Menus : The Application Menu

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About & Check for Updates
Add-Ons
Preferences, Trash, Cache
Purchase & Licenses
Services

The Application Menu

The DEVONthink menu is a utility menu, similar to those found in other Mac applications. It has commands that allow you check the version via the splash screen or check for application updates. You can install our add-ons, access the preferences, access the Services menu, empty your databases' Trash, and quit the application.

About & Check for Updates

About DEVONthink: Shows information about DEVONthink including the version number to whom the software is registered.

Check for Updates: Checks if updates for DEVONthink are available. By default, DEVONthink checks for updates automatically, however you can change the update settings in the Preferences > General. If an automatic update is pending choosing this command shows a window with additional information about the update.

Note: When checking for updates no information is uploaded from your computer to the DEVONtechnologies server. DEVONthink only downloads a file listing the most current versions to your Mac. This option is not available if you have purchased DEVONthink from the Mac App Store. In this case, all updates are handled by the App Store.

Add-Ons

This command allows you to install, or reinstall, some of our extra support files and scripts.

The following options are available.

Google Chrome Extension: Opens the Chrome Web/Store page in Google Chrome where you can install the browser extension. You have to do this manually and follow Google's rules.
Firefox Extension: Opens the Mozilla Add-Ons page in Firefox where you can install the Firefox add-on (similar to the Safari extension). You have to do this manually and follow Mozilla's rules.
PDF Services: Adds Save PDF to DEVONthink to the PDF menu of print dialogs. This allows you to print a PDF directly to DEVONthink.
Additional Scripts: Installs the mail rule scripts for Apple Mail, Folder Action scripts , and Menu extra scripts.
Global Inbox in Save Dialogs: Inserts DEVONthink's Global Inbox into the Finder's sidebar and all "Save As" dialog windows. Use it to save directly to the inbox from any application. Note: The name of the inbox is "Inbox" regardless of your computer's language preferences.

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ABBYY FineReader OCR: Installs the ABBYY Finereader OCR resources for use with images and PDFs with no text layer.
Apple Mail Plugin: A plugin for Apple Mail that allows you to archive messages or whole mailboxes directly from within Mail. On Mac OS Mojave you'll have to manually activate the plugin after installation. In Apple Mail visit Preferences > General > Manage Plug-ins and activate DEVONthink's plugin.

Note: The Safari browser extension is now installed by default, but you'll need to go into Safari's Preferences > Extensions and enable it. Also while extensions for browsers like Opera, Vivaldi, and Brave are not explicitly available, it is possible to install them from the Chrome Web Store, while in those browsers.

Preferences, Trash, Cache

Preferences: Opens the application Preferences.

Empty Trash: Moves the contents of all open databases' trash to your computer's file system trash.

Empty Cache: Empties the web browser cache. This frees up space and makes sure that all, when displaying a web page, all data is freshly loaded instead of using a cached copy.

Purchase & Licenses

Purchase: Opens the DEVONthink product page from where you can put the app into your shopping cart. If this copy of DEVONthink is already licensed, you will be presented with upgrade choices.

Enter License: Enter your purchased license code here. It is best to use copy-and-paste for transferring the license code from the email message to the appropriate field.

Note: Enter License changes into License and Purchase License into Purchase License or Upgrade as soon as you have entered a valid license code (and a paid upgrade exists). Available options depend on whether you have purchased your copy from DEVONtechnologies or from the Mac App Store.

Services

The Services submenu gives your access to special commands published by other Mac applications such as TextEdit or Safari, or by services extensions such as our own WordService or CalcService. Also, DEVONthink publishes its own services. Read more...