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## [Uh oh! DT 4.3 Crashing on M5 Mac mini](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/uh-oh-dt-4-3-crashing-on-m5-mac-mini/87701)

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**Author:** [@Warp10](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/Warp10)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 24, 2026, 12:54pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/uh-oh-dt-4-3-crashing-on-m5-mac-mini/87701 "2026-09-24T12:54:30Z")

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Everything was dandy on the M1 MacBook, even after upgrading to MacOS 27. Today I set up the M5 Mac mini. Copied my 16 databases over. Same directory structure as M1. When I start working within a database, DT crashes. T…

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## [Learning about AI inside and out of Devonthink](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/learning-about-ai-inside-and-out-of-devonthink/87700)

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**Author:** [@SlickSlack](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/SlickSlack)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 24, 2026, 9:10am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/learning-about-ai-inside-and-out-of-devonthink/87700 "2026-09-24T09:10:41Z")

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I finally have the mental space and maybe the need to investigate this whole "AI’ thing. I’ve been reading the posts here and making mental and actual notes about sand traps and dead ends. I’ve been trying to keep up on…

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## [DEVONthink 4.4 Tycho](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonthink-4-4-tycho/87525)

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**Author:** [@eboehnisch](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/eboehnisch)\
**Replies:** 47\
**Last updated:** [September 24, 2026, 9:05am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonthink-4-4-tycho/87525 "2026-09-24T09:05:35Z")

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DEVONthink 4.4 Tycho\* is the fourth feature release for DEVONthink, and it turns your AI assistant into a genuine co-worker. The new AI Library is a repository of roles, prompts, and skills that live right inside your da…

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## [Feature Request: Option to remove Strike-Through display in trash](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/feature-request-option-to-remove-strike-through-display-in-trash/87691)

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**Author:** [@eMaX](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/eMaX)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [September 24, 2026, 8:32am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/feature-request-option-to-remove-strike-through-display-in-trash/87691 "2026-09-24T08:32:22Z")

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Trash folder is visually unreadable due to strike-through. Request an option to remove that / change that font.

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## [Opus 5.5 vs Fable 5.1](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/opus-5-5-vs-fable-5-1/87699)

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**Author:** [@rkaplan](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/rkaplan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 5:51pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/opus-5-5-vs-fable-5-1/87699 "2026-09-23T17:51:02Z")

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Opus 5.5 was just released so I have not yet tried it in detail. But I am intrigued - Anthropic’s benchmark marketing suggests Opus 5.5 is superior to Fable 5.1 and less expensive. Why use Fable?

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## [Granular MCP Write Permissions and Scoped Authorization](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/granular-mcp-write-permissions-and-scoped-authorization/87698)

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**Author:** [@bpwhistler](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/bpwhistler)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 3:59pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/granular-mcp-write-permissions-and-scoped-authorization/87698 "2026-09-23T15:59:53Z")

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I found the earlier discussion requesting token/client-specific database access (“MCP – requests already (sorry)”). This request is related, but extends the idea from controlling which databases an MCP client can access …

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## [Privacy Concerns with iOS 27 and Apple AI?](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/privacy-concerns-with-ios-27-and-apple-ai/87647)

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**Author:** [@rkaplan](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/rkaplan)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 3:24pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/privacy-concerns-with-ios-27-and-apple-ai/87647 "2026-09-23T15:24:56Z")

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I am starting to see concerns raised in a number of forums/publications regarding privacy concerns with IOS 27 - specifically the comprehensive multi-app semantic index it maintains. I suspect this concern will continue…

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## [How to upgrade dtbase Database using Devonthink 3 (or 4)](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/how-to-upgrade-dtbase-database-using-devonthink-3-or-4/87694)

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**Author:** [@playerfour](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/playerfour)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 11:40am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/how-to-upgrade-dtbase-database-using-devonthink-3-or-4/87694 "2026-09-23T11:40:21Z")

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I am rounding up all my old databases before moving to Devonthink 4 and I came across a .dtBase folder that must have been one of my first Devonthink databases that I never updgraded to .dtBase2 . It shows as a folder an…

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## [DEVONthink Special promotional offer](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonthink-special-promotional-offer/87696)

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**Author:** [@Jack1228](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/Jack1228)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 6:38am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonthink-special-promotional-offer/87696 "2026-09-23T06:38:23Z")

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DEVONthink My subscription just expired, and I’d like to renew it. Are there any promotional offers or discounts running right now?

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## [Adding or appending scans to a PDF](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/adding-or-appending-scans-to-a-pdf/87697)

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**Author:** [@mike3](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/mike3)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 6:16am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/adding-or-appending-scans-to-a-pdf/87697 "2026-09-23T06:16:59Z")

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Many years ago I used to use a program called PaperPort. It used to allow you to scan a doc/receipt to the inbox similar to DT and then drag the Doc/receipt over the Main PDF and it would append it to the Doc/PDF at the …

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## [ScanSnap and MacOS 27](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/scansnap-and-macos-27/87692)

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**Author:** [@NickLowe](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/NickLowe)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 1:23am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/scansnap-and-macos-27/87692 "2026-09-23T01:23:25Z")

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Many using this combo will already be aware of this, but the current ScanSnap software doesn’t work with MacOS 27 Golden Gate (it get stuck processing the scan). There’s a beta version here which solves the issue. It has…

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## [MCP access fails for tagged Global Inbox items?](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/mcp-access-fails-for-tagged-global-inbox-items/87690)

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**Author:** [@Jk12](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/Jk12)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 22, 2026, 11:51pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/mcp-access-fails-for-tagged-global-inbox-items/87690 "2026-09-22T23:51:25Z")

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Can anyone successfully read tagged items in Global Inbox through MCP? Using Hermes, both get\_record\_text and get\_record\_properties return “Record is excluded from AI access” for tagged Global Inbox items, including an …

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## [Lost in translation](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/lost-in-translation/87623)

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**Author:** [@DTPer](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/DTPer)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 22, 2026, 6:50pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/lost-in-translation/87623 "2026-09-22T18:50:27Z")

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I work, write and gather information in DEVONthink in four languages. That’s simply how my work is, and that’s fine – but text search is a mess. I end up running four separate searches, one after another. I might forget …

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## [Can't update indexed folder when search is active](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/cant-update-indexed-folder-when-search-is-active/87681)

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**Author:** [@chrillek](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/chrillek)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 22, 2026, 3:08pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/cant-update-indexed-folder-when-search-is-active/87681 "2026-09-22T15:08:50Z")

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DT 4.4 here and I’m not sure if the following is intentional or not. Here’s what I did: I have something entered in the global search field and the search results are displayed in the list view. Then I select an indexe…

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## [Retain cursor/scrolling position in Annotation pane and Annotations list](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/retain-cursor-scrolling-position-in-annotation-pane-and-annotations-list/87693)

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**Author:** [@weirded](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/weirded)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 22, 2026, 2:56pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/retain-cursor-scrolling-position-in-annotation-pane-and-annotations-list/87693 "2026-09-22T14:56:29Z")

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In my workflow for reviewing and annotating PDF documents, I regularly switch between the Annotation pane and the list of Annotations in the ‘Inspectors’. I find it annoying that every time I switch back to the other pa…

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## [Embedded video in notes](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/embedded-video-in-notes/86720)

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**Author:** [@Renaud](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/Renaud)\
**Replies:** 26\
**Last updated:** [September 22, 2026, 9:50am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/embedded-video-in-notes/86720 "2026-09-22T09:50:27Z")

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It doesn’t seem possible to embed videos through an iframe link, like in Obsidian. Do you confirm there is no way, and there will never be ?

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## [How to Reinstall DEVONthink To Go 3](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/how-to-reinstall-devonthink-to-go-3/87688)

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**Author:** [@eboehnisch](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/eboehnisch)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 22, 2026, 6:00am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/how-to-reinstall-devonthink-to-go-3/87688 "2026-09-22T06:00:41Z")

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It’s the season for Apple’s new mobile hardware, with tech channels abuzz. But you might not be ready to part with your older device just yet. If you have old hardware that can’t run iOS 26 or later, and you need to (…

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## [Sidebar \> Globals \> Inbox(es) Seeing Solid Gray Dot on Right Side](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/sidebar-globals-inbox-es-seeing-solid-gray-dot-on-right-side/87686)

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**Author:** [@kwmcb](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/kwmcb)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2026, 7:51pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/sidebar-globals-inbox-es-seeing-solid-gray-dot-on-right-side/87686 "2026-09-21T19:51:39Z")

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With all databases closed, or one or more databases open, I am seeing a solid gray dot on the far right side of Sidebar \> Globals \> Inbox entry. What is that indicating? It’s identical to the gray dot that displays in …

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## [How to organize a database into groups ](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/how-to-organize-a-database-into-groups/87687)

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**Author:** [@jeanstraussfilms](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/jeanstraussfilms)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2026, 7:50pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/how-to-organize-a-database-into-groups/87687 "2026-09-21T19:50:38Z")

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I am making a large archive of different aspects of work. Is there an easy way to group them without having to do it manually (thousands of documents)

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## [Feature Request: AI-Assisted Web Clipping to Markdown](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/feature-request-ai-assisted-web-clipping-to-markdown/87685)

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**Author:** [@dayu](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/dayu)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2026, 3:07pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/feature-request-ai-assisted-web-clipping-to-markdown/87685 "2026-09-21T15:07:56Z")

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I’d like DEVONthink(menu bar sorter) to add an Obsidian Web Clipper–style feature that uses AI to summarize or extract webpage content and save the result as a Markdown file.

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## [CSV format of Sheets](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/csv-format-of-sheets/87672)

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**Author:** [@halloleo](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/halloleo)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2026, 2:25pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/csv-format-of-sheets/87672 "2026-09-21T14:25:53Z")

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Sheets created in DEVONthink have by default a semicolon-separated-value file underneath. Is there a way to say use comma-separated-value (CSV) format

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## [Annotation File Weirdness](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/annotation-file-weirdness/87678)

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**Author:** [@Athirne](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/Athirne)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2026, 1:03pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/annotation-file-weirdness/87678 "2026-09-21T13:03:00Z")

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What kind of weirdness is this? If I do a search on 1920.11.11, I get nothing - blank screen. If I do a search on any other file in that group with the exception of 1920.11.14, I get just the files I’m looking for. The o…

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## [DT 4.4 on macOS 27: Fails once to OCR with Internal Program Error](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/dt-4-4-on-macos-27-fails-once-to-ocr-with-internal-program-error/87682)

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**Author:** [@chrillek](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/chrillek)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2026, 11:53am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/dt-4-4-on-macos-27-fails-once-to-ocr-with-internal-program-error/87682 "2026-09-21T11:53:32Z")

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I have an indexed folder on a NAS a smart rule that watches this folder and converts incoming PDFs to PDF+Text with DT’s OCR this worked flawlessly with DT4.3 and macOS 26.x Now, I see this in the DT protocol, but onl…

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## [Clip to Devonthink - Ort auswählen und darin neue Gruppe - unter macOS27 Abbruch](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/clip-to-devonthink-ort-auswahlen-und-darin-neue-gruppe-unter-macos27-abbruch/87641)

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**Author:** [@Seoul77](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/Seoul77)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2026, 5:32am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/clip-to-devonthink-ort-auswahlen-und-darin-neue-gruppe-unter-macos27-abbruch/87641 "2026-09-21T05:32:05Z")

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Hallo, unter macOS 26 bin ich folgendermaßen vorgegangen: Ich wollte eine Seite als PDF speichern, habe dann Clip to Devonthink gedrückt, darin dann den Ort ausgewählt und auf die beiden Pfeile daneben (Pfeil nach oben…

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## [Istefox-dt-mcp 0.1.0 — open-source MCP connector for DEVONthink 4 (MIT, local-only)](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/istefox-dt-mcp-0-1-0-open-source-mcp-connector-for-devonthink-4-mit-local-only/86855)

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**Author:** [@steffex](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/steffex)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2026, 9:19pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/istefox-dt-mcp-0-1-0-open-source-mcp-connector-for-devonthink-4-mit-local-only/86855 "2026-09-20T21:19:03Z")

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Hi all, I’ve just released the first public version of istefox-dt-mcp, an open-source MCP (Model Context Protocol) connector that exposes DEVONthink 4 to LLM clients like Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Cline. Everything r…

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## [AI settings cannot load model list](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/ai-settings-cannot-load-model-list/87673)

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**Author:** [@SopShuttle](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/SopShuttle)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2026, 4:12pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/ai-settings-cannot-load-model-list/87673 "2026-09-20T16:12:15Z")

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Versions: DEVONthink 4.3.2 Pro Edition lllama.cpp 0.42.0 I had been using this setup for a few months, but recently it has stopped working and I cannot figure out why. When I set the AI provider settings, the Model l…

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## [Release seat before erasing all content?](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/release-seat-before-erasing-all-content/87677)

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**Author:** [@tinksquared](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/tinksquared)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2026, 10:14am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/release-seat-before-erasing-all-content/87677 "2026-09-20T10:14:57Z")

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Now that I have installed DEVONthink on my new MacBook, I’m going to do an erase all content and settings on my old macbook, then start with with a fresh slate on it. I will be putting DEVONthink back on it. Do I need to…

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## [More than one sync?](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/more-than-one-sync/87669)

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**Author:** [@tinksquared](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/tinksquared)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2026, 6:09am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/more-than-one-sync/87669 "2026-09-20T06:09:24Z")

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Can I have both Bonjour and CloudKit sync enabled?

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## [UI is blurry. Font is not clear type? or not smoothed?](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/ui-is-blurry-font-is-not-clear-type-or-not-smoothed/63272)

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**Author:** [@Kbob](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/Kbob)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2026, 2:27am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/ui-is-blurry-font-is-not-clear-type-or-not-smoothed/63272 "2026-09-20T02:27:40Z")

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Has anyone else had this problem? See picture

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## [Introducing DEVONthink's MCP Server](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/introducing-devonthinks-mcp-server/87007)

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**Author:** [@eboehnisch](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/eboehnisch)\
**Replies:** 33\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2026, 5:54pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/introducing-devonthinks-mcp-server/87007 "2026-09-19T17:54:04Z")

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MCP (Model Context Protocol) is a mechanism that allows AI assistants to communicate with apps to accomplish tasks for you. On macOS Sequoia and later, DEVONthink now has its own MCP server built-in, presenting new op…

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