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DEVONthink for Mac

Knowledge base, information manager, and much more.

$99.00
In English
4.0
Based on 8 user rates

DEVONthink overview

Your files are piling up like digital skyscrapers on your desk? DEVONthink Pro is the one place for all your documents on your Mac. Collect data of any kind, organize it, and link the various bits to create your own web of information. Work with it alone or in a team on Macs, iPads, and iPhones. Automate your workflows so you can concentrate on what's really important. Organize your knowledge the smart way, with DEVONthink.

  • Intelligent Document Management: Organize, store, and retrieve thousands of documents, PDFs, web pages, images, and notes with AI-powered smart groups and classification
  • Advanced Search & Discovery: Find information instantly with powerful full-text search, Boolean operators, and AI-suggested connections between related documents
  • Generative AI Integration: Leverage built-in AI assistance for summarizing documents, answering questions about your data, and generating insights from your knowledge base
  • Knowledge Synthesis: Transform scattered information into actionable insights with built-in tools for annotation, linking, tagging, and cross-referencing
  • Secure & Private: Keep your data completely under your control with local storage, encrypted sync, and no cloud dependency requirements
  • Research Powerhouse: Capture web content, import from multiple sources, and build comprehensive research databases with automatic metadata extraction
  • Seamless Integration: Works natively with macOS, supports scripting/automation, and syncs across devices while maintaining your existing workflow

What’s new in version 4.0.2

This maintenance release introduces support for Google Imagen 4 (Preview), along with several improvements and fixes. We enhanced handling of relative links in Markdown documents to allow spaces, and we corrected an issue with list indentation. We also improved document language detection, which can influence Chat-suggested properties like tags. The Favorites section, e.g., in the Move To context menu now correctly lists all favorited groups. Colored groups also show their designated colors in more locations, such as the Path bar. For AI features, we expanded the prompt field in the Chat and Help assistants to accommodate longer prompts. We extended the timeout period for image generation, and queries will retry up to two times when necessary. As always, we focused on increasing the application's stability and reliability.

NEW (Pro)
  • Added support for Google Imagen 4 (Preview), accessible in the AI > Image Generation settings, Data > New > Generate Image window, and the download image for prompt AppleScript command.
Improved
  • Image links in Markdown documents now support relative URLs containing spaces without requiring percent-escaping.
  • Custom colored groups now display in color in more places in the interface, e.g., the Path bar.
  • DEVONthink better detects the language of documents, whether you import, index, or create them within the application. This can also improve results of chat-based features of the higher editions, e.g., tag suggestions or summarization.
Improved (Pro)
  • The prompt field in the Chat and Help assistants can now use up to one-third of the pane's height.
  • The Chat assistant, chat-driven smart actions, and the get chat response for message AppleScript command now perform two retries, as needed. Additionally, the Chat assistant now shows a message when retrying queries.
  • Image generation requests run longer before they timeout.
  • Using engine GPT-Image-1 with the AppleScript command download image for prompt now supports the image parameter.
  • Using Pico AI Server now supports vision for Gemma 3. We also reduced extraneous logging.
Improved (Server)
  • In the web interface, only groups with sub-groups display a disclosure triangle.
Fixed
  • Line items in Markdown lists indented with 4 or more spaces didn't render correctly. Fixed.
  • Images and PDF documents dragged from the Finder into DEVONthink between two Macs connected via Universal Control would be renamed on import. Fixed.
  • Copying section links in EPUB documents via the Table of Contents inspector didn't include anchors. Fixed.
  • After inserting or deleting pages in a PDF document, the title of main and document windows, and the subtitle of document windows didn't reflect the changed page count. Fixed.
  • Toolbar searches using the size: search prefix would fail if they contained spaces, e.g., size> 5 MB. Fixed.
  • Switching away from the AI > Tags inspector to another part of the interface would unnecessarily sound the system beep. Fixed.
  • The Favorites section in the Move To, Duplicate To, and Replicate To context menus and Destination popups, e.g., in the Sorter, only displayed the first favorited group. Fixed.
  • .applescript files couldn't be used as external smart rule scripts due to an AppleScript error. Fixed.
Fixed (Sync)
  • Databases with names containing, e.g., "GoogleDrive", "Google Drive", or "OneDrive" couldn't be created or imported from sync locations. Fixed.
Fixed (Pro)
  • Nested IMAP mailboxes incorrectly appeared in the top-level mailbox in the Import > Emails sidebar. Fixed.
  • The Label menus in the Info > Generic inspector, Info filter pane, and the context menu of the Navigate sidebar incorrectly contained the Chat Suggestion command. Fixed.
Fixed (Server)
  • PDF documents didn't load in the web interface in Safari. Fixed.
  • In the web interface, EPUB documents couldn't be navigated via the table of contents. Fixed.
  • Sorting the item list on the Size column sorted incorrectly and the Modified column sorted in the reverse direction, ascending or descending. Fixed.
  • The item list and view/edit pane didn't scroll at the same rate. Fixed.
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DEVONthink for Mac

$99.00
In English
Version 4.0.2
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Derekcurrie
Derekcurrie
Apr 8 2025
3.9.8
5.0
Apr 8 2025
5.0
Version: 3.9.8
v3.9.9 is out with a very long list of new features, improvements and fixes. - - AND version 4 has been announced. You can read about what's new in v4 here: https://www.devontechnologies.com/apps/devonthink/new
Gakesmith
Gakesmith
Oct 22 2024
3.9.8
5.0
Oct 22 2024
5.0
Version: 3.9.8
I have used this from 1.0. Very dependable. Always updating when needed. I have thousands of documents in Devonthink and I depend on it to guide me to what I need.
zlazkow
zlazkow
Feb 10 2023
3.9
5.0
Feb 10 2023
5.0
Version: 3.9
while I wanted to use "Mercedes" of Notes using, organizing and storing application, I better call it a proper and better comparison of my favorite Lincoln Town Car, which I used to own 1985-1994, which was and is The Best Automobile ever, together with Caddilac of that time. DEVONthink is not just an application of sorting and organizing. It's a powerful Engine that nothing comes even close. Even 10 stars is too little for its rating.
zlazkow
zlazkow
Dec 5 2022
3.8.7
5.0
Dec 5 2022
5.0
Version: 3.8.7
wow! monster update version 3.8.7. fixes, updates, new features..! That a lot and lot of work. Still the best and no rivals. Thank you DT !
Derekcurrie
Derekcurrie
Jun 22 2022
3.8.3
5.0
Jun 22 2022
5.0
Version: 3.8.3
v3.4.8 is out. It has many new features and fixes, too long to list in a comment.
Gakesmith
Gakesmith
Oct 22 2024
3.9.8
5.0
Oct 22 2024
5.0
Version: 3.9.8
zlazkow
zlazkow
Feb 10 2023
3.9
5.0
Feb 10 2023
5.0
Version: 3.9
Derekcurrie
Derekcurrie
Oct 7 2021
3.8
5.0
Oct 7 2021
5.0
Version: 3.8
anonymous-macaw-2698555
Nov 26 2020
1.0
Version: null
time2poppop
time2poppop
Aug 13 2020
5.0
Aug 13 2020
5.0
Version: null
ylluminate
ylluminate
May 18 2019
1.0
May 18 2019
1.0
Version: null
PRjohnson
PRjohnson
May 1 2019
5.0
May 1 2019
5.0
Version: null
Ervins Strauhmanis
Ervins Strauhmanis
Apr 26 2019
5.0
Apr 26 2019
5.0
Version: null