If you use custom metadata in DEVONthink Pro and Server or DEVONthink To Go, you’ve probably used text-based attributes like Single-Line Text. But have you ever wondered about the various text types and their differences? Here is an overview. (more)
DEVONthink’s unified elements collect all inboxes and Tags groups from your open databases in one place in the Navigate sidebar, making it easy to find what you need. Here is how to unify different elements in DEVONthink and what that does. (more)
While you’re reading through a PDF or other document in DEVONthink, you may run into words or phrases and wonder what other documents may contain them. You could start a new search, then copy and paste the text, or re-type it. But there is a more efficient method. (more)
The first feature release for DEVONthink To Go 4 brings home screen widgets, support for RSS and Atom feeds, and a brand-new Markdown parser and renderer. It also improves the editing workflow, adds a search field to the group selector, and lets you edit a document’s geolocation. (more)
If you’ve ever needed to consolidate content from multiple documents into one, you likely have used copy and paste. But if you make edits, they have to be made to all involved files. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could keep the documents separated but show them as a single document? You can with a Markdown feature in DEVONthink: file transclusion. (more)
With DEVONthink’s search, you can precisely search your databases for documents with specific characteristics, like, for example, tags. Many people often use a Tags property for this, but that isn’t optimal. Here’s how to correctly search for this. (more)
Joe Kissell from Take Control Books has updated his free ebook Take Control of DEVONthink 4. It is now up to date with DEVONthink 4.2.2 Cassini and DEVONthink To Go 4.0.6 Kepler. (more)
In DEVONthink, you can encrypt databases for particularly private or sensitive documents. However, if you accidentally save the key to the macOS keychain, you won’t need to enter it when opening the database. Here’s how to remove the key from the keychain if you don’t want it there. (more)
AI inside DEVONthink can be a powerful tool. But when it comes to AI, some users have security concerns, such as possible prompt injections. So, what exactly are they, and are they a risk in DEVONthink? (more)
DEVONthink and DEVONthink To Go do not automatically sync by default because we believe that you should decide for yourself whether and what you want to sync. Here are things to consider when setting up the sync. (more)