devontechnologies, 5 months ago to iOS

Tip of the day: Scotty Jackson, co-host of the excellent productivity podcast Nested Folders, which unfortunately closed its doors in January 2023, has created a great #iOS shortcut named Bubble Gum for quickly searching for materials and copying links to them to the clipboard. It supports a growing list of apps including #DEVONthinkToGo. Check it out. #tipoftheday #tooltip #workflow https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20210615-bubble-gum

devontechnologies, 10 months ago to productivity

Tip of the day: There are several reasons to make a copy of a document, e.g., for safety, or because the document could actually belong in multiple locations in your databases. #DEVONthink and #DEVONthinkToGo support two types of copies: duplicates and replicants. Here’s what they are and how to make them. #paperless #pkm #productivity #tipoftheday https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20230524-duplicates-replicants

devontechnologies, 11 months ago to Wyze

Tip of the day: In a another post on smart rules, we discussed how to organize #DEVONthink documents in an automated fashion. In this post we briefly touched on the File action, but some people have wondered why not just use the Move action. Here’s the difference between the two. #automation #pkm #productivity #tipoftheday #workflow https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20220802-filing-and-moving

devontechnologies, 7 months ago to productivity

Tip of the day: #PDFs come from a variety of sources but not always in the perfect form for your work. Sometimes you may have pages you don’t need. Maybe you had a marathon scanning session to one big document but need individual documents now. Whatever reason you have for splitting a #PDF, #DEVONthink has a few special options available. #pkm #productivity #tipoftheday https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20220412-split-pdfs-devonthink

devontechnologies, 3 months ago to macos

Tip of the day: If an application has translated its interface into another language, you can choose the language in which it is used. #DEVONthink is, e.g., available in English, French, and German. Here is, how you can easily change an app’s language on the Mac. #localization #macos #pkm #productivity #tipoftheday https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20231121-change-app-language

devontechnologies, 11 months ago to productivity

Tip of the day: Whether you are experiencing issues in #DEVONthink, doing database maintenance routines, or running processes like archiving emails, the Log window is a handy utility pane that provides information useful in different situations. Here is how to access the log and some of the things you may see reported there. #pkm #productivity #tipoftheday https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20210608-devonthink-log

devontechnologies, 5 months ago to Wyze

Tip of the day: When you’re out and about roaming the big, beautiful world, you might want to keep track of where you’ve been. Or perhaps you’d like to know where you’ve made a note or created a document. With the release of #DEVONthinkToGo 3.6, we extended the support for geolocations. Here are the improvements. #automation #ios #notetaking #tipoftheday https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20221122-geolocations-devonthink-to-go

devontechnologies, 5 months ago to productivity

Tip of the day: In our user community and in customer support, we receive reports about certain functions of #DEVONthink, e.g., OCR, not working. However, after asking for a bit more detail, it often turns out the person has purchased the wrong edition. Here’s how to check your edition and a few of the specific functions in them. #licenses #pkm #productivity #tipoftheday https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20210713-devonthink-editions

devontechnologies, 2 months ago to productivity

Tip of the day: Perhaps you have many databases open in #DEVONthink and need to switch between them regularly. Here are some ways to switch between them more quickly. #pkm #productivity #tipoftheday #workflow https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20240116-quickly-switch-databases

devontechnologies, 10 months ago to productivity

Tip of the day: From time to time it’s a good idea to examine one’s habits and databases in #DEVONthink and #DEVONthinkToGo. Here are some things to think about… #pkm #productivity #tipoftheday https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/assessing-your-computing-habits

metaphil, 3 months ago to random

#ITSecurity #TipOfTheDay: Rename Administrator accounts to NotAnAdministrator to disguise them and confuse attackers.

You can thank me later!

#SecurityByObscurity #itsec #admin #misinfo

devontechnologies, 11 months ago to productivity

Tip of the day: Personally and professionally, much of our time is spent reading online. So it’s important to be able to capture items of interest as we’re browsing. #DEVONthink has its own browser extension for this purpose. Here’s how to install it in most common browsers. #productivity #tipoftheday https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20210907-install-devonthink-browser-extensions

devontechnologies, 10 months ago to productivity

Tip of the day: While hard drives are relatively large and inexpensive nowadays, it’s still a good idea to keep an eye on you disk usage. When you’re trying to determine how much space you’re using in #DEVONthink, there can appear to be conflicting reports. Here’s how to understand the sizes you see. #pkm #productivity #tipoftheday https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20220315-understanding-database-sizes

devontechnologies, 5 months ago to macos

Tip of the day: For some time now, #DEVONthinkToGo has supported opening multiple windows in iPadOS, e.g., when you long-press an item and choose Open in New Window. But windows on mobile aren’t as obvious as they are in #macOS. Here are a few ways to access and interact with these windows. #ios #tipoftheday https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20220405-devonthink-windows-ios-ipados

devontechnologies, 10 months ago to productivity

Tip of the day: Many times we need to schedule a reminder about something we need to revisit. This may be something you need to defer until a later date or perhaps some documents you need to be done and sent out next Friday. #DEVONthink provides two simple ways to set such a reminder. #pkm #productivity #tipoftheday https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20200922-reminders

devontechnologies, 10 months ago to productivity

Tip of the day: With the development of Siri (and now Cortana, Alexa, and who knows who else is on the horizon) as well as systems integrated into our cars, talking to our devices has become more commonplace. Here are a few ways to add content to your databases with your voice. #devonthink #devonthinktogo #pkm #productivity #tipoftheday https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20200825-dictation

devontechnologies, 10 months ago to macos

Tip of the day: For many people, keyboard shortcuts — also known as hotkeys and not to be confused with the forthcoming app Shortcuts — provide a quicker way to accomplish tasks in an application. Here’s how you can assign, and sometimes change, shortcuts on your own. #devonthink #macos #pkm #productivity #tipoftheday https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20210629-keyboard-shortcuts-in-macos

devontechnologies, 10 months ago to markdown

Tip of the day: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. For your documents, you certainly care about the aesthetics, because looking at a pretty document is simply much more pleasure. If you use #Markdown or HTML-based documents in #DEVONthink, you can easily customize the look with a stylesheet. Here’s how that works. #devonthinktogo #pkm #productivity #tipoftheday https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20230110-custom-stylesheet

devontechnologies, 10 months ago to productivity

Tip of the day: As you work with a #DEVONthink database, filling it with all manner of files and groups, you may wonder, “How many #PDFs do I have in this database?”, “How large is this database getting?”, or “Where is this database located?”. You can find this information — and some per-database controls — in the database properties popover. #pkm #productivity #tipoftheday https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20211012-devonthink-database-properties

devontechnologies, 9 months ago to random

Tip of the day: We are big fans of utility applications that excel at a certain function, apps that do one thing exceptionally well. Whether you’re shopping for hardware or just an Apple enthusiast, you should check out Mactracker. #freeware #tipoftheday #tooltip https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20230627-all-about-apple

devontechnologies, 11 months ago to productivity

Tip of the day: In #DEVONthink, placeholders are specialized strings that resolve specific values on demand. They can be used to dynamically add data to documents generated via templates or file items in locations based on dates. Here are some ways placeholders are used. #pkm #productivity #tipoftheday https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/how-to-use-placeholders

cyberman, 9 months ago to random

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devontechnologies, 8 days ago to random

Tip of the day: When browsing through your databases in #DEVONthinkToGo, sorting and seeing information about the individual items is often needed. The View options have controls for sorting and filtering the items, as well as what information is displayed for each. Here is a brief explanation of each section of the View options. #tipoftheday https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20211026-devonthink-to-go-view-options

devontechnologies, 10 days ago to iOS

Tip of the day: Context menus are used by many applications on Apple’s mobile platform. They provide a wider range of commands within the limited interface space of mobile devices. You typically open them by long-pressing items. Here is how to open them a bit faster. #devonthinktogo #ios #tipoftheday https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20231003-speed-up-haptic-touch

devontechnologies, 9 days ago to macos

Tip of the day: If an application has translated its interface into another language, you can choose the language in which it is used. #DEVONthink is, e.g., available in English, French, and German. Here is, how you can easily change an app’s language on the Mac. #localization #macos #pkm #productivity #tipoftheday https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20231121-change-app-language