templates for various purposes, including journal entries, Cornell notes, systematic filing systems, and much more. To demonstrate the templates and their capabilities, we have created a new tutorial for you. (more)

July 25, 2023

How to Use Focus Modes

Screenshot showing the settings for a focus mode for DEVONthink To Go.

Focus modes allow you to minimize distractions in different circumstances. This usually involves disabling notifications from certain people or applications. DEVONthink To Go also supports Focus modes and lets you filter your information as needed. Here is, how that works. (more)