After the update to the “DEVONthink Arbeitsbuch” Take Control Publishers have released version 2.o of Take Control of Getting Started with DEVONthink 2. The new version has expanded in length by nearly 50 pages over the first version and helps you: Get up to speed in a hurry with recent improvements in DEVONthink (“Quicker Start”). Take a fresh look at groups and tags. The new edition explains how it all works. Select a sharing strategy. Use scanners and digital cameras...
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Update: DEVONthink sync technology
Many people are asking us what happened to our sync technology that we announced a while ago — and rightfully. It’s time for a FAQ about the state-of-the-sync. What will it sync? It will sync databases directly between Macs or using sync stores on file servers, Dropbox, or WebDAV. Using sync stores it can keep many copies of the databases in sync. A sync store can hold multiple databases. Why does it take you so long? Synchronizing is a complex...
“DEVONthink Arbeitsbuch” released in new edition
Michael Malzahl has updated his DEVONthink Arbeitsbuch, an introduction and step-by-step guide to DEVONthink in German language. If you have purchased a copy of this ebook from us you’ll receive an update notification and download link soon.
Ruby instead of AppleScript?
All our apps are highly scriptable using AppleScript, OS X’s native scripting architecture for Cocoa applications. But if you’re more into Python and Ruby, you can use that, too. MacRuby, Matt Neuburg’s work, and thread in our user forum with example scripts on how to use Ruby to control DEVONthink Pro (Office) give you a hand up.
DEVONagent Lite also downloadable from us
We have just made DEVONagent Lite, our free menu bar search app, also available for downloading from our own website instead of only offering it through the Mac App Store. Visit the Download page and get your copy!
Spring cleaning (means: updates, updates, updates)
Spring is in the air on the northern hemisphere, which means: time for some spring cleaning here at DEVONtechnologies: DEVONsphere Express is still new on the App Store and we’ve already submitted the second update. Not enough, we’ve also updated all our other applications, too, from DEVONthink and DEVONnote to DEVONagent and our freeware apps. Read the news. And if you’re the mind mapping type, we have another gem for you: MyThoughts, a great mind mapping app from our friends...
2nd public beta of new scanner and camera support
In the last few weeks we have fixed a number of bugs in our new scanner and camera support plugin (see my first posting here) as well as a new bug reporting function that makes it easier for you to report a bug. So if you are a DEVONthink Pro Office user and own a scanner other than a Fujitsu ScanSnap (we support this using a different technique), a digital camera, iPhone, iPod, or iPad with a camera please download the...
Our first search appliance: DEVONsphere Server
We have announced also another member of the DEVONsphere product line: DEVONsphere Server. If you’re running your own Intranet, managing the document collection for your company, or publishing a website, this is for you! DEVONsphere Server indexes your Intranet or any websites and provides your users with a fast and powerful search function that delivers relevant results empowered with unique smart features. You can use to build your own, specialized search engine or to make all the important documents, white...
Make your Mac smarter
After Apple has, completely unexpectedly, released version 1.0 of a brand new app from us last week without any review delays and the update to version 1.1 yesterday we’ve finally officially announced it today. Meet DEVONsphere Express: the whole power of our unique artificial intelligence technology crammed into an easy-to-use app that sits in the menu bar and provides you with related data to whatever you’re working on. It’s like DEVONthink but without the need to keep you data in a database....
Public beta: New scanner and camera support
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...
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