# Shareling blog

> Notes on sending links to the people you mean them for, and on keeping the links you save where you can find them again.

## Guides

- [How to copy or send a link from iPhone to Mac](https://staging.shareling.app/guides/send-link-iphone-to-mac.md): Copy the link on iPhone and paste it on your Mac with Universal Clipboard, or tap Share > AirDrop. What each needs, Handoff, and Mac to iPhone.
- [How to find old links in iMessage on iPhone and Mac](https://staging.shareling.app/guides/find-links-in-imessage.md): Open the chat, tap the contact icon at the top, swipe left and tap Links. Or search Messages for Link to filter every chat. Why old links disappear.
- [How to remove tracking from links (utm_, fbclid, gclid)](https://staging.shareling.app/guides/remove-tracking-from-links.md): Delete the utm_, fbclid and gclid pairs after the ? and keep the rest. Which ones Safari, Messages and Firefox strip already, and Shareling's full list.
- [How to send a LinkedIn post in a message](https://staging.shareling.app/guides/send-linkedin-post-in-message.md): Click Send under the post, pick your connections, add a note and send: it lands in their LinkedIn inbox. Who you can message, InMail, and keeping the link.
- [How to share an X post with one person: DM or link](https://staging.shareling.app/guides/send-x-post-to-someone.md): Tap the share icon on the post, choose Send via Direct Message and pick the person, or copy the link to text it. What X does to DM links, and how to keep them.
- [Reading List vs bookmarks in Safari: the difference](https://staging.shareling.app/guides/safari-reading-list-vs-bookmarks.md): A bookmark is a link you file and revisit; a Reading List item is a page to read once, offline if you like. Where Favorites fit on a Mac.
- [Share a bookmark folder with someone: what works](https://staging.shareling.app/guides/share-bookmark-folder-with-someone.md): Chrome and Safari document no way to share a bookmark folder with another person. The workarounds, their limits, and how two people can keep one set of links.
- [Shared with You links disappeared? The settings to check](https://staging.shareling.app/guides/shared-with-you-links.md): Why a link vanishes from Shared with You in Safari, the settings that turn it off per person or per app, and where to keep a link someone sent you.
- [Tags vs folders: when one link needs two homes](https://staging.shareling.app/guides/tags-vs-folders-for-bookmarks.md): Tags vs folders for bookmarks: a folder gives each link one home, a tag lets it sit under several. How Chrome, Safari and Shareling handle each.
- [Where are Chrome bookmarks stored on Mac? Location and path](https://staging.shareling.app/guides/chrome-bookmarks-location-mac.md): Chrome keeps Mac bookmarks in ~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/Bookmarks, a JSON file. How to open it, pick the profile and back it up.

## Features

- [An app to share links with friends, one person at a time](https://staging.shareling.app/features/share-links-with-one-person.md): Shareling is a Mac, iPhone and iPad app for sending a link to one friend and keeping it in both your libraries. How sending, privacy and Unsend are designed.
- [Import Chrome bookmarks: folders become labels](https://staging.shareling.app/features/chrome-bookmarks-import.md): Import Chrome bookmarks into Shareling on the Mac. Every folder becomes a label, duplicates are caught, and a second import of the same file adds nothing.
- [Notch app for Mac: send a link by dropping it on the notch](https://staging.shareling.app/features/notch-drop.md): Shareling turns the top of your Mac screen into a drop target: drag a link up and drop it on a person, on yourself or on someone new.
- [Save links for later: Read later and Favorites](https://staging.shareling.app/features/read-later-and-favorites.md): Save links for later on Mac, iPhone and iPad: Shareling's Read later and Favorites are private per-link flags, separate from folders, unseen by senders.
- [Where to save links on iPhone: one place for every app](https://staging.shareling.app/features/save-links-from-iphone-share-sheet.md): Save links on iPhone from any app's share sheet into one Shareling library, with #labels typed into the note, and a save that works offline.

## Comparisons

- [Anybox alternative for two people: Shareling vs Anybox](https://staging.shareling.app/compare/anybox.md): Anybox is a native bookmark manager for one person. Shareling sends a link to one person and both of you keep it. Prices, strengths and limits compared.
- [Dropover alternative? Dropover vs Shareling at the Mac notch](https://staging.shareling.app/compare/dropover.md): Dropover and Shareling both catch a drag at the Mac notch. Dropover holds files on a shelf for you; Shareling sends a link to one person, who keeps it.
- [GoodLinks alternative for sending links to one person](https://staging.shareling.app/compare/goodlinks.md): GoodLinks is a read-later app for one person. Shareling is for sending a link to one friend so you both keep it. What each does better, compared.
- [Pushbullet alternative for iPhone, iPad and Mac](https://staging.shareling.app/compare/pushbullet.md): Pushbullet lists no iPhone app today. How Shareling compares for sending links between Apple devices and people, and where Pushbullet is still the better pick.
- [Raindrop alternative for sending one link to one person](https://staging.shareling.app/compare/raindrop.md): Raindrop.io shares whole collections with members who need Raindrop accounts. Shareling sends one link to one person on Apple devices, and both keep it.
- [Safari Shared Tab Groups vs Shareling: tabs or kept links](https://staging.shareling.app/compare/safari-shared-tab-groups.md): Safari Shared Tab Groups are free live tabs for up to 100 people. Shareling sends one link to one person and both keep it. What each does better.

## Docs

- [Share extension not showing up on iOS: causes and errors](https://staging.shareling.app/docs/share-extension-not-showing.md): Why Shareling is missing from the iPhone or iPad share sheet, what it can save, and what each of its three share-sheet error messages means.
- [Shareling app FAQ: links, read receipts, Unsend, devices](https://staging.shareling.app/docs/faq.md): Answers about the Shareling app: where links are stored, whether senders see when you open one, Unsend, removing a person, groups and devices.
