This is such a basic question that I hang my head in shame.
But I seem to recall I could in the past use the ‘share’ button from a variety of apps to share to DEVONthink, not using DT’s own clipper. For instance here in NewsNetWire:
I am missing something here? How do I add DT as among the option TO which I can share from such apps? For background, after trying to use DT as my go-to RSS reader, this just isn’t really working for me. So I am once more shopping around, but will only settle on another RSS app if I can reliably send copies of things I want to keep directly to DT.
For reference, DT isn’t listed among my ‘share menu’ under ‘extensions’ in my system prefs.
I see from the DT manual this should in fact be an option (Just as other sharing extensions are installed, open System Preferences > Extensions > Share Menu and enable the option for DEVONthink. It should now be available in any sharing-enabled application’s Share menu). How do I enable this?
What perhaps is weird that I only see Apple apps (Outlook is the main email client though) in my share menu, and no third party apps at all? Should there be other options there that allow for sharing to them (e.g. Drafts)? I don’t know if this makes a difference, but my machine is university-owned and managed, though I have full admin rights. It’s a MBP 14" M1; running Monterey 12.6.2.
Alas no – I think I’ve had this problem since installing DT on this new machine c. Sept 2022. I just didn’t get around to fixing it until now when it really starting to bug me!
Hmm. I shut down DT3; downloaded the new installation file; dragged it to my Applications folder where it replaced the old one; rebooted the Mac; and re-fired the application, which runs fine. But there is still no sign of DT in the ‘share menu’ or anywhere in the extensions options in system prefs.
What exactly did you drag to the Applications folder - just the app from the downloaded disk image or the complete disk image? In the first case the extension should be available but not in the second case.
Thank you both! It did not in fact have Full Disk Access but it does now. It seems to make no difference, after another reboot.
Are share extensions something that a system admin person could lock down? My Mac is prepared by my University’s IT team, though I do have admin rights. There have been a few other problems (e.g. iCloud file sharing is disabled by default, but I got that reinstated thankfully).
I appreciate your advice @BLUEFROG and @cgrunenberg - thanks so much. I understand this isn’t likely a DT issue anymore…
I seem to have the same problem. I have two Macs, a 2018 intel MacBook with Ventura 13.5.1 and Devonthink 3 which has sharing enabled, and a newer M2 MacBook Air also with Ventura 13.5.1. The latter is a fresh install, and DT3 is working normally except I can’t see any option to share it, whereas it all works fine on the older one. The newer one is somewhat locked down by the university, though I can make most admin changes as far as I can see.
Alas no - not solved. DT still isn’t available in my share options. I put this down to the fact that my machine is centrally managed by employer’s IT (also a university) and I gave up looking for a solution (since there are so many other ways to get stuff into DT, of course – it’s easy to get workarounds). Good luck and let me know if you get any further.
Yes, I’m suspicious about what our IT folks have done, and am chasing it up with them. If it is them, then I want to know (whether or not I can get them to undo it)! Will report
There’s probably a profile installed on your Mac that includes a set of “Sharing Kit” restrictions. My company does the same thing via our garbage MDM software.
If you look at all of your installed profiles in Settings > Privacy & Security > Profiles, you’ll probably find a profile that has something like this present:
Alas yes you are right – there is a whole laundry list of such MDM imposed restrictions where you have pointed. I’ve managed to work around many of them, but the sharing list isn’t one of them.
I can confirm I have precisely the same problem on my personal MacBook Air, which I recently bought and installed DEVONthink on, as well as on my new Mac Studio – both do not have the DEVONthink sharing extension, and I cannot find a way to make it appear.
I have 2 other Macs that have older installations, including another M1 MacBook Pro and an Intel Mac mini, where the sharing extension is and always has been there.
All were running Ventura and have been upgraded to Sonoma, which seems to make no difference.
A fix would be appreciated ASAP. I now have to work around e.g. instead of sharing to DT from Preview, which was my normal workflow to get pdfs into DT, I now have to go to the File Menu and Move the file to the Inbox – very annoying.
Fortunately for Safari, the share to DT Safari extension is there and works just fine – but I was not looking to have another icon in my Safari toolbar.
