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January 23, 2024

How to Rebuild an Apple Mail Mailbox

Screenshot showing the mailbox Rebuild command in Apple Mail.

If you are dragging and dropping emails from Apple Mail into DEVONthink, you may see a message in our Log window that importing a message failed. Here’s something you can try to resolve the issue. (more)

January 16, 2024

How to Quickly Switch Databases

Screenshot showing the Go-To-Group popover in DEVONthink.

Perhaps you have many databases open in DEVONthink and need to switch between them regularly. Here are some ways to switch between them more quickly. (more)

January 2, 2024

How to Reuse a Search in DEVONthink

Screenshot of the smart group naming dialog.

Smart groups are a good way to view items matching specific criteria, like all the flagged PDFs in your DEVONthink database. While it’s easy enough to make a smart group, if you find yourself doing the same search over and over, you can use it to create a smart group in a few clicks. (more)

December 19, 2023

We're having WinterFest again

Snowflake

WinterFest is the time when we come virtually together with other, like-minded software manufacturers. Buy DEVONthink or DEVONagent Pro for 25% off directly at the workshop gate and have a look at the other WinterFest apps with a similar discount. (more)

November 28, 2023

How to Use Universal Control

Image of an iPad and a Mac side-by-side.

If you use a Mac and an iPad at the same time, Universal Control allows you to control both devices from a single keyboard and mouse or trackpad. You can use both devices perfectly together while retaining their individual capabilities. Here we’ll show you this feature. (more)

November 21, 2023

How to Change an App's Language

Screenshot showing the language preferences in macOS' settings.

If an application has translated its interface into another language, you can choose the language in which it is used. DEVONthink is, e.g., available in English, French, and German. Here is, how you can easily change an app’s language on the Mac. (more)

November 14, 2023

How to Style Markdown

HTML markup for a converted Markdown document.

You may be wondering how you can change the appearance of your Markdown documents. The answer is: with CSS (Cascading Style Sheets). Here are some tips to get you started. (more)

November 7, 2023

How to Narrow the Search Location

Screenshot showing a targeted search in two selected databases in DEVONthink.

When you’re searching for your documents in DEVONthink, you often have an idea where they might be. Searching everywhere would give you more results than you want at the moment. Here is, how to narrow down the search location. (more)

October 31, 2023

How to Use Custom Metadata

Screenshot showing the preferences for custom metadata in DEVONthink.

Metadata is information about other data, in our case documents. Most metadata is predefined, like the file size or the creation date. However, DEVONthink lets you create and use custom metadata, that you can apply to your documents. Here is, how that works. (more)

October 24, 2023

Why to Use Markdown

Screenshot showing a window in DEVONthink with an open Markdown document.

As native file type in DEVONthink and DEVONthink To Go, Markdown is a format used by many of you. However, often the question comes up what Markdown is at all and why one should use it. Here are a few things you may not have known about Markdown. (more)