For years, I have enjoyed using DevonThink Pro in the 3 pane view, with great satisfaction on an older iMac.
DevonThink Pro 2.11.3 worked fine with High Sierra 10.13.6, but when recently moved to Monterey 12.6.7 on my late 2015 iMac, some areas are grayed out, and the column with the list of active folders is truncated on the right side, cutting off the display of the number of files in each folder.
In the sidebar, the words, “GLOBALS, OPEN DATABASES, RECENT DATABASES, FAVORITES, and SMART GROUPS” are just barely visible (i one looks closely).
Otherwise, the program seems to work as before, so these changes are not fatal, but distracting, and makes me concerned that there might be yet-to-be-revealed operational problems lurking in the background.
Is there a solution to these minor display problems, or should I just learn to mentally block them out?
I’m not anxious to move up to DT3 without its 3 pane display, and having to spend weeks adapting to new displays.
Thanks for any thoughts.
Welcome @fuzzytoo
You can change the width of the sidebars (on the right) and the inspectors (on the left).
makes me concerned that there might be yet-to-be-revealed operational problems lurking in the background.
DEVONthink 3 has been in near-constant state of improvement for a long time. And I’m not sure why the wdith of the sidebar would indicate underlying issues.
I’m not anxious to move up to DT3 without its 3 pane display,
PS: DEVONthink 2.x has been out of development for almost four years. Time and technology marches on.
Actually more than 4 years by now 
Thanks for the info. Sorry about delayed response – have been on extended travel.
And this is where you are wrong. I am also on Devonthink Pro 2.11 I don’t see the reason to empty my pocket just because “time is goes on” and the devs are lazy enough to abandon support.
Three pane view in DT2 was good but now in Ventura not only middle panel misses count number - it is there but pushed to the right - changing width size of the panel does not help. Also in left margin that space for a flag is too big.
To add thing to the mix - why we should spend money on upgrade version if there is still no easy way to import Gmail emails FROM THE BROWSER to DT?. Chrome addon does not work - it will clip the entry page that ask for password. I assume 4 years is too short to fix.
Also there is no guarantee that in Sonoma or in the future Apple does not break anything and DT will want to charge us again for fixes.
“Invalid encryption key” bug still appears even on DT on the go and I remembr customer support didn’t even advice me to clear the sync store and start again.
So sorry to say - DT on the paper may look like excellent piece of software but in realty it’s not and I am in the process of moving all my data to Finder and sort them accordingly in the folders it will be certainly more future proof, as there is sadly no equivalent to DT on the market ( with possible exception of Scrivener but that’s another story), The only problem being create web archvies but I can live without it.
That being said If I ever be forced to test DT3 I would rather find cracked version that allow myself to be ripped off.
To add thing to the mix - why we should spend money on upgrade version if there is still no easy way to import Gmail emails FROM THE BROWSER to DT?.
Gmail in a web browser is not an application hence it can’t be controlled like a native app nor can it properly implement inter-application communication. You’re imagining a situation where the technology can’t support your desires.
Chrome addon does not work - it will clip the entry page that ask for password. I assume 4 years is too short to fix.
Applications have not shared app-specific cookies for many years.
Also there is no guarantee that in Sonoma or in the future Apple does not break anything and DT will want to charge us again for fixes.
I’m not sure what you’re referring to. We have not charged anyone because Apple broke things.
Version 2.x was out for 11 years before we released 3. And version 3 is over five years old now. So I don’t see where we are “charging you again”.
“Invalid encryption key” bug still appears even on DT on the go and I remembr customer support didn’t even advice me to clear the sync store and start again.
Then you’re entering the wrong value for the encryption key or entering one when you didn’t initially use one.
No idea why some people assume they deserve endless & free support for software they bought more than a decade ago 
I am a developer. We are not lazy. There are only so many hours in a week and an endless list of new features that customers want. There simply isn’t time to back port everything to all old versions and to continue to support ancient software. Welcome to the digital life.
Telling a developer about your plans to acquire a cracked version of their software doesn’t seem likely to make them more responsive to your requests.
I find it quite incredible that someone would complain because an app was only supported for a decade before needing to be upgraded. I don’t know that Microsoft do that, but Apple itself stops support on things like OS in a 5-7 year window (I.e. device updates stop after 5-6 years because devices are “no longer compatible”).
But no, of course, we should demand that developers will pledge their lives and those of their firstborns (where applicable) to the service of an app we paid for once, over 10 years ago.
For what it’s worth, I work in a completely different field, and if you ask me to resume work for free on a programme of a work I officially completely years ago and followed up with a new project that I’m still running, you’re going to have to do a lot better than calling me “lazy” if you want the work done.
I agree. I think the DT developers work really hard to keep their software up to date and respond to users’ requests and suggestions. To accuse them of being lazy is outrageous. Perhaps an apology might be in order?
It’s surprising the number of people who appear to think that developers don’t deserve to be able to make a living.