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   DEVONthink/DEVONnote 2.9

   Agen G. N. Schmitz

   DEVONtechnologies has updated all three editions of [1]DEVONthink
   (Personal, Pro, and Pro Office) and [2]DEVONnote to version 2.9 with a
   completely rewritten synchronization engine for DEVONthink. Paving the
   way for the upcoming 2.0 release of [3]DEVONthink To Go on iOS, the new
   sync engine works both on local networks as well as with Internet-based
   services such as Dropbox or WebDAV servers. According to this [4]blog
   post, it syncs up to 688 times faster than DEVONthink 2.8 and consumes
   up to 80 percent less bandwidth, less RAM, and less computing power.
   However, the new sync engine is not backward-compatible, so you will
   need to delete existing sync stores and re-synchronize your databases.

   All four editions change the default plain text font to Menlo Regular
   (11 point), improve the handling of selections with thousands of items,
   improve handling of tab stops of plain text views, and fix a glitch in
   the Info panel. The three editions of DEVONthink now scale thumbnails
   of very long PDF pages to width, improve ScanSnap/ExactScan support,
   and add conversion of .emlx email messages to HTML and formatted notes.
   Starting with version 2.9, all three editions of DEVONthink and
   DEVONnote will require OS X 10.9 Mavericks. (All updates are free.
   DEVONthink Pro Office, $149.95 new, [5]release notes; DEVONthink
   Professional, $79.95 new, [6]release notes; DEVONthink Personal, $49.95
   new, [7]release notes; DEVONnote, $24.95 new, [8]release notes; 25
   percent discount for [9]TidBITS members on all editions of DEVONthink
   and DEVONnote. 10.9+)

References

   1. http://www.devontechnologies.com/products/devonthink/
   2. http://www.devontechnologies.com/products/devonnote/
   3. https://itunes.apple.com/app/devonthink-to-go/id395722470?mt=8&at=10l5PW
   4. http://blog.devontechnologies.com/2016/07/devonthink-2-9-is-here-with-light-speed-super-safe-sync/
   5. http://www.devontechnologies.com/products/devonthink/devonthink-pro-office/release-notes.html
   6. http://www.devontechnologies.com/products/devonthink/devonthink-pro/release-notes.html
   7. http://www.devontechnologies.com/products/devonthink/devonthink-personal/release-notes.html
   8. http://www.devontechnologies.com/products/devonnote/release-notes.html
   9. http://tidbits.com/member_benefits.html

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