Updates and More

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• Download any available new version of the ebook for free.

• Access the book in both PDF and EPUB formats. (Learn about reading on mobile devices on our Device Advice page.)

• Read the ebook’s blog. You may find new tips or information, as well as a link to an author interview.

DEVONthink’s Documentation

I refer throughout this book to DEVONthink’s documentation. It’s available within the app via Help > DEVONthink 3 Help; you can also download it in the form of a user handbook in PDF or EPUB format from the DEVONthink Handbooks and Extras webpage.

Settings and Preferences

Starting in macOS 13 Ventura, Apple renamed System Preferences to System Settings, and also began using Settings as the name of the window found in individual apps for configuring their preferences. As a result, if you’re using DEVONthink in Ventura or later, you go to DEVONthink 3 > Settings, whereas if you’re using Monterey or earlier, you go to DEVONthink 3 > Preferences. To avoid spelling that out dozens of times throughout the book, I now use a shorthand notation, like “go to Settings/Preferences > Editing.”

What’s New in Version 1.14

This fourteenth quarterly update (nominally for Q2 2023, but actually released in Q3 2023) covers DEVONthink for Mac up through version 3.9.3, and DEVONthink To Go for iOS/iPadOS up through version 3.7.6. This minor update changes the following:

• Added some detail and clarifications about annotations and annotation files; see Annotations & Reminders Inspector

• Updated mentions of ScanSnap scanners to note that they are now distributed by Ricoh, not Fujitsu.

• In Read RSS Feeds, described two new RSS-related settings

• Added AWK, C#, and Rust to the list of programming languages for which Prism offers code highlighting

• Mentioned the new In Two Weeks option in Use Reminders

• Noted that DEVONthink To Go now optionally shows thumbnails in list views; see List Views

• Adjusted the wording and description of the dark background setting for DEVONthink To Go; see Configure DEVONthink To Go Settings

What Was New in Version 1.13

The thirteenth quarterly update (nominally for Q1 2023, but actually released in Q2 2023) covered DEVONthink for Mac up through version 3.9.1, and DEVONthink To Go for iOS/iPadOS up through version 3.7.2. This minor update changed the following:

• Removed a note about DEVONthink displaying Twitter feeds as RSS, since Twitter removed that capability

• Adjusted icon appearance and wording of certain menu commands to match recent changes in DEVONthink and DEVONthink To Go

• In Geolocation Data, added a note about the new requirement to manually enable this feature

• Added a note in Annotate PDFs about support for the “squiggle” underline style

• Updated Use DEVONthink To Go to reflect the new free-with-limited-functionality option

• In Get to Know DEVONthink To Go, mentioned new support for WikiLinks

• Added a mention of icons to select/deselect all in DEVONthink To Go List Views

• Noted that on an iPad you can now drag DEVONthink To Go groups to Files; see Multiple Windows on iPad

• Added aliases to the metadata you can adjust in DEVONthink To Go’s Info window; see Apply Metadata

• Listed new settings for notifications, WikiLinks, and PDF attachments of RTFs in Configure DEVONthink To Go Settings