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DEVONthink provides a macOS sharing extension, a web browser extension, as well as bookmarklets, for conveniently clipping information from other applications into your DEVONthink database. Browser Extensions Browser extensions add functionality to your favorite web browser. DEVONthink's Clip to DEVONthink extension usually appears as a nautilus icon in the web browser's toolbar. When clicked, the Clip to DEVONthink will identify data about the current page in the browser and open the Web Clip section of the Sorter so you can quickly store references to web pages in your databases Installing: Clip to DEVONthink is a native Safari extension but due to security changes made by Apple, you may need to enable it in Safari's Settings > Extensions. The extensions for Firefox and Chrome can be installed from our Extras download page. You can also access these pages via the DEVONthink > Install Add-Ons panel. Note there is no direct support for other browsers though some allow you to install Chrome extensions. This may allow you to install our extension in those browsers as well. Another thing to consider is the security settings of browsers. When you clip content, you may see messages about allowing our extension to work on site A, then on site B, then site C, etc. You may also see multiple prompts asking to allow using our URL scheme. Those are messages from the browser, not our extension. These things can change over time, usually becoming more and more restrictive. Check with their developers about supporting URL schemes. Bookmarklets Similar in function to a browser extension, but much simpler, bookmarklets are special bookmarks that execute a line of JavaScript to capture the current page or selection in the browser. To use one of the bookmarklets, load the page you wish to archive or clip text from in your web browser. When the page is fully shown, select the bookmarklet in your bookmarks bar. Instead of loading another page as normal bookmarks do, the bookmarklet adds the selected text or the whole page as text, bookmark, HTML code, web archive, or PDF to DEVONthink's default destination. Installing: Bookmarklets can be installed from our Extras download page. Typically, the bookmarklet can just be dragged and dropped to the browser's bookmarks toolbar. However, you may need to Control-click the bookmarklet and copy the code to add it manually, if the browser requires it. We have provided separate bookmarklets, one for each type, currently supporting capturing: bookmark, web archive, HTML, PDF (paginated or single page), plain text, or the selection as plain text.
Note: Due to increased security in macOS, Apple Safari will prompt you to allow launching DEVONthink when using the browser extension or bookmarklets. Other browsers allow you to make a persistent choice about this behavior.