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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)

Neo Network Utility 2.0

October 14, 2025

Screenshot of the Neo Network Utility 2.0 main window on macOS Tahoe.

Last year we brought you the Neo Network Utility, today we’re touching it up for macOS Tahoe so that it actually looks good in Liquid Glass. Version 2.0 also lets you run commands simultaneously, and adds link status indicators, SSID and BSSID, and support for RDAP. All for free. (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)

DEVONthink 4.1.1 Europa

October 9, 2025

Screenshot of DEVONthink's image AI settings with Google Nano Banana selected.

Today’s maintenance release for DEVONthink 4.1 Europa brings support for new AI models, better protection against prompt injection attacks, and many workflow, performance, and reliability enhancements. There’s an update for DEVONthink 3, too, and a new version of the free Take Control of DEVONthink 4 ebook. (more)

How to Focus on One Database

October 7, 2025

Screenshot showing a simple DEVONthink main window with the sidebar hidden.

DEVONthink allows you to open multiple databases at once. While this is a very useful feature, it sometimes can feel a bit overwhelming. However, you can simplify things by focusing on just one database. Here we will show you how that works. (more)

The Web Clipping Options in DEVONthink

September 30, 2025

Screenshot showing Safari's Favorites bar with our bookmarklets installed.

Clipping web content is a much used feature in DEVONthink. There are numerous ways to import web content into DEVONthink, e.g., with our browser extension, with bookmarklets, or with the print dialog. To see the range of options in one place, here is a list of them. (more)