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The Database Properties panel defines preferences which are directly related to the database and not to the application in general. Open the properties panel using File > Database Properties for every open database including the global inbox.


Statistics

This section displays some basic statistics on how many documents you have stored in your database, how large they are, etc.


Name and Comments

Name: Enter a name for your database here. It will appear in the title bar of every main window for this database.

Note: This does not change the file name for the database package. You cannot change the name of or add commments to the database representing the global inbox.

Comments: Enter your own comments about the database here, e.g. a project description.


Protection

To prevent other people from opening DEVONthink Personal and accessing your data, click on the padlock button to unlock the entry fields, enter a user name, and your private password, and then click on the padlock button again to lock your changes and hide the password.

Note: This is a simple password protection. DEVONthink Personal does not yet provide file encryption for enhances security. For better protection, create an encrypted disk image using Disk Utility and store your database on it.

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