How to Use Emojis safely
Emojis are often used to convey emotions, thoughts, or actions. They’re also sometimes used as visual indicators to provide more context to documents. But should you use them in DEVONthink 🧐? Fo … (more)
Where to Store Your Databases
When you create a database in DEVONthink , you need to save it to a specific location. Some are good, some others rather not. Here are the advocated options and things you need to know. The Databases … (more)
DEVONthink To Go 3.6.2
Our last update for 2022, DEVONthink To Go 3.6.2 , adds new settings for web browsing as well as options for exporting databases as ZIP archives, e.g., as an app-independent backup. If desired, … (more)
Understanding Decentralization
Nowadays, people often talk about data being “in the cloud”. This is marketed by companies like Apple touting “Your data everywhere” or Dropbox saying they’ll store your … (more)
Fabrizio Musacchio
Within the past few months, a forum participant who goes by the handle @PixelTracker posted some useful DEVONthink scripts in the Automation section of our forums. A more recent set of scripts … (more)
How to Create a Database Archive
One of the topics we routinely preach about is the need to be diligent in backups. We believe, “If your data is important to you, it should be backed up.” While DEVONthink doesn’t … (more)
How to Keep Your Data Private
An article published yesterday by Reuters casts a shadow on Apple’s commitment on privacy and encryption. When Apple spoke privately to the FBI about its work on phone security the following … (more)
Backup Your Valuable Data from Evernote
Recently, Evernote has lost key people and started to try to raise investment money. This might make those nervous who rely on their services. Apple Insider published a guide for Evernote users who … (more)
Backups (Part 3: Online)
When we discuss backups, we generally advocate primary backups on local drives. However, we sometimes hear, “But, I want to use an online backup!” While, this is indeed possible, here are a few thi … (more)
Backups (Part 2: Locally Hidden)
As mentioned last week, we sometimes receive support requests from people where the best option is to restore data from backups. All too often we find out they have not been diligent in keeping their … (more)
Backups (Part 1: Local)
If there’s one difficult question to ask in Support, it’s: “Do you have current local backups of your DEVONthink databases?” Too often, the answer is, “No” or “I’ve been thinking about starting backups, but I ne … (more)
Find a File Service or Make OneDrive Work with Sync
Our synchronization technology for DEVONthink and DEVONthink To Go supports direct connections via the local network, Dropbox , and WebDAV. WebDAV is a standard protocol for connecting to file … (more)
Internal Metadata Backups
DEVONthink does not have a system for automatically backing up everything. DEVONthink has a setting in its Preferences > Backup that controls how many internal metadata backups are done. These … (more)
DEVONthink To Go 2.1.2: Sharing, Markdown, and More
DEVONthink is all about document management and workflow. Version 2.1 brought the document provider extension, now DEVONthink To Go 2.1.2 lets you share multiple documents in one go with other apps, … (more)
When the Web Breaks
If you weren’t aware of it already, there was a problem on the internet yesterday for a couple of hours . A little problem in terms of describing it: Amazon Web Services (AWS) was … (more)
Fujitsu Warns About ScanSnap Problems with macOS Sierra
Many of you are using a Fujitsu ScanSnap scanners for capturing documents. Before you jump onto the macOS Sierra train please read the following warning that Fujitsu just published: Problems … (more)
Routine Maintenance for Your Database
How many of us would drive our cars daily for a year and never get any maintenance done on it? No oil change. No tire rotation. No fluid checks or general inspections at all…? Odds are, I do … (more)
Online Backup with Arq and Amazon S3
Backups are something that every computer user is supposed to do but nobody really enjoys doing it. Apple’s Time Machine makes it a lot easier, at least when you have a second hard disk or a … (more)
We Favor Open Over Closed
Since the very first telephone companies and there is an ongoing struggle between advocates (and adversaries) of open vs. closed systems. Today is the time of the closed systems. The Apple II was … (more)
DEVONthink for Teachers and Photographers
Nils Raschke, a German high school biology teacher, writes a blog about all things teaching biology and more. Last week he published a nicely written piece about how he is trying to cope with the … (more)