DEVONthink for Mac

Today's maintenance release addresses a few small issues discovered after the previous release. A regression kept global smart groups from updating automatically. Splitting PDFs didn't modify the initial document. And renamed favorites didn't always retain the change after relaunching.

We also added a few improvements too. HTML formats now support using Paste with Source Link. It's easier to change the font of PDF text annotations and automatic naming of merged or grouped items better supports prefixing numbers. We also made several modifications to improve reliability, including that of our sync engine.

New

• Added a new hidden preference DatePlaceholdersWithoutLeadingZeros to disable using prefixing zeros with date or time placeholders.

Improved

• Email messages that may not have displayed properly in Best Alternative view due to their internal line endings render better.
• You can now use the Edit > Paste with Source Link command in HTML, formatted notes, and webarchives.
• Missing or empty Finder comments are ignored when updating indexed items, both manually when using File > Update Indexed Item or after filesystem events, if the current internally stored comment of the indexed item exceeds the size limit of Finder comments or if the indexed item is stored on a network volume which might not reliably support Finder comments.
• Merged documents or grouped items better support automatic names beginning with numbers.
• DEVONthink detects updates for add-ons more reliably.
• The date-specific submenus in Insert Placeholders only include time-based placeholders when applicable.
• The Execute Script smart rule and batch processing action was renamed to Apply Script.

Improved (Sync)

• Improved how data transmission to sync stores is handled with remote syncs, especially with CloudKit.

Fixed

• Global smart groups didn't automatically update their item counts. Fixed.
• Splitting a PDF didn't modify the initial document. Fixed.
• In rare cases, invalid XML/HTML, e.g., from some RSS feeds, could crash DEVONthink. Fixed.
• While the Annotations panel was open, the font of a selected text annotation couldn't be changed. Fixed.
• Background colors weren't retained when converting rich text to formatted note or HTML. Fixed.
• Copying or pasting with a source link generated the wrong URL on EPUB documents viewed in Best Alternative mode. Fixed.
• In the Tags options for smart group, smart rule, and search criteria, the Wildcards placeholder wasn't displayed in empty fields. Fixed.
• Grouping top-level ordinary tags of the global inbox with no other database opened put them into the root of the database instead of into the Tags group. Fixed.
• Renaming favorited items didn't retain the changed name without a subsequent operation, e.g., reordering the favorites. Fixed.
• After grouping ordinary tags, indexed items using these tags were moved into the database if the hidden preference EnableAutomaticConsolidation was enabled. Fixed.
• .svg files were incorrectly imported as images on macOS Ventura and later. Fixed.
• URL parameters, e.g., page=42, of item links in unsaved documents were ignored. Fixed.
• It wasn't possible to set the current time property of a window or tab via AppleScript. Fixed.

Fixed (Server)

• The background colors of HTML or formatted note documents weren't displayed when viewed in the web interface. Fixed.