Tip of the day: Various types of documents can contain links, for example a saved web page, or a note with an URL or an email address. In #DEVONthink you don’t have to search your document by hand for them because there is an inspector just for this. Here is, how that works. #notetaking #pkm #productivity #tipoftheday https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20240625-links-inspector-devonthink

Tip of the day: Similar to the Finder’s saved searches, #DEVONthink’s smart groups display items that match criteria you define. Besides the possibility to build your own smart groups, there are also a few default ones in #DEVONthink. Here’s what they are. #automation #pkm #productivity #tipoftheday https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20230704-smart-groups

Tip of the day: 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. #pkm #productivity #tipoftheday #workflow https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20240102-reuse-search-devonthink-smartgroup

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? #devonthink #devonthinktogo #ai #artificialintelligence #security #promptinjection https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20260317-devonthink-ai-security

Tip of the day: At some point, you have probably worked on a text and created a duplicate to save its current state. For this purpose, #DEVONthink offers document versioning. This is a backup mechanism that automatically creates versions of your document when you make edits. Here is a quick introduction to this useful feature. #backups #notetaking #pkm #productivity #safety #tipoftheday https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20250603-versioning-in-devonthink

Tip of the day: When you create a #DEVONthink database, you need to save it to a specific location. In principle, there are many options here. Some are good, some others rather not. Here are the advocated options and things you need to know. #cloud #macos #pkm #productivity #safety #sync #tipoftheday https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20230912-where-store-databases

Tip of the day: If you are using Instapaper for gathering resources in an online archive, there isn’t a built-in #RSS feed available. If you’d like to have a feed adding these articles to your #DEVONthink database, here is a simple way to accomplish this. #pkm #productivity #tipoftheday #workflow https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20230718-instapaper-rss

Tip of the day: In #DEVONthink and #DEVONthinkToGo, you’ll see fields for a username and password in the properties of a database. These are the database credentials. While it looks like they would lock a database from access, they don’t. Here is, what they are actually for. #collaboration #pkm #productivity #safety #sync #tipoftheday https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20240130-database-credentials

Tip of the day: Scanning documents is a much needed function for many people, but you might not have a scanner available. If you have an iPhone or iPad connected to the same Apple Account as your Mac, you can use it to scan directly into #DEVONthink’s Global Inbox. We show you how. #ios #paperless #pkm #productivity #tipoftheday https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20240716-iphone-ipad-mac-scanner

Tip of the day: Whether due to a physical infirmity or just a product of getting older, viewing things on screen can become more difficult. Changing the interface isn’t something that’s simply done and everyone has their own level of correction needed. Here are a few ways to make things a bit easier on your eyes. #accessibility #devonthink #devonthinktogo #ios #macos #pkm #productivity #tipoftheday https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20230411-reduced-vision