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DEVONthink provides a sharing extension (requires OS X Yosemite or later), a web browser extension, as well as bookmarklets, for conveniently clipping information from other applications into your DEVONthink database. Sharing Extensions Sharing extensions let you "share" data with other applications or web services such as Twitter and Facebook. Extensions are mainly intended for the sandboxed App Store environment where applications can no longer easily communicate with each other. When you access the Share menu in a compatible application, you should see an option, Add to DEVONthink that allows you to send data from the application to DEVONthink. Installation: Just as other sharing extensions are installed, open System Preferences > Extensions > Share Menu and enable the option for DEVONthink. It should now be available in any sharing-enabled application's Share menu.
Note: The data being sent is controlled by the sending application, not DEVONthink. If there are issues with the data received in your database, please contact the developer of the application to report your findings.
Browser Extensions Browser extensions add functionality to your favorite web browser. DEVONthink's Clip to DEVONthink extension usually appears as a nautilus icon in the web browser's toolbar. When clicked, the Clip to DEVONthink will identify data about the current page in the browser and open the Web Clip section of the Sorter. Here you can simply select the location to clip the content or add optional metadata, like tags, label color, etc. Installing: The Clip to DEVONthink for Safari extension is installed by DEVONthink by default. The extensions for Firefox and Chrome can be installed from our Extras download page. You can also access these pages via the DEVONthink > Install Add-Ons panel.
Note: While there is no direct support for other browsers, some allow you to install Chrome extensions. This may allow you to install our browser extension in those browsers as well.
Bookmarklets Similar in function to a browser extension, but much simpler, bookmarklets are special bookmarks that execute some JavaScript to capture the current page or selection in the browser. To use one of the bookmarklets, load the page you wish to archive or clip text from in your web browser. When the page is fully shown, select the bookmarklet in your bookmarks bar. Instead of loading another page as normal bookmarks do, the bookmarklet adds the selected text or the whole page as text, bookmark, HTML code, web archive, or PDF to DEVONthink's default destination. Installing: Bookmarklets can be installed from our Extras download page. Typically, the bookmarklet can just be dragged and dropped to the browser's bookmarks toolbar. However, you may need to Control-click the bookmarklet and copy the code to add it manually, if the browser requires it. We have provided separate bookmarklets, one for each type, currently supporting capturing: bookmark, web archive, HTML, PDF (paginated or single page), plain text, or the selection as plain text.
Note: Due to increased security in macOS, Apple Safari will prompt you to allow launching DEVONthink when using the browser extension or bookmarklets. Other browsers allow you to make a persistent choice about this behavior.