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Black Friday Weekend

November 27, 2025

Illustration of an autumn landscape.

Today people across the United States celebrate Thanksgiving, a time for families to gather, feast, and reflect on their blessings. And it also a great time to get ready for the coming year. Only from Black Friday through Cyber Monday, we give 25 percent discount on all our software products and ebooks. (more)

DEVONthink To Go 4.0 Kepler

November 24, 2025

Image of an iPad and an iPhone running DEVONthink To Go.

Five months ago we sent DEVONthink 4.0 Copernicus to the stars. Today, DEVONthink To Go 4.0 Kepler has lifted off the launch ramp, following its sibling’s course with all power levers full forward. Say hello to generative AI, custom metadata, a new powerful search language, smart groups, versioning, and revision-proof databases, all packaged into a user interface that embraces Apple’s Liquid Glass design. (more)

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)

Discovering DEVONthink 4: Server

November 6, 2025

Screenshot showing the web interface of DEVONthink 4 in dark mode. It displays an object list with a PDF document and an open menu for creating new objects.

DEVONthink Server comes with a built-in web server to broadcast databases on a network, especially intended for collaborative work. With DEVONthink 4, we added new features to the web server, updated the interface, and made several technical improvements. Here are some of the highlights. (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)

Lighting Designer Derek Jones' Workflow

October 16, 2025

Screenshot showing nested groups in DEVONthink like in the template Derek Jones uses.

Lighting designer Derek Jones uses DEVONthink for his work on live events, television shows, and video shoots. On his blog, he shows us how he works and provides an excellent example of what a workflow in DEVONthink can look like. (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)