Tip of the day: For many people, color is a useful visual aid in recognition and organization. Starting with #DEVONthink 4 Copernicus, we added support for colorizing groups. This can be helpful if you have many groups or if you want to organize them based on certain criteria. Here is how to use the feature. #pkm #productivity #tipoftheday https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20250708-colorize-groups-devonthink
Tip of the day: A #DEVONthink database can contain many different types of files including ZIP archives. But is this a good idea? We explore how to deal with compressed files in your databases. #pkm #productivity #tipoftheday https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20240903-compressed-files-devonthink
Tip of the day: Users of the Pro or Server edition of #DEVONthink can archive email into their databases. But per database, only one copy of any message. If an email exists in multiple copies in your email account, this can lead to complications. Here is why and how you easily get around it. #email #pkm #productivity #tipoftheday #workflow https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20230530-import-email-copies
Tip of the day: No matter how much you may enjoy your work, sometimes it’s just stressful underneath the surface. One option for relieving a little stress from your day that works for us are relaxing background sounds. Here are some options to explore. #devonthink #macos #pkm #productivity #relax #tipoftheday https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20230919-relaxing-work
Tip of the day: When you’re searching for your documents in #DEVONthink, you often have an idea where they might be. Searching everywhere would give you more results than you want at the moment. Here is, how to narrow down the search location. #pkm #productivity #tipoftheday #workflow https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20231107-narrow-search-devonthink
Tip of the day: If an application has translated its interface into another language, you can choose the language in which it is used. #DEVONthink is, e.g., available in English, French, and German. Here is, how you can easily change an app’s language on the Mac. #localization #macos #pkm #productivity #tipoftheday https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20231121-change-app-language
Tip of the day: Metadata is information about other data, in our case documents. Most metadata is predefined, like the file size or the creation date. However, #DEVONthink lets you create and use custom metadata, that you can apply to your documents. Here is, how that works. #pkm #productivity #tipoftheday https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20231031-custom-metadata
Tip of the day: In our browsers, many tabs tend to accumulate, as most of us are certainly familiar with. Perhaps you would like to preserve some of these tabs, e.g., when you are doing a research? For that, we have a #DEVONthink script available to file tabs from Safari or Google Chrome. #automation #pkm #productivity #tipoftheday https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20240924-save-browser-tabs
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. #devonthink #productivity https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20260428-search-from-document-text
Tip of the day: Have you just done a fresh install of #DEVONthink on a new Mac and want to get it up and running? Here are a few things to check off your list. #pkm #productivity #tipoftheday https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20250114-first-steps-devonthink