

Interested? MacSparky readers can get a 20% discount on DEVONthink. It stores all your documents, helps you keep them organized, and presents you with what you need to get the job done. You can automate your workflow from capture to filing, editing to publishing. You can think of DEVONthink as your paperless office. It is this combination of power and security that makes DEVONthink the clear winner. If you’ve got an iPad or an iPhone, you can access your DEVONthink data there, too, with DEVONthink to Go. Dump them into a DEVONthink database and let DEVONthink sort it for you.ĭEVONthink supports multiple sync methods and lets you even use your own sync password, so everything is encrypted. You could also do the same with all of your personal records. It’s like having my own research assistant. It is spooky what DEVONthink finds when I start searching my legal database. I dump legal cases, statutes, regulations, and law review articles in DEVONthink whenever I’m working on a thorny problem and let DEVONthink grind on the documents before I do. The current iOS version is not as sophisticated, but still great for research and reference. The desktop version features an AI-based sorting and searching system thats uncannily good. One of my uses for DEVONthink is legal research. DevonThinks database philosophy is conceptually no different than Apple Photo or iTunes, but can be a bit of a stumbling block.

DEVONthink lets you build powerful automation subroutines into your library to help tag, move, and organize documents. Everything you store in your DEVONthink Pro library gets OCR’d.

DEVONthink uses artificial intelligence to analyze and connect your documents in ways that may not otherwise occur to you.Īn OCR Tool. In addition, it makes import (and export) easy, so you can have all that power without feeling trapped.Ī research assistant. In the latest episode of their excellent MacPowerUsers podcast, David Sparks and Stephen Hackett dive deep into the field of applications for serious research which includes, of course, DEVONthink. DEVONthink will hold as many documents as you can throw at it. Just a few of the things I use DEVONthink for include:Ī reliable repository of research documents. There are a lot of ways to manage a database on your mac, but in my opinion, there is no better tool than DEVONthink. This week MacSparky is sponsored by DEVONthink.
