If you’re a student, researcher, consultant, or anyone who has to tame an abundance of information, Devonthink Pro has the tools to help.ĭevonthink Pro is flexible, feature-rich, and extensible (via plug-ins, AppleScripts, and Automator actions), but its interface is clean and intuitive. But multitalented Devonthink Pro 1.0.2 offers more, including an integrated Web browser and newsreader, and powerful AI (Artificial Intelligence) features to give you greater insight into your data. ), allow you to collect documents, notes, clippings, and multimedia files in a searchable database.
For example, the Read Me, containing the full version history, any trademarks or legal information, and links to our other products.Most information managers, like Chronos’ StickyBrain (
Lastly, the Appendix is full of the minutiae, like what a specific property icon means or what search operator can be used to find the number of PDF annotations.Īnd of course, the final chapters include miscellany you may (or may not) be interested in.
Automation provides a look into the different mechanisms available for offloading some manual work onto DEVONthink. Troubleshooting covers a range of common issues and presents some self-help instructions.
The next to last sections get into the deep details. And lastly we discuss the options found in the Preferences. Next you have the Inspectors seen on the left side of a window, and the many commands found in the Menus. This section also encompasses the sidebars. You start with Windows as they’re the first things you see. The chapters are ordered according to what you encounter when you first open DEVONthink. The next three chapters get a little more specific with Tasks covering some common example uses, Documents discusses what kind of documents can be made or imported, and In & Out shows the many ways items can be added to or exported from DEVONthink.įollowing those, four chapters cover the question, “What am I looking at?”, i.e., the interface. The Getting Started chapter covers the general overview of what DEVONthink and its components are as well as some top level concepts like tagging or building your first database. To aid in making it easier to isolate subjects, the help is structured from very broad to very specific. As you read you will find many links to other references in the help or even to some external resources. The built-in help is searchable in the search field at the top and you can also use ⌘F to search the current help page. You can also download the help as PDF or ebook from our website for reading on a tablet or ebook reader. Here’s how the help was written to make it easier to navigate.Īccess the documentation via Help > DEVONthink 3 Help, the encircled question mark in each preference, or the manual. Given the necessary amount of information in the help, it may seem difficult to find answers in it. DEVONthink is a very full featured and capable application, and as such requires good documentation.