This long-awaited release debuts many exciting new features and improvements including: a new integrated user interface, custom metadata, reminders, and new automation options that are even accessible to non-programmers.
We have extended the capabilities of our already powerful search engine with search prefixes, like tags: and name:, to allow constructing more focused searches. Working with annotations and navigating PDFs is now easier and more efficient. A new OCR engine transforms scans into searchable PDFs faster and more accurate, the rewritten web interface supports teams with user and access permission management, and the new Sorter makes it easier than ever to add new data to DEVONthink. PDFs and images can also be imprinted with custom data, including Bates numbering. And if privacy is your concern: encrypted databases keep your data securely locked away from prying eyes.
In addition to the wealth of new features, DEVONthink has maintained and improved the core technologies you've relied on in previous versions. To make it easier to get started with DEVONthink, we have also thoroughly revised and rewritten the documentation, providing a handy and quickly accessible reference.
NOTE: Starting with this release DEVONthink requires OS X El Capitan (10.11.5) or later.
Product Line
Three new editions: DEVONthink, DEVONthink Pro, and DEVONthink Server. All editions support automation, multiple databases, and all file types.
User Interface
Added a new integrated user interface, utilizing panes versus independent windows for many functions.
Added support for the dark mode color scheme in macOS Mojave and later.
Added the Info inspector, showing general information and custom metadata about selected files.
Added the Annotations & Reminders inspector, allowing you to set reminders, view Finder comments, and create, view, and edit annotation files. Reminders can be one-time or scheduled, and they support several alarm options, including executing scripts.
Added the Content inspector displaying: the table of contents found in some Markdown, EPUB, and PDF documents, or the thumbnails for PDFs.
Added the Document inspector displaying: indexed metadata, added annotations (highlights, text, etc.) and detected links in PDF, RTF, and web-based documents, e.g., web archives.
Added the Concordance inspector giving you access to a word frequency list. It also has a new Cloud view, showing a word cloud with sizes based on word weight.
Added the See Also & Classify inspector, displaying suggested filing locations for or documents related to the selected item.
Added the Search inspector, providing in-document search-and-replace and a list of search results. It also allows viewing the context of the search term and easy navigation through the document.
Added the Reading List sidebar to gather items you want to read or return to at a later time, e.g., to easily access bookmarks, PDF pages, or specific points in video or audio.
Added the Extras sidebar providing access to up-to-date scripts, templates, tips and tricks, and news from us.
Added the Import sidebar integrating scanning and email archiving.
Added an Activity pane for a less intrusive display of certain processes.
Security
Added encrypted databases for maximum privacy.
Searching & Navigating
Added search prefixes , e.g., tags: or name:, to allow for more focused searches. These are also used in scripting.
Search, including advanced criteria options, is now integrated into the main window.
Improved indexing and searching, including better support for Asian languages and indexing PDF and RTF attachments.
More precise highlighting of search hits when using proximity operators, e.g., NEAR or BEFORE.
Added Filter panes for filtering the displayed files by tags, dates and marks (label color, locked state, etc.), or geolocation data.
Added Go > To Group , Data > Move To , and Edit > Insert Item Link commands and popovers. These allow quicker access to open, reorganize, or link to items in your databases.
Favorites can now contain documents.
Tighter integration with the filesystem when using indexed files.
Working with Documents
Added a new 64-bit OCR engine with multi-core processing, Asian language support, and output to multiple formats.
Added the ability to create custom imprints, including placeholder text and Bates numbering, via Preferences > Imprint . For use with images and PDF files.
Added support for barcode detection.
Added a new web sharing interface and web server , utilizing secure connections via TLS and allowing creation of users with per-database permissions.
The Sorter has been redesigned and supports: searching open databases, multiple note taking options, including audio, video, and integrated screen captures, and includes the Clip to DEVONthink functions.
The Clip to DEVONthink browser extension for Safari is now a native extension.
Added custom metadata to support situation-specific needs. Multiple data types are supported, e.g., sets, Booleans, and numbers.
Added more options to convert metadata to tags, e.g., hashtags or geolocation data.
Added support for geolocation data, including the ability to enter it manually.
Added ratings, 0 to 5 stars.
Added automatic image tagging using machine learning.
Added the Formatting bar, shown under the toolbar, for use with rich text documents.
Added the Editing bar, displayed over the View/Edit pane, for quicker editing with document type-specific tools.
Added side-by-side view for editing HTML and Markdown documents.
Added form views and support for specific data types (number, date, etc.) to sheets.
Added Tools > Summarize Highlights to create a new RTF file containing the highlighted text from selected PDF and RTF files.
Added Tools > Create Metadata Overview to easily assemble metadata for selected files in a sheet that can be shared or exported.
Improved EPUB support with reading, search, and conversion to other formats, e.g., rich text or PDF.
Improved automatic WikiLinking , including support for the square bracket syntax, and active links in the rendered view of Markdown documents.
Automating Your Work
Added smart rules and Tools > Batch Process to execute event-driven actions on files, on a schedule or on demand.
Added new, easy to use data placeholders for use in templates, imprints, smart rules, and batch processing.
Added reminders that can be added to documents. They can be one-time or scheduled, and they support several alarm options, including executing scripts.
Improved and extended the AppleScript capabilities, including the ability to use scripts in reminders and smart rules.
Other Improvements
Revised and rewritten documentation.
Improved background processing of several functions, like email archiving, indexing, thumbnail generation, etc.
Improved performance.
Version 2.11:This release brings an exciting new improvement to sync: push notifications. When you make changes to your databases on Mac or mobile, a notification will be sent to other devices you are syncing. This decreases the amount of time before changes are downloaded. Also in this release, changing an encryption key for a sync location will prompt you what to do if you have already synced to it. Support for JSON RSS feeds has been added. Dragging and dropping text selections will include the reference URL of the file the text is dragged from. Some minor cosmetic adjustments have been made to the interface. And, as we always deliver, performance and stability has been improved.
NEW
Added commands Set Title , Set Author , Set Subject , and Add Tag to the contextual menu of the preview when entering metadata after OCR has been performed.
Added support for JSON RSS feeds.
NEW (Sync)
Push notifications are now used to notify synchronized devices of changes available for immediate download. For syncing with your iOS device, DEVONthink To Go 2.7 is required. On the Mac macOS Sierra is also required.
Added an alert to clean the sync store after changing the encryption key on a sync location.
Improved
Renamed Go > Workspace > Update to Update (…) . The last used workspace is now updated.
Preferences > General > Always open groups in a new window has been renamed to Double-click opens groups in a new window .
Custom icons on formatted notes and web archives are retained after changes are saved.
The URL field of imported and indexed files will now only use downloadable URLs, like web page addresses, imported from the files' metadata.
When dragging or copying selections from plain or rich text documents, the reference URL of the record is included. Note: The use of the reference URL is up to the receiving application.
Improved reliability when using Spotlight importers on macOS Mojave.
Improved naming of files when dragging pages from PDF sidebars to the Finder. In addition, existing files aren't overwritten in the Finder anymore.
Improved handling of RSS feeds with no title.
Improved reliability of the web server.
Improved recognition whether an installed Mail plugin should be updated.
Improved reliability, performance, and memory management of email archiving and indexing.
The Support Assistant is now loaded from our website and uses styled, longer tips.
Improved overall performance and reliability.
Improved (Sync)
Opening Preferences > Sync no longer immediately awakens external discs containing local sync stores.
Setting the sync interval to Automatic now syncs more often.
Improved handling of indexed files when synchronizing of indexed contents is disabled.
Improved logging for troubleshooting purposes.
Fixed
Fixed an issue where an alert was not displayed after entering a license code for the wrong product or edition.
Fixed an issue where dragging a snippet from web views (HTML, formatted notes, web archives, or Markdown previews) set the URL of the new item to the internal path of the source.
Fixed an issue where entering license codes with organizations was broken since version 2.11.
Fixed an issue where dropping images into the preview pane could replace the currently displayed image.
Fixed an issue where opening the License panel could stall the application when there is a slow or unreliable network connection.
Fixed an issue where the background color of the left/upper pane of Split or Three Pane views wasn't always correct (macOS Mojave).
Fixed an issue where the score of search results in the web interface wasn't always correct.
Fixed an issue where the size of the preview of a PDF in the metadata panel wasn't correct after OCR is performed (macOS Mojave). Automatically Resize is now enabled by default.
Fixed an issue where View > as Icons and View > as Split View could cause unnecessary console messages (macOS High Sierra and later).
Fixed a rare crash caused by the Pantomime framework.
Fixed (Sync)
Fixed an artifact in the list of databases in Preferences > Sync on macOS Mojave.
Fixed an issue where cleaning sync stores could fail if an incorrect encryption key was entered.
Fixed an issue where downloading indexed pending items could fail if the item was uploaded as an imported one and deconsolidated later if the Synchronize indexed contents sync location option was disabled on the Mac. This reduces also slightly the memory footprint and the delay before synchronizing, especially on iOS.
Fixed an issue with syncing indexed file causing unnecessary download attempts.
Fixed a rare crash that occurred while cleaning or verifying sync stores.
Fixed an crash caused by corrupted sync status files.
