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DEVONthink Personal - 2.0pb5

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All Time:	(4.1)
Version 2.0pb5:	(3.5)
Selected Version:	2.0pb5
Release Date:	2009-05-21
License:	Beta
Downloads (version 2.0pb5):	479
Downloads (all versions):	38,499
Price:	$39.95

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Product Description:

Everything is digital today. But where to store all these e-mails, PDFs, Word documents, images and multimedia files you accumulate every day? How to organize them, and find the right one when you need it?

DEVONthink is the solution for the digital age, the one database for all your documents. And it's flexible. It adapts to your personal needs. Use it as your document repository, your filing cabinet, your e-mail archive or your project organizer. Collect and organize data from the web for a publication, enrich it with sound and movie files, and export everything as a web site, drag it to an Apple Pages document for publishing in print, or copy it to your iPod.

The Database for the Internet Age: DEVONthink keeps your important data in one database, regardless of where the data is physically located. Integrate both local documents and live content from the Internet to keep all project-related information together. Seamlessly mix local documents, clippings and live web pages.

Your Digital Workplace: DEVONthink is not only a simple database, it's a flexible work environment with powerful management features. It provides you with all the tools you need for effectively working with your documents. Use the integrated RTF editor to write new documents, or open them in a third party application.

Intelligent Assistant: DEVONthink is based on a powerful AI architecture that helps you organize and navigate your information collection. It assists you with filing documents and with finding similar items. Master even huge data collections with a few simple clicks.

What's new in this version:

From this release on all editions of DEVONthink require Mac OS X 10.5 or later. This beta expires July 31, 2009.
NEW: Properties of RTF/RTFD and PDF documents (except locked and indexed ones) are now editable via Tools > Show/Hide Properties...
NEW: Comparison options Ignore Umlauts and Fuzzy added to Search window, to toolbar search and to smart groups editor.
NEW: Tag predicate added to smart groups.
NEW: Tooltip added to location field of Info panel; tooltips of smart group results include the location, the comment and available meta data.
NEW: Option to ignore umlauts ignores now all diacritics.
NEW: Expanded smart groups in three-pane view display number of found items.
NEW: Attribute icon shows that an item has a comment.
Improved: Occurrences are now always highlighted blue on yellow.
Improved: Ranking of search results using wildcards.
Improved: Selection handling while toolbar search results are visible.
Improved: Capturing from text views via drag-and-drop or services retains the URL of the original document.
Improved: It is again possible to begin editing of the comments and URL columns after pressing the Tab key.
Improved: Revised shortcuts of Go and Format menu to avoid conflicts. In addition, shortcuts for Previous/Next Tab are now identical to Safari 4.0.
Improved: Tooltips of recent destinations of Move/Replicate/Duplicate sub-menus display location of destination.
Improved: All attribute icons for external and/or locked items or items with an attached script are now displayed.
Improved: Slightly revised order of Format menu.
Improved: Double-clicking search results with the Option key pressed opens them in a new tab if tabbed browsing is enabled. The behavior of Option-double-clicking is harmonized also for all panels.
Improved: Links to local files in rich text or PDF documents are always opened externally.
Improved: Go > Previous/Next Instance unhoist the current window if necessary.
Improved: Highlighting of occurrences of opened Spotlight search results.
Improved: Items replicated both inside and outside of the trash are again returned by smart groups, can be duplicates and are used by automatic Wiki linking.
Improved: Recognition of duplicates.
Improved: Rebuilding retains the original order.
Improved: English, French, and German Localizations.
Fixed: Issues of database locking on computers with multiple network interfaces/host names.
Fixed: Incompatibility to local domains.
Fixed: Some Wiki links containing multiple numbers did not work.
Fixed: Tooltips of navigation bar were not always correct.
Fixed: Some column widths did not adapt correctly.
Fixed: Locked orphaned files could not be repaired using Tools > Verify & Repair.
Fixed: Data > Reveal did not always work.
Fixed: Importing/indexing of certain Word documents was very very slow.
Fixed: Bugs and glitches.
NEW: Pressing the spacebar in list, icon, column, and search views opens the floating Quick Look panel.
NEW: Web archives can be edited also in DEVONthink Personal.
NEW: Web archives can be converted to HTML via Data > Convert > to HTML.
NEW: Items can be sent by email also in DEVONthink Personal.
NEW: Help > Bookmarklets making it easier to install the bookmarklets.
NEW: Preference option Media > Web Archives > Create thumbnails.
NEW: Instance is/is not indexed and Kind is/is not Video/Audio/Email predicates added to smart groups.
NEW: Workaround to make CHMporter compatible to both Leopard and DEVONthink Pro Office.
Improved: Bookmarklet design updated, minor bug with Safari 3.x fixed.
Improved: Data > Mark > As Checked/Unchecked show the state if necessary.
Improved: Improved naming of top level group in Move/Replicate/Duplicate To menus.
Improved: Background color of selection of editable web archives can be set via the color panel. Highlighting commands of Format menu are supported.
Improved: Bookmarks no longer automatically synchronized after opening a database.
Improved: Services to append plain/rich notes do not change the Dock badge label anymore and don't use the group selector if a note has been already taken. These services are no longer database specific.
Improved: Much faster updating of Info panel for images and PDF documents.
Improved: More reliable handling of file system events.
Improved: Compatibility to Safari 4.0 beta.
Fixed: Revised default window sizes.
Fixed: Duplicate recognition, classify, and see-also did not work reliably for images.
Fixed: Bookmarks import was always using the top level group.
Fixed: Some contextual menus did not work.
Fixed: Certain PDF documents freezed the Info panel on Intel processors due to a bug of Mac OS X 10.5 'Leopard'.
Fixed: Meta data of images, PDF documents, and web archives was not always stored after synchronizing them or after adding them via scripts, services, DEVONagent, etc.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
Mac OS X 10.5 PPC

Feedback Summary:

Version 2.0pb5:
Overall Rating:	(3.5)	Features:	(3.0)	Support:	(5.0)
Ease of Use:	(5.0)	Quality / Stability:	(4.0)	Price:	(5.0)

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Who is "Brass Hammer"? - Version: 2.0pb6, 8/8/2009 08:43PM PST

(1 of 1 users found this comment useful)

philosopherdog

Obviously the previous reviewer has a problem. Click on his name and see the drivel he writes. Obviously the dude hasn't used DT. Anyhow, DT is simply the most powerful program on the Mac for researchers. Check out there website and forums and judge for yourself. I personally prefer the Pro version myself.

No confidence from the company - Version: 2.0pb5, 7/30/2009 08:25AM PST

(0 of 3 users found this comment useful)

Brass Hammer

Here is what I think when a company continually puts out one beta after another. The company has no confidence in its product and is trying to pawn it off to the public while being able to fall back on "Hey! We said it was beta!" DEVON: If its any good, release it. If it is junk, stop using the public to do your testing for you.

Too Little Too Late? - Version: 2.0pb5, 6/26/2009 04:14PM PST

(0 of 4 users found this comment useful)

jarlaxle.merc

All the features worth looking at are quickly becoming freely available in other existing technologies, not to mention the handful of necessary features DTP lacks. If I wanted a glorified Finder I'd turn to Path Finder. That said, DTP is hardly even glorified as the Spotlight criteria capabilities are rather sad. Oh well.