Many of you are using DEVONthink Pro Office as the heart of your paperless office. And no paperless office without scanning. Therefore we have now completely rewritten our DEVONthink scanner support and updated it to use the latest Apple technology. The new scanner interface now fully supports all flatbed, sheet-fed, wireless, and network scanners as well as digital cameras and all iDevices with a camera that can be accessed also through the Image Capture application Before we make this plugin...

Some people use TJ HD’s excellent Language Switcher to start applications with a localization different than the system’s default language. Unfortunately this only starts the app in the other localization but breaks proper localization support for internal but independent elements such as smart templates or AppleScript scripts. So if you are using Language Switcher and experience that some smart templates or scripts don’t work please use it without Language Switcher.

From time to time I cannot resist to posting some feedback we receive, especially when it’s from people who usually don’t give any feedback to companies. Like Tony Vanderharst from Melbourne, Australia: […] It is excellent. I never give feedback to anybody unless I am really, really extremely frustrated and dissatisfied with something (by definition a grumpy old git). So this email is a bit of a departure. Well done on developing such a marvellous, easy to use and useful piece of software....

Our friends over at TidBITS, one of the longest-running Internet publications, have set up a new membership program to support their excellent news service. By joining as a member you do not only support the editors but you also get access to some cool benefits like an ad-free view on the website, a full-text RSS feed, early access to new articles, and great discounts on all Take Control ebooks and Mac software like LaunchBar, 1Password, and … DEVONthink, DEVONagent Pro,...

If you have updated to DEVONnote or DEVONthink 2.3.1 via the Mac App Store it could be that the updated version does not work. We have already fixed this issue with version 2.3.2 and sent an update to Apple but it’s still in the review queue. If you need to access your data until Apple releases the update please feel free to download a DEVONthink or DEVONnote trial from our website and use it in the meantime. — Please apologize the...

Just in time for the Christmas holidays in many parts of the world we have released a number of maintenance updates for all editions of DEVONthink, DEVONagent, and DEVONnote. Read the news release or download the apps from our download page. To directly update your copy open the app and choose Check for Update in the app’s application menu (the one labeled with the application’s name).

Just in case you have not been able to take advantage of our traditional Black Friday discount: It’s still available through Cyber Monday (Nov 28). Get 25 percent on all our software products also on Cyber Monday (Nov 28), as well as on all upgrades and apps in the Mac and iOS App Store (as soon as Apple has released the price change). Click here for more information. This is a world-wide offer and so starts on November 24, 2011, at 6...

The first Advent is approaching, here in Germany the first Christmas markets have already opened, and people are decorating their homes for Christmas with hundreds of beautiful and warm lights.Time to remind ourselves that we should be grateful for all the good things that happened to us in the past year. So wherever you are in the world, I wish you and your family a wonderful Thanksgiving week. Enjoy the upcoming Christmas season! Like it has been a tradition in the...

It’s update season here at DEVONtechnologies — and you shouldn’t miss it! We have added new functionality and eye candy, made all apps faster and more reliable, and, of course, fixed dozens of bugs and glitches. And we have added a brand new freeware app: Grid! Click here to learn more.