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New Improved Fixed Removed Version 3.9.16 DEVONthink now detects empty pages when clipping PDF documents, ensuring more consistent and useful results. We have made the Safari and Sharing extensions more reliable in macOS Tahoe and improved the sync performance. The app now also automatically adjusts resource usage based on your machine's temperature and workload. And, of course, we've included additional fixes to improve stability and reliability. We improved the consistency of syntax colorizing for quotes in Markdown documents. When clipping web content or using the `download PDF document from` AppleScript command to create PDF documents, DEVONthink now detects empty black and white pages and either filters them out or aborts the clipping. We reduced resources used with versioning by 90% for compatibility with version 4, especially during toolbar searches and while updating smart groups and rules. DEVONthink now explicitly registers its extensions to ensure they're available in Safari and macOS' Share menu. We improved the handling of menu scripts execution. Sync — We improved the reliability of syncing the Reading List and custom metadata via Bonjour. Sync — DEVONthink now detects the battery and thermal state of the machine and throttles the CPU and I/O load when syncing, as needed. Thumbnailing many small documents could sometimes cause a crash. Fixed. Converting rich text documents or emails to paginated PDF documents intermittently froze on macOS Tahoe. Fixed. Invalid relative image and transclusion links in Markdown could break previewing or converting the document or crash the application. Fixed. Links entered in lists in Markdown documents didn't work properly in WYSIWYG mode. Fixed. Markdown headings containing code weren't colored correctly. Fixed. Searches with proximity operators didn't always highlight the search hits in PDF documents. Fixed. In macOS' dark mode, text entered in new HTML documents was not inverted to white. Fixed. The Tools > Summarize Annotations and `summarize highlights of records` commands could sometimes return highlights in the wrong order, e.g., those made by PSPDFKit. Fixed. Web clipping via the Sorter when opened with the hotkey would include Safari's profile name. Fixed. Images dropped or pasted into Markdown documents with the Files > Markdown > Import images to group setting enabled didn't honor the Files > Import > Recognition or Files > Import > Tags settings. Fixed. Documents moved or duplicated between databases could incorrectly have the extension added to the internal name if General > Appearance > Show filename extensions was enabled. Fixed. Documents could be renamed with an empty name if General > Appearance > Show filename extensions was enabled. Fixed. Duplicate notifications from the Extras sidebar could occur when multiple main windows were open. Fixed. The internal name of files created via AppleScript incorrectly retained the extension. Fixed. Pro — The popup menu Reveal command of item link dropdowns in the Data inspector or form view of sheets always opened a new window. Fixed. Pro — In the German localization, the OCR > PDF Resolution setting couldn't be changed. Fixed. Sync — Bonjour synchronization could sometimes cause memory issues. Fixed. Version 3.9.15 In Markdown documents, DEVONthink 3.9.15 detects links much faster and renders lists more reliably. Links to Apple Notes in a document now work, indexed Google Drive documents launch like the Finder does, and the Sorter's Add and Preview buttons now show their keyboard shortcuts. For automators, folder actions trigger smart rules using the On Import or On OCR events. And of course, we have, again, made DEVONthink faster and more reliable. Editing very long Markdown documents is much more performant. DEVONthink detects links in Markdown documents at least 25 times faster when syntax coloring and WYSIWYG is enabled. Prism.js renders Objective-C code marked with the alternate `objc` or `language-objc` as well as the default `language-objectivec`. DEVONthink indexes web-based documents and converts them to plain text better. In the Sorter's Video Note tab, the camera and microphone menu is disabled if DEVONthink is disabled in macOS' Privacy & Security > Camera settings. The Add and Preview buttons of the Sorter now display their keyboard shortcuts when the Command key is pressed. DEVONthink's built-in folder action scripts now run smart rules using the `perform smart rule` AppleScript command with the `On Import` and `On OCR` event triggers, as appropriate. Pro — If you choose `Database` in the To dropdown of the scanner interface, a dedicated Group dropdown lets you choose the group to scan to. The settings are saved and also restored when connecting to a scanner. Thumbnailing Markdown documents could cause a rare crash. Fixed. Markdown lists didn't render properly when indented with one space. Fixed. The `Scan Text` smart action didn't ignore Markdown metadata if there was no other content in the document. Fixed. For RSS and Atom feeds with multiple authors, only the first was used. Fixed. In the item list in List view, the Tags column didn't display autocompletion results. Fixed. The tooltip shown when hovering over items with truncated names didn't fully display the name if the item also had property icons. Fixed. An open Quick Look panel didn't update when changing the selection of the view/edit pane when the hidden preference `DisplayGroupsInPreviewPane` was enabled. Fixed. The First, Previous, Next, and Last commands in the Go menu couldn't be used in toolbar search results. Fixed. In a multi-monitor setup with vertically positioned screens, the Sorter was only partially visible as a docked tab. Fixed. Links using Apple Notes' URL scheme couldn't be clicked in documents. Fixed. Indexed Google Drive documents couldn't be opened via the Data > Open With command. Fixed. `.strings` files weren't indexed correctly. Fixed. If the DEVONthink helper background task crashed, other background tasks, e.g., running scripts, could be blocked for a period of time. Fixed. Pro — In the popup menu of URL fields in the Info > Custom inspector and the form view of sheets, the Paste and Remove commands neither saved changes nor updated the layout. Fixed. Pro — Search queries using date-based custom metadata weren't always parsed correctly. Fixed. Server — The icons in the Server > Users settings didn't display correctly in macOS' dark mode. Fixed. Version 3.9.14 This release includes several improvements and fixes. We've enhanced support for relative links in Markdown documents, allowing for spaces within the links. We also addressed an issue with list indentation. Previously, the Favorites section, e.g., within the Move To context menu, onlly displayed the first favorited item. We've resolved this, ensuring all favorited items are shown. Furthermore, we've improved document language detection. Finally, it wasn't possible to navigate EPUB documents in the web interface via the table of contents, and DEVONthink unintentionally renamed images and PDF documents dragged via Universal Control. Image links in Markdown documents support relative URLs containing spaces instead of requiring percent-escaping. DEVONthink better detects the language of documents, whether you import, index, or create them within the application. Line items in Markdown lists indented with 4 or more spaces didn't render correctly. Fixed. Images and PDF documents dragged from the Finder into DEVONthink between two Macs connected via Universal Control would be renamed on import. Fixed. After inserting or deleting pages in a PDF document, the title of main and document windows and the subtitle of document windows didn't reflect the changed page count. Fixed. Copying section links in EPUB documents via the Table of Contents inspector didn't include anchors. Fixed. The Favorites section in the Move To, Duplicate To, and Replicate To context menus and Destination popups, e.g., in the Sorter, only displayed the first favorited group. Fixed. Sync — Databases with names containing, e.g., "GoogleDrive", "Google Drive", or "OneDrive" couldn't be created or imported from sync locations. Fixed. Server — In the web interface, EPUB documents couldn't be navigated via the table of contents. Fixed. Version 3.9.13 This maintenance release fixes two regressions of the previous version and also improves a few things. Underlines and strikethrough PDF annotations retain the last color used, and importing encrypted databases via sync suggests the anticipated size. In addition, version 3.9.12 displays some package-based documents better in DEVONthink Server's web interface and handles filesystem events more reliably. Setting the color of underline and strike-through PDF annotations in the Annotations panel makes it the default color for those annotation types. Using the Undo command after classifying items works better in cases where annotation files have also been automatically moved. Better support for package-based documents with embedded HTML or PDF based previews. Revised appearance of tab preview popovers, shown when hovering on document tabs, for macOS 15 Sequoia and later. Dates specified in the Advanced search editor are converted to the toolbar search string using always the format `YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS` to avoid time zone issues. Thumbnailing of videos uses now artwork if available. The Recent Databases section in the Navigate sidebar is more efficiently handled when you have multiple main windows open. Better handling of filesystem events. Server — The web interface better displays package-based documents with an embedded HTML or PDF preview. Sync — The approximate size of an encrypted database is now included in the sync data and used as the default size when importing the database on another Mac. When using macOS' dark mode, converting a Markdown or web-based document to a one page PDF displayed white text on a dark background in the converted document. Fixed. The Move, Duplicate to, and Replicate to context submenus didn't include Favorites or Recent Destinations section headers. Fixed. Revealing nested tags could fail when the General > Interface > Unified Tags setting was enabled. Fixed. When the Sorter was opened via a hotkey as a docked tab, it didn't respond to key commands. Fixed. Creating an annotation in the Info > Annotations & Reminders > Annotations inspector could crash the application on rare occasion. Fixed. Token fields in smart rules and batch processing could appear truncated. Fixed. The color of the Multimedia filter menu icon was incorrect. Fixed. The See Also & Classify inspector didn't show groups anymore. Regression. Fixed. The registration panel did not show the success or failure alert immediately after the trial period expired. Fixed. Indexed groups were not automatically updated in newly created databases unless you closed and opened the database or quit and relaunched the application. Fixed. Migrating and opening a database on a different Mac could stall the application for a while while checking filesystem events. Fixed. Pro — The `OCR > Apply` action in smart rules stopped working due to a regression in 3.9.11. Fixed. Pro — Emails and mailboxes could no longer be imported or archived in the View > Import > Emails sidebar due to a regression in version 3.9.11. Fixed. Pro — When printing or converting the form view of sheets to paginated PDF, rich text fields had a black background when using macOS' dark mode. Fixed. Version 3.9.11 With this release, Markdown editing gets a little more polish with improved indentation on lists and controlling list view columns and sort options is easier with the Customize Metadata panel in the root of the View menu. In addition, DEVONthink sends us some anonymized data that can help us determine, e.g., if some features or actions are more popular than others. Of course, you can switch this off in the app's settings. We fixed several issues, too, as we continue to improve performance and reliability. Added Usage: Send anonymized analytics data to the General > General settings. See our company's Privacy page for more information on the data that may be sent. Characters are more reliably escaped when converting plain or rich text or pasting rich text to Markdown. In Markdown lists, items spanning multiple lines are consistently indented when Files > Markdown > WYSIWYG editing is enabled. Markdown rendering is more compatible with responses from version 4's chat assistant. In the item list, the Word Count and Character Count columns display more consistently. You can now find the Customize Metadata command on the top level of the View menu. Additionally, we've slightly improved the appearance of this panel. The File > Export > Metadata (JSON) command includes the location of items. The Add linked images to DEVONthink scripts for DEVONagent, Google Chrome, and Safari load images more efficiently and much faster. Improved overall reliability. When using DEVONthink's View > Full Screen > Document mode, selecting text with a mix of underline and strike-through styles could cause a crash. Fixed. Unlocked groups and feeds with a mixture of flagged and unflagged items didn't show an icon showing the mixed state. Fixed. When DEVONthink was offline, URLs in HTML, web archives, and Markdown previews didn't load linked items, e.g., stylesheets, that were already saved to the database. Fixed. After zooming in or out while editing text, lines didn't always wrap even though Format > Wrap Lines was enabled. Fixed. The Copy command for the color well in the Info > Generic inspector didn't work. Fixed. Once enabled, Exclude from Wiki Linking in the Info > Generic inspector and popover couldn't be disabled. Fixed. Tags on groups exported via File > Export > Files & Folders weren't retained when reimporting the groups. Fixed. When using aliases in WikiLinks, an incorrect number of WikiLinks or mentions could be reported for the `incoming Wiki references` AppleScript property or in the Document > Links or Document > Mentions inspectors. Fixed. Pro — Duplicated Imprinter configurations incorrectly retained shared font information. Fixed. Server — After starting the web server, not all the permissions columns were shown as uneditable and not all requests were logged. Fixed.