DEVONthink Pro for Mac
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DEVONthink Pro overview
Your files are piling up like digital skyscrapers on your desk? DEVONthink Pro is the one place for all your documents on your Mac. Collect data of any kind, organize it, and link the various bits to create your own web of information. Work with it alone or in a team on Macs, iPads, and iPhones. Automate your workflows so you can concentrate on what's really important. Organize your knowledge the smart way, with DEVONthink.
- Intelligent Document Management: Organize, store, and retrieve thousands of documents, PDFs, web pages, images, and notes with AI-powered smart groups and classification
- Advanced Search & Discovery: Find information instantly with powerful full-text search, Boolean operators, and AI-suggested connections between related documents
- Generative AI Integration: Leverage built-in AI assistance for summarizing documents, answering questions about your data, and generating insights from your knowledge base
- Knowledge Synthesis: Transform scattered information into actionable insights with built-in tools for annotation, linking, tagging, and cross-referencing
- Secure & Private: Keep your data completely under your control with local storage, encrypted sync, and no cloud dependency requirements
- Research Powerhouse: Capture web content, import from multiple sources, and build comprehensive research databases with automatic metadata extraction
- Seamless Integration: Works natively with macOS, supports scripting/automation, and syncs across devices while maintaining your existing workflow
What's new in version 4.3.2
This maintenance release adds support for Anthropic's latest frontier model, Claude Fable 5, as well as image diffusion models via Ollama. We optimized the search tool in the MCP server and added a built-in connector for LM Studio to access it. Additionally, DEVONthink can redact many national identification numbers before AI use. For research automation, four new AppleScript commands let you locate and apply bibliographic metadata, and in the web interface, you can now print PDF documents you're viewing. We also fixed compatibility with macOS 27 Golden Gate Developer Beta.
NEW
- Added four new research-based AppleScript commands:
resolve DOI metadata,resolve book metadata,download PDF from DOI, andsearch CrossRef. These complement the functions of the MCP server in the higher editions of DEVONthink. - Added AppleScript synonyms:
DOIfordigital object identifierandISBNforinternational standard book number.
NEW (Pro)
- Added support for Claude Fable 5, via Anthropic and OpenRouter. Be aware that this is a much more expensive model to use. Also note that at the time of the release of this version, Anthropic has suspended access to Claude Fable 5 based on a US government directive. It may or may not become available in the future.
- Added LM Studio to the AI > MCP > Install Connectors settings.
Improved
- Improved the overall reliability of the DEVONthink Markdown parser.
Improved (Pro)
- Updated the AI > Mixture of Agents - Images template.
- DEVONthink redacts regional identification numbers, e.g., European identifiers, before passing them to external AI via the Chat inspector, AI-related smart actions and scripts, the Summarize and Transform popovers, and optionally the MCP server.
- The Chat assistant and smart actions no longer redact phone numbers, consistent with the MCP server's behavior.
- You can manually edit the MCP server's
config.jsonfile and retain your changes, unless you toggle the Redact sensitive content option in AI > MCP settings. - In the Generate Image window or AI > Image Generation settings, you can now choose image diffusion models provided by Ollama, e.g., z-image-turbo. These models are also available via the
modelparameter of thedownload image for promptAppleScript command and the Mixture of Agents - Images template. - Added optional
from_uuidparameter to themove_recordMCP tool to move only replicants from the specified source group. Ignored in case of cross-database moves. - Optimized and refined the search tool and the overall performance and reliability of the MCP server.
- The default context window for LM Studio is now 8,192 tokens.
- Added support for Nvidia Nemotron 3 Super/Ultra and MiniMax M3 to OpenRouter.
- More reliable
get chat response for message … record … as "JSON"AppleScript command. - The
Download Bibliographic Metadatasmart rule now uses the new AppleScript commands.
Improved (Server)
- In the web interface, you can now print PDF documents for which you have download rights.
Fixed
- DEVONthink crashed on launch on the macOS 27 Golden Gate Developer Beta. Fixed.
- In Markdown documents, bold or italic formatting applied to selected text already containing formatting didn't properly apply to the whole selection. Fixed.
- Double-clicking a PDF document in the Reading List didn't always open the document on the correct page. Fixed.
- Viewing or annotating a PDF document on the macOS 27 Golden Gate Developer Beta caused exceptions. Fixed.
- The see-also score for images was usually too high, e.g., for scanned documents. Fixed.
- Detached popovers weren't always restored properly in the latest versions of macOS. Fixed.
- The DEVONthink widget extension and the MCP server (in the higher editions) contained a file that could cause Time Machine to report an error. Fixed.
- The AppleScript
searchcommand could return results not sorted by score. Fixed. - Window resizing was slow after clicking the Update Now button which is shown if the license is only valid for updates for less than 30 days. Also, after extending the application license, the Update Now notification could incorrectly continue to appear. Fixed.
Removed (Pro)
- Removed the
prompt strengthparameter from thedownload image for promptAppleScript command. - Removed the outdated Stable Diffusion 3.5 models as well as the deprecated GPT-Image-1-Mini model.
DEVONthink Pro for Mac
$199.00
In English
Version 4.3.2
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Apr 27, 2025
Version: 3.9.8
So, DevonThink Pro is on version 4, but DevonThink To Go (iOS) is only on version 3? Is there feature parity between them?
Apr 17, 2024
Version: 3.9.6
You do have to be very careful what you put in there, especially complete website archives etc.. Could destroy your database (am in the process of grieving loss of over 10GB of years of archiving, won't be recuperable in any way since DTP dispatches its files in very complex ways, destroying the original structure integrity of the original hierarchy, unless using export functions.. which of course cannot be done at this point since database cannot be open. All I have access to viewing the content of the archive in Finder.. and the mess that is in there). I wonder more and more how useful this, in many ways Finder is much much less risky for organizing. Definitely not all the bells and whistles but since we're tributary to Spotlight in any case.. I used to rave about this app, not so sure anymore. I'd almost say.. stick to the Finder.. it can do all sorts of organizational tricks much less risky.
Jun 2, 2021
Version: 3.7.2
A great tool for those who need it (not for those who complain but clearly bought the wrong tool). Rock solid, well thought out. But you have to read at least part of the manual, if is not completely obvious what can and cannot be done. When SpotLight is not up to your tasks anymore, have a look at DTPro and be prepared to invest some time to learn, you will be rewarded :)
Feb 25, 2021
Version: 3.6.1
I've used DEVONthink since it was 2.x. I departed from it for a while, but I'm back and loving its usefulness. It's quite handy to use with iOS devices where Files.app is quite limited. I tried to do everything with just plain text files and folders, but I finally broke down and admitted it was a foolish idea after all. DEVONthink works quite well for capturing all kinds of info with minimum friction and maintain it in a searchable and usable way. Now that I have tried the overly-simplistic method, I can't emphasize enough how useful DEVONthink really is.
