This includes rearranging some of the preferences to make them appear more consistent between the old and new versions of macOS. We also made some cosmetic changes to the interface. Since files often travel outside of macOS, e.g., through Dropbox, DEVONthink can now preferentially replace OS-unsafe characters in a filename.
This allows you to select the moved item in its new location and have the indexed children detected properly.
PDF annotators will appreciate new highlight, underline, and strike through tools that are persistent until you change the tool.Īn important feature for people who index files, a Select option has been added to the Path dropdown in the Generic Info inspector. Dropping, pasting, and inserting pictures into a Markdown document can now automatically add the images directly to a group with a user-specified name, with links added to the document by DEVONthink. In the Markdown preferences, specify a default JavaScript to apply to all Markdown files. Markdown fans will see more improvements including setting formatting via hotkeys, e.g., ⌘B to type in bold, and automatically continued lists where pressing Return in a list will insert a new list item. The AppleScript dictionary has several new commands and properties. For the automators, seasoned and new, JXA (JavaScript for Automation) scripts can now be edited in the embedded editor and executed in smart rules and reminder alarms. And the See Also & Classify inspector now presents options to match items by tags instead of content and also can limit the suggestions to the current database. When searching, you can set a preference to set a default search scope for toolbar searches, e.g., Inboxes. You can see where the mention occurs and there is a new Summarize Mentions command to gather those mentions into one document. Additionally, DEVONthink now has another way of seeing relationships between documents: a new Document > Mentions inspector that lists documents that mention the name or aliases of a selected document in their contents.
You also can now update the link text for an item link if you've renamed the linked file. As linking becomes increasingly commonplace, WikiLinks can now be converted to more "stable" item links. Occasionally, use the new Check File Integrity command and script to verify the files are intact. To help ensure your databases are healthy, we've added another mechanism that logs the state of each file, called a checksum, in your database. The summary would be far too long to list them all, so here are a few of the high points. With so many improvements made and functions added, this update is almost an upgrade.