DEVONthink is DEVONtechnologies’ document and information management solution. It supports a large variety of file formats and stores them in a database enhanced by artificial intelligence (AI). Many document formats can be directly viewed, edited, and annotated. A powerful search language finds documents in an instant, smart groups keep them always at hand.
Sophisticated organization tools, AI-based techniques that handle even the largest collections, and numerous integration options make DEVONthink the work environment of choice for researchers, lawyers, and educators. Smart rules, flexible reminders, and deep AppleScript support allow automating even complex repeating tasks. And with its fast, reliable, and secure synchronization users keep their data available on all their Macs. DEVONthink To Go for iPad and iPhone completes the DEVONthink ecosystem.
Document management reinvented. DEVONthink Pro Office is your Mac paperless office. It stores all your documents, helps you keep them organized, and presents you with what you need to get the job done.
Get organized, effortlessly DEVONthink keeps your valuable data organized and presents it in the way you want. DEVONthink keeps all your information in one easy-to-backup database, and presents it to you in a variety of ways optimized to your work style. Multiple views help you quickly navigate your data. Many documents can be viewed and edited inline, without resorting to Quick Look or opening another app. Read webpages as if they were local documents.
Be more productive Don’t fight the information flood by yourself. DEVONthink is smart and actively assists you with its built-in artificial intelligence. Let DEVONthink automatically file new documents for you based on how you filed similar documents. Later, the advanced search function retrieves the documents that you need for your task, while smart groups present related data together. Quickly find similar documents using keywords extracted from the document and the unique “See also” function.
Create something new It’s not about data, it’s about creating something meaningful from it. DEVONthink is your information power tool. Collect, analyze, summarize, write: With DEVONthink you have all you need in one app that actively supports your workflow. View all your data in one place, use our innovative approach to tags to quickly organize documents, and write in the enhanced rich text editor. Use manual or automatic Wiki-style links to effortlessly cross-reference your work. DEVONthink’s two full screen modes help you stay focused, while smart templates are a great starting point for new documents.
Your data, no boundaries Wherever your data comes from and whatever you want to do with it, DEVONthink provides you with the best tools and as much metadata as possible. Store your documents in the self-contained database or simply reference them by using the index feature. Clip data from other apps with just a keystroke, adding it to the GTD®-like inbox for later filing, or take notes with the Take Note panel or the Dashboard widget. Browser extensions, the Services menu, and the Sorter panel integrate DEVONthink with your workflow. Send links to your documents to any app which handles web addresses (URLs), e.g. OmniFocus or Mail, or export your documents in their original file format. DEVONthink doesn’t hold your data hostage.
Keep everything in sync Use DEVONthink on all your Macs and synchronize your databases between them at the press of a button. Work effortlessly with the same data in your team. Connect your databases to another copy of DEVONthink or add them to a “sync store” on Dropbox, your own WebDAV server, or just anything mountable, e.g. a USB stick. Keep all your databases in sync automatically at regular intervals or at any time you click the sync button.
The Pro advantage DEVONthink grows with your needs. DEVONthink Pro and Pro Office support your personal work style with many advanced options. Use separate databases for each project, and let automatic grouping create order from chaos. Add RSS feeds to your database to automatically import new articles, or download and archive full websites. The concordance gives you a real-time analysis of your data. AppleScript support, Automator actions, and script-driven smart templates let you integrate DEVONthink with other software. The sky’s the limit!
Go paperless now Let’s face it. Even though we use our computers as much as possible, paper happens. Letters, invoices, receipts, magazine articles can join your digital files, scanned and fully searchable. Just place your document scanner right above your wastebasket. DEVONthink Pro Office works with all scanners compatible with OS X’s Image Capture and uses ABBYY FineReader technology for making scans searchable.
Archive your email, too Using DEVONthink is all about creating a seamless workflow. Add your email to your database and mix it freely with other files relevant to your projects. Email yourself documents and use rules in Apple Mail to add them to your database automatically. DEVONthink Pro Office even integrates your favorite instant messaging apps. DEVONthink Pro Office stores messages transparently in their original format.
Compatibility: Intel, 64-bit processor, OS X 10.8.5 or later Homepagehttp://devontechnologies.com/ Language: Multilingual
Document management reinvented. DEVONthink Pro Office is your Mac paperless office. It stores all your documents, helps you keep them organized, and presents you with what you need to get the job done.
Get organized, effortlessly DEVONthink keeps your valuable data organized and presents it in the way you want. DEVONthink keeps all your information in one easy-to-backup database, and presents it to you in a variety of ways optimized to your work style. Multiple views help you quickly navigate your data. Many documents can be viewed and edited inline, without resorting to Quick Look or opening another app. Read webpages as if they were local documents.
Be more productive Don’t fight the information flood by yourself. DEVONthink is smart and actively assists you with its built-in artificial intelligence. Let DEVONthink automatically file new documents for you based on how you filed similar documents. Later, the advanced search function retrieves the documents that you need for your task, while smart groups present related data together. Quickly find similar documents using keywords extracted from the document and the unique “See also” function.
Create something new It’s not about data, it’s about creating something meaningful from it. DEVONthink is your information power tool. Collect, analyze, summarize, write: With DEVONthink you have all you need in one app that actively supports your workflow. View all your data in one place, use our innovative approach to tags to quickly organize documents, and write in the enhanced rich text editor. Use manual or automatic Wiki-style links to effortlessly cross-reference your work. DEVONthink’s two full screen modes help you stay focused, while smart templates are a great starting point for new documents.
Your data, no boundaries Wherever your data comes from and whatever you want to do with it, DEVONthink provides you with the best tools and as much metadata as possible. Store your documents in the self-contained database or simply reference them by using the index feature. Clip data from other apps with just a keystroke, adding it to the GTD®-like inbox for later filing, or take notes with the Take Note panel or the Dashboard widget. Browser extensions, the Services menu, and the Sorter panel integrate DEVONthink with your workflow. Send links to your documents to any app which handles web addresses (URLs), e.g. OmniFocus or Mail, or export your documents in their original file format. DEVONthink doesn’t hold your data hostage.
Keep everything in sync Use DEVONthink on all your Macs and synchronize your databases between them at the press of a button. Work effortlessly with the same data in your team. Connect your databases to another copy of DEVONthink or add them to a “sync store” on Dropbox, your own WebDAV server, or just anything mountable, e.g. a USB stick. Keep all your databases in sync automatically at regular intervals or at any time you click the sync button.
The Pro advantage DEVONthink grows with your needs. DEVONthink Pro and Pro Office support your personal work style with many advanced options. Use separate databases for each project, and let automatic grouping create order from chaos. Add RSS feeds to your database to automatically import new articles, or download and archive full websites. The concordance gives you a real-time analysis of your data. AppleScript support, Automator actions, and script-driven smart templates let you integrate DEVONthink with other software. The sky’s the limit!
Go paperless now Let’s face it. Even though we use our computers as much as possible, paper happens. Letters, invoices, receipts, magazine articles can join your digital files, scanned and fully searchable. Just place your document scanner right above your wastebasket. DEVONthink Pro Office works with all scanners compatible with OS X’s Image Capture and uses ABBYY FineReader technology for making scans searchable.
Archive your email, too Using DEVONthink is all about creating a seamless workflow. Add your email to your database and mix it freely with other files relevant to your projects. Email yourself documents and use rules in Apple Mail to add them to your database automatically. DEVONthink Pro Office even integrates your favorite instant messaging apps. DEVONthink Pro Office stores messages transparently in their original format.
Compatibility: Intel, 64-bit processor, OS X 10.8.5 or later Homepagehttp://devontechnologies.com/ Language: Multilingual
DEVONthink is DEVONtechnologies’ document and information management solution. It supports a large variety of file formats and stores them in a database enhanced by artificial intelligence (AI). Many document formats can be directly viewed, edited, and annotated. A powerful search language finds documents in an instant, smart groups keep them always at hand.
Sophisticated organization tools, AI-based techniques that handle even the largest collections, and numerous integration options make DEVONthink the work environment of choice for researchers, lawyers, and educators. Smart rules, flexible reminders, and deep AppleScript support allow automating even complex repeating tasks. And with its fast, reliable, and secure synchronization users keep their data available on all their Macs. DEVONthink To Go for iPad and iPhone completes the DEVONthink ecosystem.
Keeps your data together
Scans your paper
Archives your email
Assists you with A.I.
Syncs your data securely
Automates repeating tasks
Lets you share your data
What’s New:
Version 3.0: This long-awaited release debuts many exciting new features and improvements including: a new integrated user interface, custom metadata, reminders, and new automation options that are even accessible to non-programmers.
We have extended the capabilities of our already powerful search engine with search prefixes, like tags: and name:, to allow constructing more focused searches. Working with annotations and navigating PDFs is now easier and more efficient. A new OCR engine transforms scans into searchable PDFs faster and more accurate, the rewritten web interface supports teams with user and access permission management, and the new Sorter makes it easier than ever to add new data to DEVONthink. PDFs and images can also be imprinted with custom data, including Bates numbering. And if privacy is your concern: encrypted databases keep your data securely locked away from prying eyes.
In addition to the wealth of new features, DEVONthink has maintained and improved the core technologies you’ve relied on in previous versions. To make it easier to get started with DEVONthink, we have also thoroughly revised and rewritten the documentation, providing a handy and quickly accessible reference.
NOTE: Starting with this release DEVONthink requires OS X El Capitan (10.11.5) or later.
Product Line
Three new editions: DEVONthink, DEVONthink Pro, and DEVONthink Server. All editions support automation, multiple databases, and all file types.
User Interface
Added a new integrated user interface, utilizing panes versus independent windows for many functions.
Added support for the dark mode color scheme in macOS Mojave and later.
Added the Info inspector, showing general information and custom metadata about selected files.
Added the Annotations & Reminders inspector, allowing you to set reminders, view Finder comments, and create, view, and edit annotation files. Reminders can be one-time or scheduled, and they support several alarm options, including executing scripts.
Added the Content inspector displaying: the table of contents found in some Markdown, EPUB, and PDF documents, or the thumbnails for PDFs.
Added the Document inspector displaying: indexed metadata, added annotations (highlights, text, etc.) and detected links in PDF, RTF, and web-based documents, e.g., web archives.
Added the Concordance inspector giving you access to a word frequency list. It also has a new Cloud view, showing a word cloud with sizes based on word weight.
Added the See Also & Classify inspector, displaying suggested filing locations for or documents related to the selected item.
Added the Search inspector, providing in-document search-and-replace and a list of search results. It also allows viewing the context of the search term and easy navigation through the document.
Added the Reading List sidebar to gather items you want to read or return to at a later time, e.g., to easily access bookmarks, PDF pages, or specific points in video or audio.
Added the Extras sidebar providing access to up-to-date scripts, templates, tips and tricks, and news from us.
Added the Import sidebar integrating scanning and email archiving.
Added an Activity pane for a less intrusive display of certain processes.
Security
Added encrypted databases for maximum privacy.
Searching & Navigating
Added search prefixes, e.g., tags: or name:, to allow for more focused searches. These are also used in scripting.
Search, including advanced criteria options, is now integrated into the main window.
Improved indexing and searching, including better support for Asian languages and indexing PDF and RTF attachments.
More precise highlighting of search hits when using proximity operators, e.g., NEAR or BEFORE.
Added Filter panes for filtering the displayed files by tags, dates and marks (label color, locked state, etc.), or geolocation data.
Added Go > To Group, Data > Move To, and Edit > Insert Item Link commands and popovers. These allow quicker access to open, reorganize, or link to items in your databases.
Favorites can now contain documents.
Tighter integration with the filesystem when using indexed files.
Working with Documents
Added a new 64-bit OCR engine with multi-core processing, Asian language support, and output to multiple formats.
Added the ability to create custom imprints, including placeholder text and Bates numbering, via Preferences > Imprint. For use with images and PDF files.
Added support for barcode detection.
Added a new web sharing interface and web server, utilizing secure connections via TLS and allowing creation of users with per-database permissions.
The Sorter has been redesigned and supports: searching open databases, multiple note taking options, including audio, video, and integrated screen captures, and includes the Clip to DEVONthink functions.
The Clip to DEVONthink browser extension for Safari is now a native extension.
Added custom metadata to support situation-specific needs. Multiple data types are supported, e.g., sets, Booleans, and numbers.
Added more options to convert metadata to tags, e.g., hashtags or geolocation data.
Added support for geolocation data, including the ability to enter it manually.
Added ratings, 0 to 5 stars.
Added automatic image tagging using machine learning.
Added the Formatting bar, shown under the toolbar, for use with rich text documents.
Added the Editing bar, displayed over the View/Edit pane, for quicker editing with document type-specific tools.
Added side-by-side view for editing HTML and Markdown documents.
Added form views and support for specific data types (number, date, etc.) to sheets.
Added Tools > Summarize Highlights to create a new RTF file containing the highlighted text from selected PDF and RTF files.
Added Tools > Create Metadata Overview to easily assemble metadata for selected files in a sheet that can be shared or exported.
Improved EPUB support with reading, search, and conversion to other formats, e.g., rich text or PDF.
Improved automatic WikiLinking, including support for the square bracket syntax, and active links in the rendered view of Markdown documents.
Automating Your Work
Added smart rules and Tools > Batch Process to execute event-driven actions on files, on a schedule or on demand.
Added new, easy to use data placeholders for use in templates, imprints, smart rules, and batch processing.
Added reminders that can be added to documents. They can be one-time or scheduled, and they support several alarm options, including executing scripts.
Improved and extended the AppleScript capabilities, including the ability to use scripts in reminders and smart rules.
Other Improvements
Revised and rewritten documentation.
Improved background processing of several functions, like email archiving, indexing, thumbnail generation, etc.
DEVONthink is DEVONtechnologies’ document and information management solution. It supports a large variety of file formats and stores them in a database enhanced by artificial intelligence (AI). Many document formats can be directly viewed, edited, and annotated. A powerful search language finds documents in an instant, smart groups keep them always at hand.
Sophisticated organization tools, AI-based techniques that handle even the largest collections, and numerous integration options make DEVONthink the work environment of choice for researchers, lawyers, and educators. Smart rules, flexible reminders, and deep AppleScript support allow automating even complex repeating tasks. And with its fast, reliable, and secure synchronization users keep their data available on all their Macs. DEVONthink To Go for iPad and iPhone completes the DEVONthink ecosystem.
DEVONthink Pro 3 Features:
Keeps your data together
Scans your paper
Archives your email
Assists you with A.I.
Syncs your data securely
Automates repeating tasks
Lets you share your data
User Interface
As the most obvious change, DEVONthink 3 brings a completely overhauled single-window interface including support for dark mode. The extended sidebar gives you access to your databases, favorites, smart groups, smart rules, and filters as well as to a new reading list, import options, and more. Inspectors present metadata about documents and groups, offer AI assistance, and let you set reminders or search within the document.
Capturing text, audio, and voice notes, screenshots, or web clippings becomes much easier with the redesigned Sorter. More subtle are the numerous changes to the search engine which now better supports Asian languages, indexes also PDF and RTF attachments, and highlights search hits more precisely. Its enhanced search language allow you to use prefixes to run complex searches without touching the mouse. Focus the displayed items on tags, dates, marks, or geolocation using filters.
Office & Teamwork
If you’re working in an office environment DEVONthink 3 brings you a new 64-bit optimized OCR engine that supports multiple CPU cores, Asian languages, barcode detection, and multiple output formats. Add custom imprints to images and PDFs including placeholder text and Bates numbering.
The rewritten web interface gives your coworkers or clients access to your databases even when they’re not using a Mac. User accounts and per-database permissions let you define what web visitors see and can do. TLS support makes sure all connections are encrypted.
Other improvements include geolocation metadata, ratings, and custom, typed metadata that you can add to all documents and, of course, search. When importing documents, you can let DEVONthink convert metadata to tags, and tag images automatically using machine learning.
Markdown and HTML documents can be edited side-by-side with a rendered preview, sheets with tabular data support specific data types and have a form view. Formatting and editing bars keep frequently used tools at hand and adding cross-references has become more versatile with improved WikiLinking and support for the square bracked syntax. DEVONthink 3 now also supports EPUB ebooks and, useful for research, collects highlighted search hits and metadata for you into summary documents.
Automation
Last but not least, we have massively extended DEVONthink’s automation options for version 3. Smart rules perform actions based on events and search queries, where events can be anything from a scheduled time to the arrival of a newly imported document. You can also attach one-time or repeating reminders to any document. They support several alarm options including running scripts. Insert dynamic data in templates, imprints, or smart rules without requiring any programming skills.
Of course, DEVONthink 3 brings also many under-the-hood enhancements. To name just a few: better file system integration for indexed files, better background processing, e.g. for email archiving, indexing, or generating thumbnails, and an improved overall performance.
Information
CompatibilityOS X 10.8.5 or later, Intel, 64-bit processor,
This first update brings fixes and improvements to DEVONthink. Reordering the Navigate sidebar is now possible. Preferences > General now allows databases’ Tags groups to be shown in the item list for each database, and tags can again be created with commas, e.g., when typing author names. Synchronization of indexed files and monitoring iCloud background uploads has been improved. Some new smart rule event triggers allow for actions to be taken before sync begins, after it finishes, or after manually renaming files. Annotation files now can be conveniently exported out to the Finder in several formats. Additionally, the update brings many fixes, including: better dark mode support in the Sorter, text wrapping in plain and rich text editing, more reliable autosaving when closing tabs or windows, and some interface glitches.
Improved
The sections of the Navigate sidebar can be reordered by drag and drop.
Added new section Sidebar to Preferences > General, containing a Unify Tags option to display the Tags group of open databases in the Globals section of the sidebar.
Added an Export command in the popup of the Annotations & Reminders inspector, supporting exports of the current annotation file to several formats.
Double-clicking on any database or group in the Navigate sidebar now expands or collapses it. Regarding groups, the behavior depends on the setting of the Double-click opens groups in a new window in Preferences > General.
If a database is open, selecting it in the Favorites section of the Navigate sidebar now shows the root level contents, like favoritegroups.
The Delete toolbar button now supports deleting items from local and global smart groups.
Renamed the Backup toolbar button to Optimize as it’s identical to File > Optimize Database.
Added a shortcut to the command Go > Workspaces > Update.
Double-clicking items in the Reading List sidebar now opens them in a new document window or an external application, depending on the state of the option Double-click opens documents externally in Preferences > General.
Improved the speed and reliability of indexing of PDF documents when the option Convert hashtags to tags option is enabled in Preferences > Import.
Improved conversion and exporting of Markdown, HTML pages, formatted notes, and web archives to PDF by using the HTML rendering instead of a rich text rendering.
The Clutter-free option used in the Clip to DEVONthink section of the Sorter is now disabled when selecting a format that doesn’t support this option.
File > Import > Bookmarks > Safari now displays an alert if Full Disk Access is not enabled in System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy (macOS Mojave or later).
Revealing a replicant via the Instances popup of the Info inspector or popover now selects the replicant instead of just revealing the enclosing group. In addition, groups containing a replicant in the Instances menu now appear in red color.
Added support for .mht and .mhtml files created by Microsoft Word or exported by some third-party browsers, like Vivaldi.
Conversion of hashtags to tags now ignores numbers less than one hundred as these are often not hashtags but a score or ranking.
Added date options This Hour and Last Hour for use in smart groups, smart rules, and searches.
Added new smart rule triggers On Renaming and After synchronization and renamed On synchronization to Before synchronization. Before synchronization is now performed before uploading or downloading any data, After synchronization after completing all uploads or downloads and committing the changes.
Added “annotations group” AppleScript property to the databases class.
Added hidden preference “ShowAdditionalInfoInPathBar” to show additional details for a selected document in the Path bar .
Reduced the minimum width of main windows.
The default database location, ~/Databases, is now only created on the initial launch of DEVONthink.
Improved language detection of documents which is now compatible to macOS El Capitan and Sierra.
Improved performance when generating thumbnails of bookmarks.
Improved reliability and stability.
Sync – Improved monitoring of iCloud uploads.
Sync – Invalid encryption key errors now cause the Log window to be shown, regardless of the option to disable showing the window automatically.
Sync – Improved updating indexed files located in cloud folders, e.g., Dropbox. This should address the potential for a rare issue of files being duplicated.
Pro – Added support for indexing, converting, and displaying an alternative text view of .mht and .mhtml files.
Pro – Improved indexing of emails containing CSS or XML elements.
Server – The web interface now supports links to PDF pages in rich text, Markdown, HTML pages, and formatted notes.
Fixed
Fixed a crash related to the Thumbnails inspector with PDF documents having a width or height smaller than 1 point.
Fixed a crash related to the Adobe Acrobat browser plugin.
Fixed an issue where Tools > Summarize Highlights could concatenate words.
Fixed an issue where autosave only saved the current tab of a window when the window lost focus.
Fixed an issue where clearing the search field in the Search inspector didn’t remove highlighted search hits in PDFs.
Fixed an issue where closing a database didn’t update the Tags filter if a global smart group or smart rule rule was selected in the Navigate sidebar.
Fixed an issue where commands in the Tools > Capture menu wouldn’t work if the selected file had no URL. Capturing bookmarks, Markdown, or using the clutter-free option still requires a valid URL.
Fixed an issue where deleting an item indexed on a volume, i.e., not in a subfolder, would display the incorrect alert.
Fixed an issue where files dropped into DEVONthink were not automatically selected.
Fixed an issue where plain and rich text were wrapping incorrectly when typing.
Fixed an issue where selecting documents in the Favorites section, then creating new groups in the Navigate sidebar, did not focus correctly.
Fixed an issue where sharing a web page without a title, e.g., RSS articles, didn’t include a subject.
Fixed an issue where some commands in the File > Export menu did not work when used in document windows.
Fixed an issue where tags containing commas couldn’t be entered. Note: Multiple tags in the search syntax are now separated by semicolons.
Fixed an issue where the Info and Map filter panes did not work with groups, smart groups, or RSS feeds.
Fixed an issue where the Import sidebar and View > Import menu command were shown incorrectly in the standard edition
Fixed an issue where the Close Other Tabs command in the contextual menu of document tabs didn’t save any modified tabs.
Fixed an issue where the Mount Volume button in the View/Edit pane of indexed files on unmounted volumes didn’t work.
Fixed an issue where the Tags section of the Sorter did not wrap when multiple tags were applied.
Fixed an issue where the conversion of RSS articles to PDF or rich text didn’t use the current stylesheet for feeds.
Fixed an issue where the destination of links in plain and rich text views wasn’t shown in the Navigation bar.
Fixed an issue where the displayed kind of plain and rich text documents wasn’t updated in the item list after sync.
Fixed an issue where using a wildcard at the beginning of any string in the Search inspector highlighted the complete text of the document.
Fixed an issue where using the command Edit > Copy Item Link would unnecessarily play the system alert sound.
Fixed an issue where video thumbnails were sometimes rotated or flipped.
Fixed an issue with combined imprints.
Fixed an issue with detection of Postscript and Adobe Illustrator files.
Fixed an issue with highlighting search hits in PDF documents containing diacritical characters
Fixed an issue with inconsistent handling of flags on groups and feeds.
Fixed an issue with incorrect listings in File > Recent Databases after opening encrypted databases.
Fixed an issue with templates only using the English resources.
Fixed an issue with the background colors of text fields in smart group and smart rule editors.
Fixed an issue with the tab order of elements in DEVONthink’s windows.
Fixed issues with HTML conversions and website exports in dark mode.
Fixed issues with the localizations.
Fixed a glitch of the Format bar when $running in trial mode.
Fixed a glitch of the Map filter pane.
Fixed a glitch of the Sorter in dark mode.
Fixed a glitch of the calendar in Tools > Filter > Info (macOS El Capitan through High Sierra).
Fixed a glitch of the toolbar search field, especially on non-Retina displays on macOS 10.14 and later.
Fixed a glitch of viewing web-based files, e.g., rendered Markdown, formatted notes, RSS articles, etc.
Pro – Fixed an issue where File > Import > Images (with OCR) did not honor the option to move the original file to the trash.
Pro – Fixed an issue where selecting a format in Preferences > OCR was not working correctly after the initial launch of the application.
Pro – Fixed issues with invoking OCR in smart rules or AppleScripts.
Server – Fixed issues with the web interface, including an issue with the contextual menu in read-only databases, and the display of headers in Markdown documents.
Document management reinvented. DEVONthink Pro Office is your Mac paperless office. It stores all your documents, helps you keep them organized, and presents you with what you need to get the job done.
Keep your data together in one place
Scan your paper, archive your email
Let artificial intelligence help you file your data
Sync your data to all your devices, fast and secure
Share your data with anyone, whether they use Mac or PC
Get organized, effortlessly
DEVONthink keeps your valuable data organized and presents it in the way you want.
DEVONthink keeps all your information in one easytobackup database, and presents it to you in a variety of ways optimized to your work style. Multiple views help you quickly navigate your data.
Many documents can be viewed and edited inline, without resorting to Quick Look or opening another app. Read webpages as if they were local documents.
Be more productive
Don’t fight the information flood by yourself. DEVONthink is smart and actively assists you with its builtin artificial intelligence.
Let DEVONthink automatically file new documents for you based on how you filed similar documents. Later, the advanced search function retrieves the documents that you need for your task, while smart groups present related data together. Quickly find similar documents using keywords extracted from the document and the unique “See also” function.
Create something new
It’s not about data, it’s about creating something meaningful from it. DEVONthink is your information power tool.
Collect, analyze, summarize, write: With DEVONthink you have all you need in one app that actively supports your workflow. View all your data in one place, use our innovative approach to tags to quickly organize documents, and write in the enhanced rich text editor. Use manual or automatic Wikistyle links to effortlessly crossreference your work.
DEVONthink’s two full screen modes help you stay focused, while smart templates are a great starting point for new documents.
Your data, no boundaries
Wherever your data comes from and whatever you want to do with it, DEVONthink provides you with the best tools and as much metadata as possible.
Store your documents in the selfcontained database or simply reference them by using the index feature. Clip data from other apps with just a keystroke, adding it to the GTD®like inbox for later filing, or take notes with the Take Note panel or the Dashboard widget. Browser extensions, the Services menu, and the Sorter panel integrate DEVONthink with your workflow.
Send links to your documents to any app which handles web addresses (URLs), e.g. OmniFocus or Mail, or export your documents in their original file format. DEVONthink doesn’t hold your data hostage.
Keep everything in sync — fast, robust, and secure
Use your databases on all your Macs, iPads, and iPhones. Collaborate in your team. It’s ultrafast, super robust, and strong encryption keeps prying eye out.
Sync your data directly on the local network, via WebDAV or Dropbox, or using just anything mountable, e.g. a USB stick or SD card. You decide what data is synced, when, and to which locations. Full AES 256 bit encryption keep everyone out who you don’t want to let in. Your data belongs to you, not to your service provider or us.
Carry your important data with you all the time with DEVONthink To Go 2 (available soon). Use the same database on all your team’s Macs but let everyone work independently by regularly synchronizing new work on the local network, an NAS, or internetbased file service.
The Pro advantage
DEVONthink grows with your needs. DEVONthink Pro and Pro Office support your personal work style with many advanced options.
Use separate databases for each project, and let automatic grouping create order from chaos. Add RSS feeds to your database to automatically import new articles, or download and archive full websites. The concordance gives you a realtime analysis of your data.
AppleScript support, Automator actions, and scriptdriven smart templates let you integrate DEVONthink with other software. The sky’s the limit!
This long-awaited release debuts many exciting new features and improvements including: a new integrated user interface, custom metadata, reminders, and new automation options that are even accessible to non-programmers.
We have extended the capabilities of our already powerful search engine with search prefixes, like tags: and name:, to allow constructing more focused searches. Working with annotations and navigating PDFs is now easier and more efficient. A new OCR engine transforms scans into searchable PDFs faster and more accurate, the rewritten web interface supports teams with user and access permission management, and the new Sorter makes it easier than ever to add new data to DEVONthink. PDFs and images can also be imprinted with custom data, including Bates numbering. And if privacy is your concern: encrypted databases keep your data securely locked away from prying eyes.
In addition to the wealth of new features, DEVONthink has maintained and improved the core technologies you’ve relied on in previous versions. To make it easier to get started with DEVONthink, we have also thoroughly revised and rewritten the documentation, providing a handy and quickly accessible reference.
NOTE: Starting with this release DEVONthink requires OS X El Capitan (10.11.5) or later.
Product Line
Three new editions: DEVONthink, DEVONthink Pro, and DEVONthink Server. All editions support automation, multiple databases, and all file types.
User Interface
Added a new integrated user interface, utilizing panes versus independent windows for many functions.
Added support for the dark mode color scheme in macOS Mojave and later.
Added the Info inspector, showing general information and custom metadata about selected files.
Added the Annotations & Reminders inspector, allowing you to set reminders, view Finder comments, and create, view, and edit annotation files. Reminders can be one-time or scheduled, and they support several alarm options, including executing scripts.
Added the Content inspector displaying: the table of contents found in some Markdown, EPUB, and PDF documents, or the thumbnails for PDFs.
Added the Document inspector displaying: indexed metadata, added annotations (highlights, text, etc.) and detected links in PDF, RTF, and web-based documents, e.g., web archives.
Added the Concordance inspector giving you access to a word frequency list. It also has a new Cloud view, showing a word cloud with sizes based on word weight.
Added the See Also & Classify inspector, displaying suggested filing locations for or documents related to the selected item.
Added the Search inspector, providing in-document search-and-replace and a list of search results. It also allows viewing the context of the search term and easy navigation through the document.
Added the Reading List sidebar to gather items you want to read or return to at a later time, e.g., to easily access bookmarks, PDF pages, or specific points in video or audio.
Added the Extras sidebar providing access to up-to-date scripts, templates, tips and tricks, and news from us.
Added the Import sidebar integrating scanning and email archiving.
Added an Activity pane for a less intrusive display of certain processes.
Security
Added encrypted databases for maximum privacy.
Searching & Navigating
Added search prefixes, e.g., tags: or name:, to allow for more focused searches. These are also used in scripting.
Search, including advanced criteria options, is now integrated into the main window.
Improved indexing and searching, including better support for Asian languages and indexing PDF and RTF attachments.
More precise highlighting of search hits when using proximity operators, e.g., NEAR or BEFORE.
Added Filter panes for filtering the displayed files by tags, dates and marks (label color, locked state, etc.), or geolocation data.
Added Go > To Group, Data > Move To, and Edit > Insert Item Link commands and popovers. These allow quicker access to open, reorganize, or link to items in your databases.
Favorites can now contain documents.
Tighter integration with the filesystem when using indexed files.
Working with Documents
Added a new 64-bit OCR engine with multi-core processing, Asian language support, and output to multiple formats.
Added the ability to create custom imprints, including placeholder text and Bates numbering, via Preferences > Imprint. For use with images and PDF files.
Added support for barcode detection.
Added a new web sharing interface and web server, utilizing secure connections via TLS and allowing creation of users with per-database permissions.
The Sorter has been redesigned and supports: searching open databases, multiple note taking options, including audio, video, and integrated screen captures, and includes the Clip to DEVONthink functions.
The Clip to DEVONthink browser extension for Safari is now a native extension.
Added custom metadata to support situation-specific needs. Multiple data types are supported, e.g., sets, Booleans, and numbers.
Added more options to convert metadata to tags, e.g., hashtags or geolocation data.
Added support for geolocation data, including the ability to enter it manually.
Added ratings, 0 to 5 stars.
Added automatic image tagging using machine learning.
Added the Formatting bar, shown under the toolbar, for use with rich text documents.
Added the Editing bar, displayed over the View/Edit pane, for quicker editing with document type-specific tools.
Added side-by-side view for editing HTML and Markdown documents.
Added form views and support for specific data types (number, date, etc.) to sheets.
Added Tools > Summarize Highlights to create a new RTF file containing the highlighted text from selected PDF and RTF files.
Added Tools > Create Metadata Overview to easily assemble metadata for selected files in a sheet that can be shared or exported.
Improved EPUB support with reading, search, and conversion to other formats, e.g., rich text or PDF.
Improved automatic WikiLinking, including support for the square bracket syntax, and active links in the rendered view of Markdown documents.
Automating Your Work
Added smart rules and Tools > Batch Process to execute event-driven actions on files, on a schedule or on demand.
Added new, easy to use data placeholders for use in templates, imprints, smart rules, and batch processing.
Added reminders that can be added to documents. They can be one-time or scheduled, and they support several alarm options, including executing scripts.
Improved and extended the AppleScript capabilities, including the ability to use scripts in reminders and smart rules.
Other Improvements
Revised and rewritten documentation.
Improved background processing of several functions, like email archiving, indexing, thumbnail generation, etc.
