DEVONthink Example Databases

Here you find example databases that you can download and use right away; databases that will take advantage of advanced feature sets and help you learn more about this powerful application. Modify these databases to suit your needs and fill them with your own data — they’re yours to experiment with. And, if you have built your own database that you would like to share with us and other users, please contact us and let us know!

(Note: All example databases require DEVONthink Professional. They are not designed to work with DEVONthink Personal).

Office Productivity

Paperless Office Database (4.3 MB)

Use DEVONthink as the hub for your 'paperless office.' This example database integrates email, PDFs, clippings as well as links to (or archives of) web pages. Store all your documents in one place, regardless of where they come from.

Email Archive Database (3.7 MB)

Tame the email flood! DEVONthink Pro Office imports email from major email applications as well as from many news readers (such as NetNewsWire and Endo). This database is an example on how to use DEVONthink Professional as an email archive.

To-Do List Database (3.6 MB)

Download this simple set-up for using DEVONthink as a to-do manager (roughly based on David Allen’s "Getting Things Done®" concept). Organize all the things you want or need to do and file the materials you need to in one database.

Research and Project Management

Research Archive Database (8.7 MB)

Use DEVONthink Professional to collect and organize your research data from the web and other sources. This example database integrates both clipped content and live links to websites, demonstrating DEVONthink Pro's ability to mix and display local and remote content side by side.

Project Management Database (4.1 MB)

Project management involves a complex web of tasks, deadlines, documents, and contacts. This example shows how to use DEVONthink Pro for simple project management. Keep everything that belongs to one project together: Contacts, documents, email correspondence, PDFs, news clippings, links to websites, newsfeeds, schedules, and more.

General Purpose

Simple Notepad Database (32 KB)

DEVONthink Professional isn't only for high-end tasks such as research or project management. You can even use it as a simple notepad. This example integrates both clipped content and live links to websites, as well as demonstrates the various, comfortable ways to enter new notes.

Images Database (8.3 MB)

Use DEVONthink as a simple image and multimedia archive. DEVONthink Pro supports all image formats that Mac OS X and the Quartz engine understand, as well as all QuickTime formats.

Sharing Information

Web Publishing Database (88 KB)

Share your knowledge! This database shows how you use DEVONthink for organizing notes and stored knowledge in a cross-referenced network of documents, and then how to publish it as a website (either on the web or on the Intranet using Mac OS X's built-in web sharing).