The Support Assistant inside many of our apps provides regularly updated tips (that I also post here as “Tuesday Tips”) and slideshow tutorials giving step-by-step introductions into our apps. I have now added them to our website, too, so that you can read or play with them also when you just haven’t our apps open or when you’re relaxing on your couch with your iPad. Isn’t that cool? Click here to check them out! To read the tips and watch the tutorials...
DEVONagent Express also available in our own shop
If you’d been staying away from DEVONagent Express because it was only available through Mac App Store we have something for you: You can download it as a free trial from our download page now and buy licenses in our own online shop. And this is only the beginning. Step by step we will make all our commercial apps available also through our own shop for those of you who can’t or don’t want to buy in the Mac App Store....
Where does the name DEVONtechnologies come from?
No, we don’t have a founder named Devon. And we’re not from Devon, United Kingdom, Europe. The name actually comes from the Devonian period: “Devonian (after Devon County, England), the geologic period from 410 to 360 million years ago. Also called the Reptile Age or Age of Fishes. First amphibians appeared on the land, that until then was only inhabited by trees and other plants — it was the departure into a new age.” So the Devonian was the time...
Tuesday Tip: Use smart groups for reading RSS news
If you’re using DEVONthink Pro (Office) for reading your RSS feeds you need to select each feed that contains unread news to read the articles. To read all unread news in one place create a smart group that searches for items of kind “HTML Page” with the “Unread” flag switched on. It shows a blue “unread” blob as its icon indicating that it’s a smart group looking for unread items.
Tuesday Tip: Drag files to DEVONsphere Express
If your favorite app is not directly supported and so DEVONsphere Express does not update its panel live to your current document you can simply drag the document to DEVONsphere Express’ search field. It automatically focuses on the file. To drag a file you’re just editing or viewing drag its icon in the document window’s title bar (if available).
New shop online
In the last few weeks I have been working behind the curtain on a new online shop with a new provider, Avangate. The new shop is easier to navigate, much better integrated, and offers us a more modern backend. If you had problems with our previous shop check it out.
Read our documentation on your favorite ebook reader
Some might not know but the documentation that is built into DEVONthink, DEVONnote, and DEVONagent Pro was always also available as PDF. But after the relaunch of our website they looked strangely old-fashioned I have to admit. In the last few weeks I reworked the layout and adapted it to our new design. And, was I was at it, I dropped the landscape-oriented PDF for reading on the screen in favor of an ebook. So you can now download the documentation...
Updates for DEVONthink and DEVONnote
We have just updated all editions of DEVONthink as well as DEVONnote to version 2.3.4 with a number of little enhancements and bug fixes. Better integration of DEVONthink Pro Office with ExactScan Pro, updated scripts for import email messages to DEVONthink Pro, and a new Activity panel listing currently running background processes such as updating news feeds or synchronizing databases. Use the apps’ built-in upgrade function or download the new versions from our Download page.
Wednesday Tip: Better work with DEVONsphere Express results
DEVONsphere Express delivers instant See Also results on almost anything you’re working on, from web pages in Safari to email messages or Pages documents. Double-clicking opens found items in the default app for their type. But you can do more. Right- or ⌃Control-click items in the panel to show the contextual menu with additional options. Open them in other apps, add them to Safari’s reading list or to DEVONthink, or copy them. You can even drag them to other applications or...
Maintenance update for DEVONsphere Express
Apple has just approved version 1.4 of DEVONsphere Express with a number of bug fixes, performance enhancements and support for more applications. Get the update through the Upgrade tab in the App Store app.
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