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Guides

Step-by-step guides to sending a link to one person from your Mac, iPhone or iPad, and finding the links you saved later.

How to copy or send a link from iPhone to Mac

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Send a link to the person you mean it forShareling is a Mac, iPhone and iPad app for sending a link to one person and keeping the links you save, synced through your own iCloud.