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DEVONthink 2.5 Gets Dropbox, WebDAV Support And More, Bringing Much Better Web Sharing
Bug Report: Late 2012 Macs Unable to Re-Install OS X or Restore from Time Machine Backups
Apple Tops The List Of Fortune's "World's Most Admired Companies" For Sixth Year In A Row
DEVONthink 2.5 Gets Dropbox, WebDAV Support And More, Bringing Much Better Web Sharing
A tip of the hat to DEVONtechnologies for adding direct Dropbox support along with powerful teamwork functions to its smart document and information manager software DEVONthink. Dropbox, rather than Apple's iCloud, has become the cloud synchronization, sharing, and backup service of choice for serious PC, tablet, and smartphone computer users DEVONthink databases can now be kept in sync via the local network or cloud services like Dropbox or WebDAV. Other users can also directly access DEVONthink Pro Office databases using a completely rewritten web sharing. DEVONnote, DEVONthink's little brother, gets an update, too. The update to version 2.5 is free and recommended for all users.
Using multiple computers, working from different places, sharing data with coworkers: In todays highly connected world its essential to always have access to the latest data, says DEVONtechnologies president Eric Bhnisch-Volkmann, noting that ubiquity is key. All editions of DEVONthink 2.5 accommodate these needs with the new ability to synchronize databases between multiple computers and locations. DEVONthink Pro Office 2.5 features a rewritten web sharing for one-click collaboration.
Synchronization connects directly to other copies of DEVONthink over the local network or VPN or saves so-called sync stores on Dropbox, WebDAV, or just any mountable volume, e.g., USB sticks, portable hard disks, or file servers. Coworkers with access can connect to the same sync store with just a few clicks, download databases, work even offline with the data, and synchronize all local or remote changes at the press of a button or even automatically. All data is protected by both access to the sync store itself and individual user names and password for each database. Its possible to keep databases in sync with more than one sync store, e.g., a direct connection, Dropbox, and the company file server.
DEVONthink's web sharing plugin provides a web interface to other users on the local network. It has been rewritten to support several new features: in addition to browsing, searching, and downloading documents, web sharing now supports uploading, creating, renaming, moving, and trashing documents and editing text. Bonjour makes published databases easily accessible to everyone on the network without remembering long addresses. The Cappuccino-based web app imitates the look-and-feel of DEVONthink and works with all modern web browsers on OS X, Windows, and Linux from Safari to Firefox, Chrome, and Internet Explorer 8. It also runs in Safari on the iPad.
"Users still fighting the paper flood will like the many improvements we have added to the paper capture functions of DEVONthink Pro Office 2.5," says Bhnisch-Volkmann. "Sheets can be directly captured to the database without storing them into the paper capture window first, and it is now possible to scan first all even then all odd pages of a paper pile and then shuffle them into the correct order."
"Other improvements we made to all editions of DEVONthink as well as to DEVONnote include better tagging support with a Tags column in document lists and an enhanced Tags field in the Info panel that makes tagging multiple items easy," Eric Bhnisch-Volkmann continues. "Version 2.5 uses more standard editing options and brings a number of minor interface refinements such as fewer unnecessary alerts. Of course we have also improved the overall performance and fixed bugs."
"Our users demand the ability to keep their data available and up-to-date on all their computers," he notes. "Version 2.5 of DEVONthink enables them to do just that: synchronize their document collection with other Macs, using the popular Dropbox cloud service or via their own WebDAV drive. Whatever their needs are, we give them the choice. And if they have colleagues who dont use DEVONthink or maybe not even a Mac then theres DEVONthink Pro Offices great new web sharing! Of course future versions of DEVONthink To Go, which are already in the works, will use the same new synchronization technology."
All four apps require OS X 10.6.8 or later and an Intel-based Mac, and can be downloaded from:
http://www.devontechnologies.com
DEVONthink and DEVONnote can be test-driven for free for 150 hours of non-continuous runtime until they need to be properly licensed. DEVONnote and DEVONthink Personal are also available in the Mac App Store.
DEVONthink Pro Office: US $149.95
DEVONthink Pro: US $79.95
DEVONthink Personal: US $49.95 (Mac App Store: $49.99)
DEVONnote: US $24.95 (Mac App Store: $24.99)
For more information, visit:
http://www.devontechnologies.com
Bug Report: Late 2012 Macs Unable to Re-Install OS X or Restore from Time Machine Backups
MacTrast's J. Glenn Knzler says If you're a proud owner of one of Apple's late-2012 Macs, including the latest Mac mini, the new ultra-thin iMacs, and the 13-inch and 15-inch Retina MacBook Pro, you may have a more difficult time than usual re-installing Mountain Lion on your Mac, or restoring from a Time Machine backup.
Knzler reports that strange issue affecting these Macs renders it impossible to re-download the OS X Mountain Lion installer from the Mac App Store, resulting in an error stating that your Mac is not compatible with Mountain Lion (despite the fact that it shipped with Mountain Lion in the first place).
For the full report visit here:
http://goo.gl/GdIOJ
Apple Tops The List Of Fortune's "World's Most Admired Companies" For Sixth Year In A Row
Today, FORTUNE reveals its 30th annual list of the World's Most Admired Companies. On Apple taking the #1 spot this year, FORTUNE Senior Editor-at-Large Adam Lashinsky writes: "For the sixth consecutive year, Apple has earned the top ranking in Fortune's annual poll of executives asked to identify the companies they most admire. For some, the news will come as a surprise. Headlines of late have tended to portend Apple's demise Corporate admiration, however, appears to outlast the fickle tastes of investors and consumers alike. Apple scored No. 1 in a nine-point evaluation of similar companies as well as in an overall poll of all respondents to Fortune's Most Admired survey."
See the full 2013 World's Most Admired Companies Package here:
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/most-admired/
Read Adam Lashinsky's piece on Apple's dominance here:
http://cnnmon.ie/XEKWqU
Top 10 Most Admired Companies 2013:
1. Apple
2. Google
3. Amazon.com
4. Coca-Cola
5. Starbucks
6. IBM
7. Southwest Airlines
8. Berkshire Hathaway
9. Walt Disney
10. FedEx
See the full list of companies and sort by rank, industry or location, here:
http://cnnmon.ie/WihZmH
More On Fortune's World's Most Admired Companies:
-30 Years of Most Admired Companies:
http://cnnmon.ie/XEKWaC
-10 Most Admired tech companies:
http://cnnmon.ie/WjvRNq
-Top companies in innovation, social responsibility and more:
http://cnnmon.ie/YIPKvF
-7 Most Admired Companies that fell off the map:
http://cnnmon.ie/YCBz9z
The March 18, 2013 issue of FORTUNE goes on sale on Monday, March 4.
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