Devonthink Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Productivity Tip: Read the manual, or take a class

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Apr 2nd, 2013)

There was a time when Mac owners scoffed at their PC-loving counterparts, who had to pore over paper manuals to grok the essentials of a software program before they tried to use it. When graphical user interfaces were introduced, a lot of focus was on making software intuitive and easy to use. ...

DEVONThink 2.5 brings database sync out of beta and more

by Matt Tinsley (Feb 28th, 2013)

DEVONThink, the productivity app for Mac that stores all your documents, PDFs, bookmarks and information in one easy-to-find place, has been updated to version 2.5. According to the Devonian Times, the update now officially supports database synchronization between "multiple computers and ...

Best of 2011 Nominations: Mac productivity apps

by Steven Sande (Dec 8th, 2011)

During December and January, The Unofficial Apple Weblog is soliciting your nominations and votes for the best products for Mac, iPhone/iPod touch, and iPad. We'll start with nominations in a category, and then tally your votes for the top-nominated products a few days later. The winner in each ...

Mac software deals for this Thanksgiving weekend

by TJ Luoma (Nov 24th, 2011)

We're on the lookout for great deals this Thanksgiving weekend! Mike Schramm has already put up two posts on iOS apps which are on sale, and I've got a few Mac software deals to tell you about. The first one is Soulver, which is an app I've had my eye on since Marco Arment mentioned it on ...

NaNoWriMo: Some helpful hints and tools

by Steven Sande (Oct 29th, 2011)

This morning, I noticed a tweet from @rvbelzen that said, "As a NaNoWriMo veteran, do you have any tips for this NaNoWriMo newbie, maybe an article you wrote about it?" Most of the posts that I've done about National Novel Writing Month for TUAW have focused on the tools, not on the technique. ...

MacLegion 2011 fall bundle now available

by Michael Grothaus (Sep 15th, 2011)

MacLegion has announced their fall bundle for 2011. This year's bundle features 10 Mac apps worth US$639 for the low price of $49.95. The apps in this year's bundle are: Corel Painter Essentials 4 RapidWeaver 5 BannerZest Pro 3 Postbox 2.5 DEVONthink Pro 2.2 Swift ...

ScanSnap Manager updated for Snow Leopard

by TJ Luoma (Nov 16th, 2009)

Fujitsu has finally updated the ScanSnap Manager app for Snow Leopard. "Version 2.2 L12" is available for download for the following models: ScanSnap S300M ScanSnap S510M ScanSnap S500M ScanSnap S1500M Unfortunately, for some bizarre reason they require that the previous version be ...

MacHeist offers free licenses for DEVONthink via Twitter promotion

by Cory Bohon (Mar 4th, 2009)

MacHeist is calling it a "TweetBlast," we'll call it savvy marketing, but you'll probably just call it "free software, woo!" In an effort to pump up the number of Twitter followers for the MacHeist challenges & software bundle, the team is offering followers (who are willing to post a ...

Beta Beat: DEVONnote/DEVONthink 2.0

by Brett Terpstra (Dec 22nd, 2008)

It's certainly no secret that I'm a sucker for file and data organization programs, and have collected more than I use. Long ago, I received a copy of DEVONnote as part of a bundle, and have since upgraded to DEVONthink Pro. The program has long been intriguing to me -- auto-classification of files ...

Last day to buy MacHeist Bundle

by Cory Bohon (Jun 24th, 2008)

Today is the last day to buy the much coveted MacHeist application bundle. MacHeist has decided to sweeten the deal by unlocking SoundStudio early and offering $5 off any Insanely Great Tee. If you are a registered member of the MacHeist site you can also get early access to Headline (an RSS ...

DEVONthink gains Spotlight support

by Mat Lu (Dec 20th, 2007)

The guys over at DEVONtechnologies have announced updates for a number of their applications. Most importantly the entire line of DEVONthink information managing software (along with DEVONnote) now natively support Spotlight. They note that this allows you to search multiple DEVONthink Pro databases ...

Get organized: a survey of digital junk drawer apps

by David Chartier (Jul 11th, 2006)

A while ago I decided to bring some sanity to the way I do things and organize all my stuff. I'm working on a design thesis in my multimedia undergrad degree, I'm constantly doing research for my blogging work, and I have countless other projects and ideas that were growing in both size and ...