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How to copy text from an image or screenshot, on any device · Savepad

Mac, iPhone, Windows, Android, and Chrome all have text recognition built in now. Here's where it is on each, and how to make it actually accurate.

Link · savepad.app · #How to · #Screenshots

How to keep a design swipe file · Savepad

A design swipe file that stays useful: save whole pages, keep the fonts and colours, sort by what you'll need, and find things by colour and text.

Link · savepad.app · #Design · #How to

How to export bookmarks from any browser · Savepad

Where the export button hides in every browser, what you get, and how to turn the file into a spreadsheet if you need to.

Link · savepad.app · #Bookmarks · #How to

How to export your X (Twitter) bookmarks · Savepad

X doesn't give you an export button for bookmarks. Here are the ways that actually work, what each one gets you, and where to put them afterwards.

Link · savepad.app · #Bookmarks · #How to

How to find out what font a website is using · Savepad

Three ways to identify a website's font in under a minute: your browser's DevTools, an extension, or a font matcher for images. Plus what to do once you've found it.

Link · savepad.app · #Design · #Fonts

Folders vs tags: which should you use? · Savepad

Folders answer where a thing lives, tags answer what it's about. Use folders for the one home, tags for the three other ways you'll look for it. With examples.

Link · savepad.app · #How to · #Organising

How to take a full-page screenshot in any browser · Savepad

Capture a whole web page, top to footer, without an extension. The hidden menu in every browser, plus the iPhone trick nobody knows about.

Link · savepad.app · #How to · #Screenshots

How to make a mood board, no Photoshop needed · Savepad

A step by step for making a mood board that actually helps a project: what to collect, how to cut it down, and how to share it without a 40 MB PDF.

Link · savepad.app · #Design · #How to

How to organize your bookmarks so you can find them again · Savepad

Bookmarks bar at 400 links and no idea what's in it? Here's how to sort them once, keep them sorted, and actually find the thing you saved.

Link · savepad.app · #Bookmarks · #How to

How to find your saved posts on Instagram · Savepad

Where Instagram hides your saved posts, how collections work, how to download the list, and how to get them somewhere you can search.

Link · savepad.app · #How to · #Social

How to use the Meta Ad Library for competitor ads · Savepad

Search any brand's live Facebook and Instagram ads, spot the ones that are working, and save them before they get switched off.

Link · savepad.app · #Ads · #How to

How to organize bookmarks with AI, step by step · Savepad

Use Claude or ChatGPT to sort years of bookmarks into folders and tags, with you checking every step. No extension reading your browsing, no auto-tagging.

Link · savepad.app · #Bookmarks · #How to

How to organize screenshots on a Mac · Savepad

Move screenshots out of your desktop, name them sensibly, sort the backlog, and make them searchable by what's in them. Settings, shortcuts, and two Terminal lines.

Link · savepad.app · #How to · #Screenshots

How to save an email as a PDF (Gmail, Outlook, Mail) · Savepad

Save any email as a PDF in Gmail, Outlook, and Apple Mail, on a computer, or phone. Plus a better way to keep marketing emails you want again.

Link · savepad.app · #Email · #How to

How to save links with ChatGPT (MCP connector setup) · Savepad

ChatGPT finds great links and then forgets them. Connect it to your swipe file over MCP and it saves, sorts, and finds them for you. Setup, prompts, and limits.

Link · savepad.app · #Bookmarks · #How to

How to save links and resources with Claude (MCP connector) · Savepad

Connect Claude to your swipe file with a custom connector, then have it save links, sort them into folders, and dig them out again. Setup takes two minutes.

Link · savepad.app · #Bookmarks · #How to

How to share a Google Maps list (and let people edit it) · Savepad

Share a Google Maps list from your phone or computer, let friends add places to it, and what to do when a list of pins isn't enough for planning a trip.

Link · savepad.app · #How to · #Places

How to build a swipe file in Notion · Savepad

Set up a swipe file in Notion with a database, a gallery view, and the web clipper. Then the honest part: where it stops working, around the few-hundred-row mark.

Link · savepad.app · #How to · #Swipe files

Too many tabs open? How to close them · Savepad

Why you keep 80 tabs open, and a ten-minute way to get down to five: sort them into done, now, later, and never, save the later ones properly, and close the rest.

Link · savepad.app · #Bookmarks · #How to