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: If you have many objects in one place in your database, you can quickly lose the overview and have to scroll and search a lot. In #DEVONthinkToGo, however, there is a way to hide items that you do not need at the moment. Here is, how that works. #tipoftheday #workflow https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20240402-collapsible-kind-groups

Tip of the day: For some time now, scripting has been a way on the Mac to automate certain workflows. Thanks to Apple’s application Shortcuts, workflows can meanwhile also be automated on your iPhone or iPad and then executed at the touch of a button. (…) #automation #devonthinktogo #tipoftheday #tooltip https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20221001-lock-screen-shortcuts

Tip of the day: When you’re working in #DEVONthinkToGo, there are likely items you keep returning to. To let you quickly access your most important items in #DEVONthinkToGo from anywhere on your device without laborious navigating, we’ve created a shortcut. Here is, how it works. #automation #tipoftheday #workflow https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20230822-quickly-launch-devonthink-to-go

Tip of the day: For some sync-related errors or when needing to modify an encryption key in #DEVONthink or #DEVONthinkToGo, cleaning the sync data may be required. Here we show you, how to properly do this. #pkm #productivity #sync #tipoftheday #troubleshooting https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20241008-clean-sync-location

Tip of the day: Many people use #Markdown documents, citing the ability to make global edits to the formatting. In #DEVONthink, similar global edits in the formatting are possible in rich text documents as well. Here is, how that works. #notetaking #pkm #productivity #tipoftheday https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20240521-formatting-rich-text

Tip of the day: A fantastic way to get news in an organized, clear form, and be able to read them in one place, is #RSS. We support #RSS, too, and provide feeds for our blog and forum, so that you can get news and conversations about us and our products in your feed reader at your convenience. Here is, how that works. #socialmedia #tipoftheday #workflow https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20230314-news-via-rss

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

Tip of the day: Focus modes allow you to minimize distractions in different circumstances. This usually involves disabling notifications from certain people or applications. #DEVONthinkToGo also supports Focus modes and lets you filter your information as needed. Here is, how that works. #ios #privacy #tipoftheday #workflow https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20230725-focus-modes

Tip of the day: One of the features Apple added to their operating systems is Live Text. It uses the device’s camera to dynamically detect text in whatever it’s pointed at. Here’s how you can use this feature to scan text into a document in #DEVONthinkToGo. #notetaking #tipoftheday #workflow https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20230404-scan-text

Tip of the day: We are big fans of utility applications that excel at a certain function, apps that do one thing exceptionally well. Whether you’re shopping for hardware or just an Apple enthusiast, you should check out Mactracker. #freeware #tipoftheday #tooltip https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20230627-all-about-apple

Tip of the day: There are various ways to merge individual work steps into a workflow and execute them automatically. One option is to use the smart rules in #DEVONthink. Now we have created the smart rule Import & OCR, which lets you easily import scans and make them searchable. Here you will find out how to set up and use the rule. #automation #paperless #pkm #productivity #tipoftheday #workflow https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20221115-import-and-ocr-smart-rule

Tip of the day: With the Apple Pencil, you can draw, paint, or turn your iPad into a digital notebook that you can write in by hand. The Apple Pencil is a constant companion for many users and #DEVONthinkToGo offers some ways to use it as well. Here are a few suggestions. #ios #tipoftheday https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20230103-apple-pencil

Tip of the day: We not only take the development of our applications seriously, we are strongly committed to their support as well. One additional resource available in #DEVONthink and #DEVONagent Pro is the Support Assistant window. Here’s what you’ll find there. #pkm #productivity #support #tipoftheday https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20230119-support-assistant

Tip of the day: There is a script for #DEVONthink, that allows you to quickly save your open browser tabs as bookmarks into your database. Here we have a few extra tips on extending the functionality a bit. So for those so inclined to tinker, we hope you enjoy this. #automation #pkm #productivity #tipoftheday https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20240926-extend-browser-filing-script

Tip of the day: There’s always something new and shiny coming from Cupertino. And with a new computer comes the inevitable question, “How do I move my #DEVONthink to my new Mac?” Here is how to manually migrate to a new Mac. #pkm #productivity #tipoftheday https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20220328-migrate-devonthink-new-mac

Tip of the day: When it comes to #PDF documents, what you see and what is actually there can be two different things. Just because you can read words in the document doesn’t mean it is searchable. Or perhaps you have a searchable #PDF but it’s still not found in a search in #DEVONthink. Here are a few ways to deal with such #PDFs. #macos #paperless #pkm #productivity #tipoftheday https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20230418-pdf-searchable

Tip of the day: Beyond messaging and email, #PDF is one of the most common formats for communicating information between people. In applications that support printing to #PDF — and there are many — you can print a paginated #PDF directly to #DEVONthink. #pkm #productivity #tipoftheday #workflow https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20220426-print-pdfs-to-devonthink

Tip of the day: #DEVONthink’s encrypted databases are useful for keeping your private data, e.g., financial or health records, though they can be used for any purpose. If you decide you don’t need a particular database to be encrypted, here’s how you can unencrypt it. #pkm #privacy #productivity #tipoftheday https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20240917-unencrypt-database

Tip of the day: Apple’s mobile platform and devices are built for touch. Touch this, pinch that, swipe left and right, etc. However, using a hardware keyboard is often a much more fluid and accurate experience and also opens up the ability to use keyboard shortcuts. Supporting this, #DEVONthinkToGo has a broad set of menus and key commands available. #ios #tipoftheday #workflow https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20220614-keyboard-shortcuts