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New Improved Fixed Removed Version 3.0.4 This release brings more refinements and bug fixes to DEVONthink. The enhanced dark mode allows for disabling dark mode only for documents and items can be accessed much faster through the Go > Go To, Data > Move To, and Edit > Insert > Link To popovers. Indexing and syncing indexed files has been improved, too, even with items located in iCloud, and so has the overall performance and reliability. Added Use dark background for documents option to Preferences > General > Appearance, enabled by default. Added a + button to the Data > Move To popover to allow creating new groups quickly. Search results are now always sorted by score by default. The former behavior can be enabled by setting the hidden preference `PersistentSortingOfSearchResults`. Notifications inform about new extras available in the Extras sidebar. Pro — Scans from the Brother iPrint & Scan software are now recognized and run through OCR on demand. Option-clicking words in document windows now performs a search in the frontmost main window. The contextual menus in document windows now support the same search-related commands found in main windows. Moving items no longer fail if items with the same UUID, type, and size already exist at the destination; replicants are added instead. The Exclude subgroups option of smart groups and smart rules can now be used when targeting the root of a database. The Navigate sidebar now scrolls to selected item automatically, if necessary, e.g., after using Go > Go To. If the option View > Show Only Documents is enabled, the Group, Smart Group, or Feed commands in the Data > New menu are now performed in the Navigate sidebar. These commands are disabled if the sidebar is invisible. Tooltips explain the labels of the Info > Custom inspector and in the form views of sheets. Dropping image files from the Finder into Markdown documents adds now valid Markdown links to them. Tools > Create Expense Report now supports groups, smart groups, and feeds having the required custom metadata. It is now possible to tab into the list of Go > Go To, Data > Move To, and Edit > Insert > Link popovers and use the arrow keys for navigating, e.g., expanding and collapsing groups. The Reading List now honors the Double-click opens documents externally option in Preferences > General. Shortcut keys in Preferences > Sorter are now validated so already used key combinations are disallowed. If a volume containing an open database is unexpectedly unmounted, the database will be closed and an error logged to Windows > Log. Scripts now block the synchronization to alleviate errors from longer running scripted tasks. The Sorter checks if it has permissions to access the camera and logs an error if not. Bookmarks and feeds are now always automatically named, if necessary, e.g., after adding an unnamed bookmark via the Sorter when using the sharing extension. Tags are now automatically updated after renaming an item if the option Convert hashtags to tags in Preferences > Import > Tags is enabled. Updated Chrome and Firefox browser extensions support ⌘⇧C again. Improved highlighting in formatted notes via Format > Highlight while in dark mode. Improved dark mode support of rich text documents, e.g., for code copied from Xcode, after changing text colors to white and black or using strike through. The extended attribute `kMDItemWhereFroms` of indexed or exported items is set to the item's URL. Additionally, the Download Manager (Pro edition) sets this attribute on downloaded items. Printing rich text documents or converting them to PDF now retains the formatting of links. Improved importing and indexing of files and folders located in cloud folders, especially of items in iCloud Drive without local copies. The embedded script editor of smart rules and reminders now displays error messages at the bottom of the window and selects the range causing the error. Improved "Check Links" and "Download Bibliographic Metadata" smart rule scripts so they don't display error alerts which are not recommended for smart rules. The scripts Add as Event to Calendar and Add as To Do to Reminders in the Scripts > Reminders menu now support custom dates. The "selected text" AppleScript property now supports selected text in the source view of HTML and Markdown documents while viewing in side-by-side mode. Setting the "selection" AppleScript property now works in toolbar search results. Improved responsiveness while handling indexed folders on network volumes. Improved caching of smart group and smart rule results. Improved overall performance in the Go > Go To, Data > Move To, and Edit > Insert > Link popovers. Improved conversion of automatic Wiki links in Markdown documents for previewing or converting is about 50 times faster. Improved preprocessing of emojis in Markdown documents before previewing, exporting, or converting large Markdown documents could stall the application and is now about 600 times faster. Improved conversion of rich text and formatted notes retains line breaks. Improved compatibility to OPML files containing comments. The default encoding for HTML files without a charset is now UTF-8 instead of ISO-Latin-1. Improved encoding in sheets, e.g. in metadata overviews. Improved compatibility when third-party software has modified the operating system's behavior. Improved error handling in case of encrypted databases located in the trash or in cloud folders. Pro — Entering metadata for incoming scanned files no longer inhibits OCR of other documents. An update to the OCR resources is required. Pro — The PDF preview in the metadata panel after OCR now uses the display and data detector settings of the preferences. Pro — OCR issues are now logged to Windows > Log instead of showing an alert. Server — Preferences > Server now includes a guest user by default. Sync — Garbage collection of sync stores is now performed immediately after uploading changes. This may avoid unnecessary and possibly large downloads on other devices and also to free up disk and cloud space more efficiently. Sync — Improved handling of indexed items in cloud folders. Sync — Improved downloading pending items from sync stores. Sync — Improved reliability of iCloud upload monitoring. Sync — Improved reliability of Bonjour syncs. Sync — More reliable handling of status files. Fixed a crash related to changing dates via the keyboard in the Info filter pane. Fixed a rare crash when using autocompletion of square bracket WikiLinks. Fixed a rare crash when viewing toolbar search results in column view. Fixed an issue with deleting custom metadata values in List view. Fixed an issue with Finder comments or annotations in the Annotations & Reminders inspector not being saved after switching to the Tags bar and entering tags. Fixed an issue with flashing windows when viewing images (macOS Catalina). Fixed an issue with newly created items that couldn't be renamed in Icon view. Fixed an issue with rotating or flipping a PNG image using an indexed color palette by disabling these options on the affected versions of macOS (macOS El Capitan through Mojave). Fixed an issue with searching, especially searching for Asian characters. Fixed an issue with the Search inspector and search highlighting not being updated after switching between various smart groups and smart rules containing the same items. Fixed an issue with the Edit > Copy Item Link command not working with items selected in the Navigate sidebar. Fixed an issue with the sidebar when renaming groups in the Navigate sidebar (macOS Sierra through High Sierra). Fixed an issue with the unread state of new items created by Sorter. Fixed an issue with validating the Tools > Summarize Highlights menu items. Fixed an issue where Go > Back didn't work after opening PDF documents. Fixed an issue where DEVONthink could freeze after dragging a bookmark folder from Safari to DEVONthink. Fixed an issue where adding web pages or search results to DEVONthink beeped unnecessarily. Fixed an issue where the Navigation bar and text view of Markdown documents were not updated after locking and unlocking documents in side-by-side mode. Fixed an issue where the Start Server command was available in the Dock menu of the Standard and Pro editions. Fixed an issue where the global inbox couldn't be renamed in the Navigate sidebar if Preferences > General > Sidebar > Unify inboxes was enabled. Fixed an issue where the playback controls of audio files were not visible (macOS Catalina). Pro — Fixed a crash related to importing UNIX `.mbox` files. Pro — Fixed a crash of OCR when converting records to searchable PDF. Pro — Fixed an issue with moving items to a new binder in the Imports section of Image Capture sidebar. Pro — Fixed an issue with OCR that could adversely affect file sizes, file dates, and annotations. Pro — Fixed an issue with OCR where jobs were not removed from scanning queue after an import failure. Pro — Fixed an issue with the dark mode appearance of buttons in the Download Manager. Server — Fixed an issue where loading `.p12` files in Preferences > Server didn't prompt for a password. Sync — Fixed a rare crash when syncing with Dropbox. Sync — Fixed a crash related to broken sync status files. Sync — Fixed an issue with downloading pending items. Sync — Fixed an issue where a Bonjour sync could sometime freeze the application. Version 3.0.3 This release brings some improvements in getting data in and out of DEVONthink, with some more support for other email clients when sending emails via smart rules and improving clipping from various browsers. We are continuing to refine interface and the behavior in the Navigate sidebar. Additionally we have added fixes and improvements in automation, including some new scripts and the ability to sync a database via AppleScript. Of course we have also addressed several issues and a few crashes, increasing the reliability of the application. Added Enable reminder alarms to Preferences > General. This is enabled by default, but can be disabled on a machine-by-machine basis. Added Tools > Create Expense Report. This summarizes custom metadata dates and currencies of selected files in a sheet and adds the totals to the sheet. Added smart rule script `Assign Document Date & Amount` which attempts to detect document dates and amounts and assigns them as custom metadata. Added script Data > Verify & Optimize Databases for verifying and optimizing all open databases. Added an optional `database` parameter to the `synchronize` AppleScript command. Without this parameter, the command synchronizes records with the filesystem, i.e., updating indexed files. With the parameter, databases can be manually synced with their sync locations. Search results now support using Tools > Filters. Pressing Escape in a fullscreen main window now hides an active search. If no search is active, it exits fullscreen mode. Mailplane 4 is now supported when using Data > Send by Email. Sending email via smart rules is supported when Microsoft Outlook, Mailplane 3 or 4, or Airmail 3 is the default email client. Note: Due to the poor AppleScript support in Airmail, an alert will display before sending the email. Importing from Evernote, Notes, Bookends, or Yojimbo via File > Import or drag-and-drop from Apple Mail, Bookends, or Tinderbox now displays a warning if DEVONthink doesn't have automation permissions for these apps (macOS Mojave and later). Improved support for clipping from Firefox via the Sorter. Improved clipping web pages as formatted notes, rich text, and webarchives by using the HTML source, when possible. Adding bookmarks without a name now automatically names them, e.g., after using Data > New With Clipboard , drag-and-drop, or using services. Data > New With Clipboard no longer sets the URL of the new item to cross-links anymore, e.g., after copying text, as this unintentionally could create annotation files. Conversion of hashtags to tags now supports semicolon- and comma-separated tags too, e.g., `#tag1, #tag2, #tag3`. Reminders are now delayed on startup until all previously open databases and windows have been reopened. It is now possible to drop images stored in DEVONthink into Markdown source code and have them resolved as valid Markdown image links. In addition, Command-Option-dragging of items into Markdown inserts valid cross-links instead of item titles. Renamed the contextual and action menu command Copy Smart Rule Link to Copy Rule Link in the Navigate sidebar. Pressing Delete or Backspace in the Navigate sidebar removes the selected favorite, smart group, or smart rule if Keyboard navigation is enabled in Preferences > General > Sidebar. Improved dark mode support of text views, especially with complex rich text views using tables, the Import > Email interface (Pro), and the embedded script editor in smart rules and reminder alarms. Improved date parsing when converting from text strings to dates. Improved recognition of document dates. Improved performance and reliability. Pro — Improved startup speed of Import > Email when the Apple Mail plugin isn't installed or enabled. Sync — Improved performance and reliability with iCloud, including synchronizing at least once per minute when the sync interval is set to Automatic. Sync — Slightly revised wording in the alert shown when cleaning sync data. Fixed a crash related to viewing some EPUB files. Fixed a rare crash related to split views. Fixed a rare crash related to using List view. Fixed an issue where accessing Apple Reminders via scripts didn't always work due to new security measures (macOS Mojave and later). Fixed an issue where attachments in rich text files couldn't be correctly dragged out of the document. Fixed an issue where closing a search always set the item list to List view when Preferences > General > Retain view was enabled. Fixed an issue where date criteria in smart groups, smart rules, and searches didn't work with custom metadata dates set in the future. Fixed an issue where duplicate extensions were created when adding and removing attachments from rich text files while Preferences > General > Appearance > Show filename extensions was enabled. Fixed an issue where icons set via AppleScript displayed a border. Fixed an issue where nested hash tags caused a memory leak. Fixed an issue where previewing or indexing Nisus Writer's .zrtf files with images didn't work correctly; the images are now stripped. Fixed an issue where revealing search results after choosing a different item in the Navigate sidebar while the search was visible didn't always work. Fixed an issue where search hits were not highlighted when using List or Columns in the View menu. Fixed an issue where selected groups in the group selector could be deleted by pressing the Delete key. Fixed an issue where the Log window wasn't automatically opened while executing scripts, like Data > Verify & Optimize Databases. Fixed an issue where the Open toolbar item didn't work in fullscreen mode if the View/Edit pane was visible. Fixed an issue where the Back and Forward arrows in the path bar didn't update the inspectors. Fixed an issue where the focus ring of the current cell wasn't shown while editing sheets. Fixed an issue where the formatting of real numbers wasn't always correct, e.g., currencies, used in placeholders for imprinting (Pro) and Tools > Batch Process. Fixed an issue where the Sorter didn't remove temporary files when recording audio or video video notes. Fixed an issue where the text color in the Navigate sidebar wasn't correct (macOS High Sierra and earlier). Fixed an issue where the title of main windows was incorrect when a database's Inbox was selected in the Navigate sidebar. Fixed an issue where the URL of screen captures made on macOS Catalina pointed to a temporary location. The URL is now ignored. Fixed an issue where Wiki-linking based on names and aliases didn't always detect documents if their title was entered with the file extension or imported with an extension in version 2.x. Fixed and issue where the scroll position of annotations in the Document > Annotations inspector or the active cell in sheets wasn't always retained after saving or synchronizing. Fixed a glitch with underlined text in plain or rich text when using dark mode. Pro — Fixed an issue where email clients could be set offline while DEVONthink was running; now they are only set to offline while importing or archiving messages or mailboxes. Pro — Fixed an issue where the Imprinter didn't retain PDF annotations and rotated landscape pages to portrait orientation. Sync — Fixed an issue where unreliable networks could lead to incorrect "Can't create folder of database …, path exists already" errors being reported. Sync — Fixed an issue where incomplete sync data could lead to incorrect "File not yet available" errors being reported. Version 3.0.2 The 3.0.2 release of DEVONthink brings a long list of fixes, enhancements, and additions. Some keyboard-focused controls are available in the Navigate sidebar. WikiLinking is more reliable and now supports better autocompletion when using square bracket syntax, as well as the option to exclude items from WikiLinking. We have addressed some issues with smart rules and added some new actions. Many Improvements have been made, touching on indexed files, email imports, and fixes for importing from Apple Notes on macOS Catalina. And many fixes have been made for increased performance and reliability. Added keyboard navigation, typing selection, and arrow key hoisting of groups in the Navigate sidebar. This is enabled via Keyboard in Preferences > General > Sidebar. Also quick renaming can be initiated by pressing the Return key. Added support for .ZRTF documents created by Nisus Writer. The files aren't editable in DEVONthink but are indexed and searchable. They can also be viewed, converted, or exported. Tools > Summarize Highlights creates summaries as Markdown too. Added an alternate menu items Window > Close All and File > Export > PDF Document without Annotations, shown when the Option key is pressed. Added a Search hotkey to Preferences > Sorter. Added Last Used Countries and Last Used Languages to dropdown menus in the Info > Custom inspector. Added smart rule actions Move Into Database and Move To External Folder. Items can now be excluded from WikiLinking in the Exclude from section of the Info inspector. Subgroups can be ignored in smart group and smart rules. Added a negation option, "not" or the prefix operator "!", to begin, end, and contain operators for use with string-based searches. Example: "name does not begin with Screen". Added new optional script Edit > New Linked Markdown Note, available from the Extras sidebar. Added Accessibility support to the scanning controls in the Import sidebar. Added hidden preference EnableSearchFieldAutocompletion. This enables autocompletion of search terms in the toolbar search field when the search options Live while typing and Partial matches while typing are disabled. Importing notes from Apple Notes in macOS Catalina now includes embedded images as part of the note. Automatically expanded items in the Navigate sidebar are automatically collapsed after drag-and-drop if Automatically expand & collapse is enabled in Preferences > General > Sidebar. Renamed the "Home" section of the Sorter to Navigation. Pasting files in the item list is now possible via Edit > Paste. Double-clicking documents always opens them in DEVONthink windows if Double-click opens documents externally is disabled in Preferences > General. Formatted notes, web archives, and HTML pages now support cross-linking via Edit > Insert > Link To. ⌘⇧I now toggles Info popover. The Info inspector and popover displays size and number of items of selected smart groups. The Content > Table of Contents inspector lists bold or underlined text in rich text files. Search terms are highlighted in names while viewing search results in Icon and Column views. The width of the Label column in list views can be customized. The default toolbar items of document windows now include "Mark" and "Label" items. Underscores in tags converted from hashtags are now supported. The case of the original hashtag is also retained, unless Case-Insensitive Tagging is enabled in File > Database Properties. Preferences > Import > Tags > Convert hashtags to tags supports creating nested tags when using a forward slash, e.g., `#software/development`. WikiLinking with Names and Aliases and Square Brackets now support including file extensions. Merging PDFs retains the tables of contents of the original documents. Conversion of sheets to HTML now retains URLs and improves the formatting of cells containing multiple lines. This also applies to web interface and File > Export > as Website. Slightly revised output of Tools > Summarize Highlights, e.g. in case of PDF highlights having details. In addition, a page link is now inserted before each highlight and the links of highlighted text in RTF documents are retained. After selecting a PDF annotation in the Document > Annotations inspector then selecting text, the annotation is automatically deselected again. Barcode detection will be attempted on the first four pages of a PDF document. A list of mounted volumes isn't retrieved anymore after opening databases, as this could freeze the application for quite some time. When DEVONthink quits, it will attempt to unmount mounted volumes if the unmounting failed e.g., after closing an encrypted database. Improved dark mode support for sheets converted to HTML, rich text documents, and email messages. Improved and more consistent handling of window and view settings. Improved conversion of rich text and email messages to PDF. Improved autocompletion of square-bracket Wiki links in plain text, rich text, and Markdown documents. Improved compatibility of automatic Wiki links to rendered HTML with Markdown documents. Improved RSS support to avoid duplicate entries, if possible. Importing email via drag-and-drop from Apple Mail is now performed in the background and can be also canceled. Renamed smart rule event "On Save" to After saving and added a Before saving event trigger, e.g., useful for versioning. DEVONthink will not attempt to perform scheduled smart rules if the targeted database or group is closed. This improves the accuracy of the schedule. "search" and other parameters, e.g. "page", can now be used concurrently in item links. Tags are now updated after modifying a document via AppleScript if Convert hashtags to tags is enabled in Preferences > Import > Tags. Improved overall performance. Improved error handling and logging. Pro — Improved PDF quality in OCR results. Sync — Improved iCloud reliability, including a bit more accurate iCloud upload monitor, shown in the Activity window or the Activity pane at the bottom of the Navigate sidebar. Sync — Improved some error message reporting. Sync — The Max. Connections in Preferences > Sync can now be set to a minimum of 1. Fixed a crash related to PDF thumbnails Fixed rare crashes related to some kinds of drag-and-drop data. Fixed further rare crashes on macOS Mojave and Catalina. Fixed an issue of the AppleScript command `add custom metadata`. Fixed an issue where DEVONthink > Check for Updates didn't work when the application was registered. Also fixes a glitch when no newer version is found and the application is still in trial mode. Fixed an issue where Data > Convert didn't work within local smart groups. Fixed an issue where View > Show Only Documents wasn't honored when navigating forward and backward in the path bar. Fixed an issue where Convert smart rule actions followed by additional actions weren't always performed synchronously. Note this did not affect the Convert & Continue action. Fixed an issue where Date placeholders formatted as Date only, still used the time as well. Fixed an issue where DEVONthink could stall when using indexed items. Fixed an issue where a color applied to a tag in the Info inspector and popover couldn't be removed. Fixed an issue where a modified date wasn't saved after being changed manually. Fixed an issue where capturing PDFs didn't always work (macOS Catalina). Fixed an issue where contextual menu items were always disabled in the Annotations & Reminders inspector and Document > Annotations inspector. Fixed an issue where creating a new document while editing another didn't select the new document. Fixed an issue where custom metadata was lost after making changes to the metadata via AppleScript. Fixed an issue where files created via Tools > Summarize Highlights and Tools > Create Metadata Overview didn't trigger smart rules using the On Creation smart rule action. Fixed an issue where groups created in the Navigate sidebar were not added to the recent destinations. Fixed an issue where images were immediately saved after adding text annotations. Fixed an issue where indexing email files using the latest macOS Spotlight importer didn't work. Fixed an issue where indexing HTML content, including content in emails, didn't always work correctly. Fixed an issue where installing additional scripts via DEVONthink > Install Add-Ons deactivated the application (macOS Mojave and later). Fixed an issue where locked images could still be rotated or flipped. Fixed an issue where modifying a global smart group or smart rule changed its item link. Fixed an issue where moving duplicates to other databases with smart rules didn't work correctly. Fixed an issue where moving items between two indexed folders didn't always move all the items between the external folders in the Finder. Fixed an issue where multiple scripts were executed concurrently via triggered scripts, smart rule scripts, or reminder scripts. Fixed an issue where opening the Sorter while the Web Clip section was active caused a delay. Fixed an issue where scrolling RTFD files didn't work after opening their embedded images in an external application. Fixed an issue where selecting a database in the Favorites of the Navigate sidebar didn't update the main view. Fixed an issue where taking a screen capture didn't hide the Sorter (macOS Catalina). Fixed an issue where the "Kind" metadata of PDF documents wasn't updated in some cases. Fixed an issue where the Search inspector didn't support searching for invisible characters. Fixed an issue where the View > Preview setting wasn't always retained. Fixed an issue where the item list in List view didn't always retain the current expansion of groups Fixed an issue where the Sorter didn't honor the Select (and display) automatically option in Preferences > Import. Fixed an issue where the Send Email smart rule action always used Apple Mail. Fixed an issue where the conversion of hashtags to tags retained the `#`. Fixed an issue where the criterion Tag is (not) in smart rules and smart groups could return incorrect results. Fixed an issue where the insertion point color in plain texts and Markdown documents wasn't visible in dark mode. Fixed an issue where the same shortcut was assigned to two different menu commands in View > Sidebar. Fixed an issue where the search scope of a toolbar search wasn't updated when selecting items in the Navigate sidebar. Fixed an issue where the suggestions for auto-classification weren't updated after reopening databases. Fixed an issue where WikiLinks were being incorrectly detected in MathJax and code blocks in Markdown documents. Fixed issues (via workarounds) with Apple Notes' AppleScript support (macOS Catalina). Fixed issues of searching in PDF documents, e.g. rare crashes or support for Hebrew. Fixed issues related to sorting in the Navigate sidebar. Fixed issues related to the history popups in the navigation bar and path bar. Fixed issues with Date … (not) within… x days criteria of searches, smart groups, and smart rules when specifying future dates. Fixed a glitch where dragging search results to other databases would incorrectly retain a selection in the results. Fixed a glitch where the alignment of the Edit > Insert > Link To popover wasn't correct. Fixed a glitch where the name of automatically created Wiki documents sometimes did not include all the characters of the linked word. Pro — Fixed a crash related to archiving large mailboxes. Pro — Fixed a crash related to the Download Manager. Pro — Fixed an issue where imprints didn't work correctly (macOS El Capitan). Pro — Fixed an issue where OCR didn't retain a name entered in the group selector on import. Pro — Fixed an issue where OCR didn't select the resulting file. Pro — Fixed an issue where some auto-generated names from ScanSnap Home inhibited OCR. Pro — Fixed an issue where the "OCR to…" smart rule action didn't retain the attributes of the original file. Pro — Fixed an issue where the Download Manager downloaded too many items when resources were included, e.g., stylesheets and scripts. Pro — Fixed issues related to scanning, including better support for scanning in macOS Catalina. Pro — Fixed an issue where some documents could be modified via web sharing even though it wasn't allowed. Pro — Fixed issues related to creating new bookmarks and feeds via web sharing. Pro — Fixed an glitch in the TLS Certificate dropdown of Preferences > Server. Sync — Fixed a rare crash when using Bonjour connections. Removed default smart rule script "Move Into Database" and "Move To External Folder" from distribution. Already installed scripts aren't removed so that existing smart rules still work. Version 3.0.1 This first update brings fixes and improvements to DEVONthink. Reordering the Navigate sidebar is now possible. Preferences > General now allows databases' Tags groups to be shown in the item list for each database, and tags can again be created with commas, e.g., when typing author names. Synchronization of indexed files and monitoring iCloud background uploads has been improved. Some new smart rule event triggers allow for actions to be taken before sync begins, after it finishes, or after manually renaming files. Annotation files now can be conveniently exported out to the Finder in several formats. Additionally, the update brings many fixes, including: better dark mode support in the Sorter, text wrapping in plain and rich text editing, more reliable autosaving when closing tabs or windows, and some interface glitches. The sections of the Navigate sidebar can be reordered by drag and drop. Added new section Sidebar to Preferences > General, containing a Unify Tags option to display the Tags group of open databases in the Globals section of the sidebar. Added an Export command in the popup of the Annotations & Reminders inspector, supporting exports of the current annotation file to several formats. Double-clicking on any database or group in the Navigate sidebar now expands or collapses it. Regarding groups, the behavior depends on the setting of the Double-click opens groups in a new window in Preferences > General. If a database is open, selecting it in the Favorites section of the Navigate sidebar now shows the root level contents, like favoritegroups. The Delete toolbar button now supports deleting items from local and global smart groups. Renamed the Backup toolbar button to Optimize as it's identical to File > Optimize Database. Added a shortcut to the command Go > Workspaces > Update. Double-clicking items in the Reading List sidebar now opens them in a new document window or an external application, depending on the state of the option Double-click opens documents externally in Preferences > General. Improved the speed and reliability of indexing of PDF documents when the option Convert hashtags to tags option is enabled in Preferences > Import. Improved conversion and exporting of Markdown, HTML pages, formatted notes, and web archives to PDF by using the HTML rendering instead of a rich text rendering. The Clutter-free option used in the Clip to DEVONthink section of the Sorter is now disabled when selecting a format that doesn't support this option. File > Import > Bookmarks > Safari now displays an alert if Full Disk Access is not enabled in System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy (macOS Mojave or later). Revealing a replicant via the Instances popup of the Info inspector or popover now selects the replicant instead of just revealing the enclosing group. In addition, groups containing a replicant in the Instances menu now appear in red color. Added support for `.mht` and `.mhtml` files created by Microsoft Word or exported by some third-party browsers, like Vivaldi. Conversion of hashtags to tags now ignores numbers less than one hundred as these are often not hashtags but a score or ranking. Added date options This Hour and Last Hour for use in smart groups, smart rules, and searches. Added new smart rule triggers On Renaming and After synchronization and renamed On synchronization to Before synchronization. Before synchronization is now performed before uploading or downloading any data, After synchronization after completing all uploads or downloads and committing the changes. Added "annotations group" AppleScript property to the databases class. Added hidden preference "ShowAdditionalInfoInPathBar" to show additional details for a selected document in the Path bar . Reduced the minimum width of main windows. The default database location, `~/Databases`, is now only created on the initial launch of DEVONthink. Improved language detection of documents which is now compatible to macOS El Capitan and Sierra. Improved performance when generating thumbnails of bookmarks. Improved reliability and stability. Sync — Improved monitoring of iCloud uploads. Sync — Invalid encryption key errors now cause the Log window to be shown, regardless of the option to disable showing the window automatically. Sync — Improved updating indexed files located in cloud folders, e.g., Dropbox. This should address the potential for a rare issue of files being duplicated. Pro — Added support for indexing, converting, and displaying an alternative text view of `.mht` and `.mhtml` files. Pro — Improved indexing of emails containing CSS or XML elements. Server — The web interface now supports links to PDF pages in rich text, Markdown, HTML pages, and formatted notes. Fixed a crash related to the Thumbnails inspector with PDF documents having a width or height smaller than 1 point. Fixed a crash related to the Adobe Acrobat browser plugin. Fixed an issue where Tools > Summarize Highlights could concatenate words. Fixed an issue where autosave only saved the current tab of a window when the window lost focus. Fixed an issue where clearing the search field in the Search inspector didn't remove highlighted search hits in PDFs. Fixed an issue where closing a database didn't update the Tags filter if a global smart group or smart rule rule was selected in the Navigate sidebar. Fixed an issue where commands in the Tools > Capture menu wouldn't work if the selected file had no URL. Capturing bookmarks, Markdown, or using the clutter-free option still requires a valid URL. Fixed an issue where deleting an item indexed on a volume, i.e., not in a subfolder, would display the incorrect alert. Fixed an issue where files dropped into DEVONthink were not automatically selected. Fixed an issue where plain and rich text were wrapping incorrectly when typing. Fixed an issue where selecting documents in the Favorites section, then creating new groups in the Navigate sidebar, did not focus correctly. Fixed an issue where sharing a web page without a title, e.g., RSS articles, didn't include a subject. Fixed an issue where some commands in the File > Export menu did not work when used in document windows. Fixed an issue where tags containing commas couldn't be entered. Note: Multiple tags in the search syntax are now separated by semicolons. Fixed an issue where the Info and Map filter panes did not work with groups, smart groups, or RSS feeds. Fixed an issue where the Import sidebar and View > Import menu command were shown incorrectly in the standard edition Fixed an issue where the Close Other Tabs command in the contextual menu of document tabs didn't save any modified tabs. Fixed an issue where the Mount Volume button in the View/Edit pane of indexed files on unmounted volumes didn't work. Fixed an issue where the Tags section of the Sorter did not wrap when multiple tags were applied. Fixed an issue where the conversion of RSS articles to PDF or rich text didn't use the current stylesheet for feeds. Fixed an issue where the destination of links in plain and rich text views wasn't shown in the Navigation bar. Fixed an issue where the displayed kind of plain and rich text documents wasn't updated in the item list after sync. Fixed an issue where using a wildcard at the beginning of any string in the Search inspector highlighted the complete text of the document. Fixed an issue where using the command Edit > Copy Item Link would unnecessarily play the system alert sound. Fixed an issue where video thumbnails were sometimes rotated or flipped. Fixed an issue with combined imprints. Fixed an issue with detection of Postscript and Adobe Illustrator files. Fixed an issue with highlighting search hits in PDF documents containing diacritical characters Fixed an issue with inconsistent handling of flags on groups and feeds. Fixed an issue with incorrect listings in File > Recent Databases after opening encrypted databases. Fixed an issue with templates only using the English resources. Fixed an issue with the background colors of text fields in smart group and smart rule editors. Fixed an issue with the tab order of elements in DEVONthink's windows. Fixed issues with HTML conversions and website exports in dark mode. Fixed issues with the localizations. Fixed a glitch of the Format bar when $running in trial mode. Fixed a glitch of the Map filter pane. Fixed a glitch of the Sorter in dark mode. Fixed a glitch of the calendar in Tools > Filter > Info (macOS El Capitan through High Sierra). Fixed a glitch of the toolbar search field, especially on non-Retina displays on macOS 10.14 and later. Fixed a glitch of viewing web-based files, e.g., rendered Markdown, formatted notes, RSS articles, etc. Pro — Fixed an issue where File > Import > Images (with OCR) did not honor the option to move the original file to the trash. Pro — Fixed an issue where selecting a format in Preferences > OCR was not working correctly after the initial launch of the application. Pro — Fixed issues with invoking OCR in smart rules or AppleScripts. Server — Fixed issues with the web interface, including an issue with the contextual menu in read-only databases, and the display of headers in Markdown documents. Version 3.0 This long-awaited release debuts many exciting new features and improvements including: a new integrated user interface, custom metadata, reminders, and new automation options that are even accessible to non-programmers. We have extended the capabilities of our already powerful search engine with search prefixes, like `tags:` and `name:`, to allow constructing more focused searches. Working with annotations and navigating PDFs is now easier and more efficient. A new OCR engine transforms scans into searchable PDFs faster and more accurate, the rewritten web interface supports teams with user and access permission management, and the new Sorter makes it easier than ever to add new data to DEVONthink. PDFs and images can also be imprinted with custom data, including Bates numbering. And if privacy is your concern: encrypted databases keep your data securely locked away from prying eyes. In addition to the wealth of new features, DEVONthink has maintained and improved the core technologies you've relied on in previous versions. To make it easier to get started with DEVONthink, we have also thoroughly revised and rewritten the documentation, providing a handy and quickly accessible reference.
Note: Starting with this release DEVONthink requires OS X El Capitan (10.11.5) or later.
Product Line: Three new editions: DEVONthink, DEVONthink Pro, and DEVONthink Server. All editions support automation, multiple databases, and all file types. User Interface: Added a new integrated user interface, utilizing panes versus independent windows for many functions. Added support for the dark mode color scheme in macOS Mojave and later. Added the Info inspector, showing general information and custom metadata about selected files. Added the Annotations & Reminders inspector, allowing you to set reminders, view Finder comments, and create, view, and edit annotation files. Reminders can be one-time or scheduled, and they support several alarm options, including executing scripts. Added the Content inspector displaying: the table of contents found in some Markdown, EPUB, and PDF documents, or the thumbnails for PDFs. Added the Document inspector displaying: indexed metadata, added annotations (highlights, text, etc.) and detected links in PDF, RTF, and web-based documents, e.g., web archives. Added the Concordance inspector giving you access to a word frequency list. It also has a new Cloud view, showing a word cloud with sizes based on word weight. Added the See Also & Classify inspector, displaying suggested filing locations for or documents related to the selected item. Added the Search inspector, providing in-document search-and-replace and a list of search results. It also allows viewing the context of the search term and easy navigation through the document. Added the Reading List sidebar to gather items you want to read or return to at a later time, e.g., to easily access bookmarks, PDF pages, or specific points in video or audio. Added the Extras sidebar providing access to up-to-date scripts, templates, tips and tricks, and news from us. Added the Import sidebar integrating scanning and email archiving. Added an Activity pane for a less intrusive display of certain processes. Security: Added encrypted databases for maximum privacy. Searching & Navigating: Added search prefixes, e.g., `tags:` or `name:`, to allow for more focused searches. These are also used in scripting. Search, including advanced criteria options, is now integrated into the main window. Improved indexing and searching, including better support for Asian languages and indexing PDF and RTF attachments. More precise highlighting of search hits when using proximity operators, e.g., NEAR or BEFORE. Added Filter panes for filtering the displayed files by tags, dates and marks (label color, locked state, etc.), or geolocation data. Added Go > To Group, Data > Move To, and Edit > Insert Item Link commands and popovers. These allow quicker access to open, reorganize, or link to items in your databases. Favorites can now contain documents. Tighter integration with the filesystem when using indexed files. Working with Documents: Added a new 64-bit OCR engine with multi-core processing, Asian language support, and output to multiple formats. Added the ability to create custom imprints, including placeholder text and Bates numbering, via Preferences > Imprint. For use with images and PDF files. Added support for barcode detection. Added a new web sharing interface and web server, utilizing secure connections via TLS and allowing creation of users with per-database permissions. The Sorter has been redesigned and supports: searching open databases, multiple note taking options, including audio, video, and integrated screen captures, and includes the Clip to DEVONthink functions. The Clip to DEVONthink browser extension for Safari is now a native extension. Added custom metadata to support situation-specific needs. Multiple data types are supported, e.g., sets, Booleans, and numbers. Added more options to convert metadata to tags, e.g., hashtags or geolocation data. Added support for geolocation data, including the ability to enter it manually. Added ratings, 0 to 5 stars. Added automatic image tagging using machine learning. Added the Formatting bar, shown under the toolbar, for use with rich text documents. Added the Editing bar, displayed over the View/Edit pane, for quicker editing with document type-specific tools. Added side-by-side view for editing HTML and Markdown documents. Added form views and support for specific data types (number, date, etc.) to sheets. Added Tools > Summarize Highlights to create a new RTF file containing the highlighted text from selected PDF and RTF files. Added Tools > Create Metadata Overview to easily assemble metadata for selected files in a sheet that can be shared or exported. Improved EPUB support with reading, search, and conversion to other formats, e.g., rich text or PDF. Improved automatic Read more... WikiLinking, including support for the square bracket syntax, and active links in the rendered view of Markdown documents. Automating Your Work: Added smart rules and Tools > Batch Process to execute event-driven actions on files, on a schedule or on demand. Added new, easy to use data placeholders for use in templates, imprints, smart rules, and batch processing. Added reminders that can be added to documents. They can be one-time or scheduled, and they support several alarm options, including executing scripts. Improved and extended the AppleScript capabilities, including the ability to use scripts in reminders and smart rules. Other Improvements: Revised and rewritten documentation. Improved background processing of several functions, like email archiving, indexing, thumbnail generation, etc. Improved performance. Version 2.11.3 ... 1.0.1 Skipped. Version 1.0 Initial release.