# One Item Added and Converted - Endlessly

**URL:** <https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/one-item-added-and-converted-endlessly/87590>\
**Category:** Feedback\
**Created:** [September 8, 2026, 2:42am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/one-item-added-and-converted-endlessly/87590 "2026-09-08T02:42:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gerry](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/gerry/32/17493_2.png) [@Gerry](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/Gerry)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2026, 2:42am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/one-item-added-and-converted-endlessly/87590/1 "2026-09-08T02:42:07Z")

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I had a story to read aloud. On my iPad I selected “open with” and selected DEVONthink To Go (v4.2.2)—a great solution to the default of having Preview open it—as always at the beginning of the first page.

The next day I began reading it aloud from my last location and every few seconds a message popped in the middle of the screen for a several seconds then dissappearing. I had to sweep and hold the document around it to read. This went on for some time, 5 or 6 iterations. I finally gave up, opened it in preview, hunted for my place and went on.

I just revisited the document to gather data, and see that it has wearied of the task.

Why does this message continue doing this? And how do I avoid.

Example included.

— Gerry

 ![image](https://devontech-discourse.s3.dualstack.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/uploads/original/3X/a/6/a68316cc9bf45236a99429cbadb32648cb4ba443.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![rfog](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/rfog/32/7487_2.png) [@rfog](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/rfog)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2026, 10:40am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/one-item-added-and-converted-endlessly/87590/2 "2026-09-08T10:40:17Z")

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It is trying to import whatever is in the clipboard. It happens to me so and then, but don’t remember how to solve it.

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**Author:** ![BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/bluefrog/32/135_2.png) [@BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/BLUEFROG)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2026, 2:05pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/one-item-added-and-converted-endlessly/87590/3 "2026-09-08T14:05:28Z")

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Had you been previously capturing web content?

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**Author:** ![Gerry](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/gerry/32/17493_2.png) [@Gerry](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/Gerry)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2026, 3:24pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/one-item-added-and-converted-endlessly/87590/4 "2026-09-08T15:24:36Z")

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I did attempt to save a website to DT. It didn’t display right, so I deleted it and stored only the link.

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**Author:** ![rfog](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/rfog/32/7487_2.png) [@rfog](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/rfog)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 9:02am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/one-item-added-and-converted-endlessly/87590/5 "2026-09-09T09:02:05Z")

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macOS version use to do a good job capturing entire websites, but limitations in DTTG avoid showing them right.

If you want an option with more powerful options, SiteSucker, that I think it is even free. And just saw latest versions allows create PDF… Quite instersing.

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**Author:** ![Gerry](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/gerry/32/17493_2.png) [@Gerry](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/Gerry)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 2:50pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/one-item-added-and-converted-endlessly/87590/6 "2026-09-09T14:50:50Z")

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It seems I had attempted to save two websites. I deleted the first one. Yesterday after having displayed this message many times over two days suddenly a website appeared in my inbox in DEVONthink to go. I deleted it hopefully that’s the end of that.

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**Author:** ![BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/bluefrog/32/135_2.png) [@BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/BLUEFROG)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 2:57pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/one-item-added-and-converted-endlessly/87590/7 "2026-09-09T14:57:35Z")

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It sounds like DEVONthink was trying to finish clipping the page and got stuck. Do you happen to remember what web page this was?

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**Author:** ![Gerry](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/gerry/32/17493_2.png) [@Gerry](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/Gerry)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 3:33pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/one-item-added-and-converted-endlessly/87590/8 "2026-09-09T15:33:07Z")

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I believe it was this one:

> **[Virtuous Practices | LSOC | Nichiren Buddhism Library](https://www.nichirenlibrary.org/en/lsoc/Prologue/1)**

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**Author:** ![BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/bluefrog/32/135_2.png) [@BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/BLUEFROG)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 4:36pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/one-item-added-and-converted-endlessly/87590/9 "2026-09-09T16:36:10Z")

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The page definitely loads slowly, loading the book in XML form.

What format were you trying to clip to, e.g., Markdown, etc.?

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**Author:** ![Gerry](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/gerry/32/17493_2.png) [@Gerry](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/Gerry)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 5:43pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/one-item-added-and-converted-endlessly/87590/10 "2026-09-09T17:43:30Z")

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On my Mac (26.6.2),I attempted to save it as “Web Page, Complete” from Firefox into my “Inbox” (folder/alias folder), which automatically moves entries to my DT (v4.4) inbox.

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**Author:** ![BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/bluefrog/32/135_2.png) [@BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/BLUEFROG)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 5:51pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/one-item-added-and-converted-endlessly/87590/11 "2026-09-09T17:51:18Z")

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Thanks. Let us know if the message starts reappearing. But if it does, stop and think if you just clipped something recently.

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**Author:** ![ralphthompson](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/ralphthompson/32/38278_2.png) [@ralphthompson](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/ralphthompson)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2026, 1:38pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/one-item-added-and-converted-endlessly/87590/12 "2026-10-12T13:38:43Z")

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I’m having the same issue. An hour ago, I did a chat search for a database item on Devonthink to Go, version 4.2.3. (18226) and I’ve been getting the message “One Item Added and Converted” ever since.

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**Author:** ![BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/bluefrog/32/135_2.png) [@BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/BLUEFROG)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2026, 7:07pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/one-item-added-and-converted-endlessly/87590/13 "2026-10-12T19:07:57Z")

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Welcome @ralphthompson

- Had you recently clipped web content into DEVONthink To Go?
  - If so, what format? Clutter-free?

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**Author:** ![ralphthompson](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/ralphthompson/32/38278_2.png) [@ralphthompson](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/ralphthompson)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 3:18am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/one-item-added-and-converted-endlessly/87590/14 "2026-10-13T03:18:32Z")

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No, not recently. I asked chat to pull up some insurance documents and it launched into this strange behavior. I deleted and reinstalled the app and the problem hasn’t reappeared. I lost two seats in the process, but that’s a problem for another day.

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**Author:** ![BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/bluefrog/32/135_2.png) [@BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/BLUEFROG)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 3:19am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/one-item-added-and-converted-endlessly/87590/15 "2026-10-13T03:19:37Z")

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Interesting. If it happens again, in DEVONthink To Go, select _Action (…) menu \> Contact Us_ to start a support ticket and we can look at the logs.

> [@ralphthompson](#):
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> I lost two seats in the process, but that’s a problem for another day.

You can release the seat(s) in five days.