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DEVONthink 4.1.1 LATEST
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DEVONthink keeps all your information in one easy-to-backup database and presents it to you in a variety of ways optimized to your work style. Multiple views help you quickly navigate your data.
Let the app automatically file new documents for you based on how you filed similar documents. Later, the advanced search function retrieves the documents that you need for your task, while smart groups present related data together.
Quickly find similar documents using keywords extracted from the document and the unique "See also" function.
Collect, analyze, summarize, write: With the tool you have all you need in one app that actively supports your workflow. View all your data in one place, use an innovative approach to tags to quickly organize documents, and write in the enhanced rich text editor. Use manual or automatic Wiki-style links to effortlessly cross-reference your work.
Store your documents in the self-contained database or simply reference them by using the index feature. Clip data from other apps with just a keystroke, adding it to the GTD®-like inbox for later filing, or take notes with the Take Note panel or the Dashboard widget. Browser extensions, the Services menu, and the Sorter panel integrate DEVONthink for macOS with your workflow.
Sync your data directly on the local network, via WebDAV or Dropbox, or using just anything mountable, e.g. a USB stick or SD card. You decide what data is synced, when, and to which locations. Full AES 256 bit encryption keep everyone out who you don't want to let in. Your data belongs to you, not to your service provider or us.
Use separate databases for each project, and let automatic grouping create order from chaos. Add RSS feeds to your database to automatically import new articles, or download and archive full websites.
The concordance gives you a real-time analysis of your data.
Features and Highlights
Get organized, effortlessly
Keep your data organized, safe, and work with it the way you want.
Be more productive
Don't fight the info flood all yourself. DEVON think is smart and assists you.
Keep everything in sync
Use the same data on all your Macs. Work in a team. Fast, robust, and secure.
The Pro advantage
Use multiple databases, more file formats, and automate your workflow.
Made especially for you!
Researchers, students, educators, journalists, lawyers, power users...
How to Use
- Open DEVONthink Pro from Applications folder
- Create a new database or open an existing one
- Import files or folders using drag and drop
- Use smart groups to organize and filter data
- Add tags, annotations, and comments to documents
- Search documents using AI-enhanced search
- Sync databases across devices via iCloud or WebDAV
- Use the built-in web browser to capture web pages
- Automate tasks using AppleScript or smart rules
- Backup and archive your databases regularly
macOS 10.14 Mojave or later
Intel or Apple Silicon Mac
Minimum 4 GB RAM (8 GB recommended)
At least 1 GB of free disk space
Internet connection for sync and updates
PROS
- Powerful AI-assisted search and organization
- Flexible data import and export options
- Supports a wide range of file types
- Robust syncing with encryption support
- Advanced automation via smart rules and scripts
- Interface may feel overwhelming at first
- High price compared to basic note apps
- Mobile app requires separate purchase
- Limited collaboration or team features
What's new in this version:
New:
- We added independent buttons for the Insert Back Link and Insert Quote commands to the Annotations & Reminders > Annotations inspector
New (Pro):
- We added two new options to the AI > Chat settings: Allow download of web pages and Load remote images automatically to let DEVONthink download and examine web content while generating a response. We disabled these options by default, as they could be considered insecure
- We added separate Destination settings for image recognition and multimedia transcription
- DEVONthink now suports Anthropic's Claude 4.5 Sonnet model with pricing and possibilities identical to Claude 4 Sonnet. In addition, the Script Assistant uses now this model instead of Claude 4 Sonnet
- We added support for Google's Nano Banana text-to-image engine in all image creation functions, e.g., the Generate Image window. This model supports image editing, and, unusually, defines the size and style directly from the prompt. You must have a Gemini API key to access this model
Improved:
- We improved the consistency of syntax colorizing for quotes in Markdown documents
- When converting EPUB documents, clipping web content, or using the `download PDF document from` AppleScript command to create PDF documents, DEVONthink now detects empty black and white pages and either filters them out or aborts the clipping
- When you select a local or global smart group or smart rule in the Navigate sidebar, DEVONthink now uses the targeted group as the destination for new items and grouping selected items
- We reduced resources used for versioning by 90%, especially during toolbar searches and while updating smart groups and rules
- DEVONthink now explicitly registers its extensions to ensure they're available in Safari and macOS' Share menu on macOS Tahoe or later
- You can now modify the `plain text` AppleScript property of transcribed files, e.g., images, PDF documents, audio and video files. You can also use the `transcription` synonym
- The external smart script `Zettel-ID` handles errors caused by Markdown documents that don't contain this ID
- We improved the handling of menu scripts execution
Improved (Pro):
- Apple Mail mailboxes and their structures now load faster and more reliably in the Import > Emails sidebar
- Cross-linking items is now easier; just drag and drop an item onto the item link pop-up menu in the Info > Data inspector or sheet form views
- The Help assistant provides the current help page to the chat, enabling summarization, translation, and other AI-assisted tasks
- The Help and Chat assistants retain unsent prompts when reopening windows, inspectors, or popovers
- A revised system prompt for chats eliminates unnecessary AI remarks about anonymized links
- You can optionally save images created or edited via the Chat assistant to the database via prompt. DEVONthink adds the prompt to the Finder Comments of the image
- The Chat assistant lets you modify the searchable text of transcribed documents (e.g., images, PDFs, audio, and video files), allowing updates to translated or spell-checked versions
- The context window of the current AI model now determines the number of tags available for the Files > Tags > Import > Use only already existing tags of a database setting
- Database searches are faster across the board, from the Chat assistant to smart actions and scripting, with notable gains for local AI models
- Web and Wikipedia searches via the Chat assistant, AI smart actions, and AppleScript commands now also use the Ecosia and Yahoo search engines and better filter results from Bing and Brave
- All AI responses, whether from summarization, transformation, script commands, or the Chat assistant, now undergo sanitization to remove potentially insecure content. Tool call names are stripped from the input, web page downloads are restricted to non-document queries, and the Chat assistant disables downloads after accessing item contents, annotations, or comments
- DEVONthink more reliably handles broken links and item links, e.g, returned by OpenAI's gpt-oss model
- Google's Gemini models now automatically use the latest versions of their Flash Lite, Flash, and Pro model
- The The Devonian Times and Research Overview templates now default to Claude 4.5 Sonnet when Claude is the selected AI provider
- All Perplexity Sonar models now support vision capabilities
- The Magistral Small and Medium models use version 1.2 now, adding vision support and expanding the context window to 128,000 tokens
- Tool calls with Mistral and local AI are simplified and improved
- Ollama (Remote) now supports API keys, e.g., for the new Ollama Cloud
- The OpenAI (Compatible) option now works with a broader range of providers and models, including those managed by universities and other institutions
- Qwen Code Plus is now available via OpenRouter in the Script Assistant
- The `download image with prompt` AppleScript command clearly reports an error if the provided image data is not an image
- We improved the `as` property descriptions for the `chat response for message` and `add custom meta data` commands
Improved (Sync):
- The Reading List sidebar and custom metadata now sync more reliably via Bonjour
- DEVONthink now detects the battery and thermal state of the machine and automatically throttles CPU and I/O load during synchronization when necessary
Fixed:
- Thumbnailing many small documents could sometimes cause a crash
- Converting rich text documents or emails to paginated PDF documents could intermittently freeze on macOS Tahoe
- Invalid relative image and transclusion links in Markdown could break document previewing or conversion, or crash the application
- Links entered in lists in Markdown documents didn't work properly in WYSIWYG mode
- Markdown headings containing code didn't display with correct colors
- Links pasted into Markdown lists did not use the correct color
- Searches with proximity operators didn't always highlight hits in PDF documents
- In macOS dark mode, text entered in new HTML documents didn't invert to white
- Tools > Summarize Annotations and the `summarize annotations of records` AppleScript command sometimes returned annotations in the wrong order, such as those made by PSPDFKit
- Web clipping via the Sorter when opened with the keyboard shortcut incorrectly included Safari's profile name
- Images dropped or pasted into Markdown documents with the Files > Markdown > Import images to group setting enabled didn't apply the Files > Import > Recognition or Files > Tags > Import settings
- Documents moved or duplicated between databases incorrectly added the extension to the internal name and document could be renamed with an empty name if General > Appearance > Show filename extensions was enabled
- Duplicate notifications from the Extras sidebar occurred when multiple main windows were open
- The AppleScript dictionary incorrectly defined and described the `root` of main windows
- The internal name of files created via AppleScript incorrectly retained the extension
Fixed (Pro):
- Loading the Model pop-up menu in the AI > Chat settings could sometimes cause a crash with local AI providers
- Claude AI wasn't working anymore in the Help assistant
- Retrying a chat in the Help assistant failed after reopening the panel
- The Chat assistant and chat response popovers, such as Summarize, didn't render code blocks or multiple tildes correctly
- The Reveal command in the item link pop-up menus of the Data inspector or sheet form view always opened a new window
- AI responses in the Chat assistant, AI smart actions, or the `get chat response for message` AppleScript command could stall if required items became unavailable, such as when an item was deleted or its database closed
- Image engines supporting image editing stopped working after creating two images
- The OpenAI (Compatible) option in the AI > Chat > Provider settings incorrectly required `/v1/` in the URL
- In the German localization, the OCR > PDF Resolution setting couldn't be changed
- In batch processing, the popovers in the `Chat - Query` and `Chat - Continue if` smart actions failed to initialize correctly after switching configurations
Fixed (Sync):
- Bonjour synchronization could sometimes cause memory issues
Removed (Pro):
- We replaced no longer functioning models and outdated models from the OpenRouter options
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