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Short, practical guides to saving things on iPhone, iPad and Mac, finding them again, and keeping them private. 33 so far.
Saving
Getting things in: links, paper, photos, files and what you say out loud.
How to save links on iPhone to read later
Four ways to keep a link on iPhone, from Safari's Reading List to a dedicated library, and how to pick the one you will actually go back to.
How to scan paper to PDF on iPhone
Your iPhone has a document scanner built in. Three places to find it, how to get a clean multi-page PDF, and where to keep the result.
Capture ideas by voice and find them later
Speaking is the fastest way to get a thought down, and the worst to search. How transcribed voice memos fix that, and how to record ones worth keeping.
How to keep Instagram and TikTok posts you want to find again
Saved posts stay locked inside each app. How to copy the link out of Instagram and TikTok and keep it somewhere you can search.
How to save anything from the iPhone Share Sheet
The Share Sheet is the fastest way to keep a link, photo or file without leaving the app you are in. Here is how to set it up so saving takes two taps.
How to save recipes from websites in one place
Recipe links, cookbook pages and your own changes usually end up in three different apps. A simple way to keep them together and find them by ingredient.
Markdown notes on iPhone: the five things worth knowing
Markdown is a way to format a note with plain characters. The handful of symbols that matter, and why notes written this way outlive the app they were written in.
Photos as notes: labels, whiteboards and receipts
Half the photos on a phone are really notes. How to keep the picture of a label, a whiteboard or a receipt somewhere it can be found by the words in it.
Where to keep PDFs on iPhone so you can find them
PDFs arrive by mail, download and scan, and end up scattered. How to save a PDF from Safari or Mail, and two ways to keep them findable.
Finding
Getting them back out when you need them.
How to find a link you saved months ago
You remember what it was about, but not what it was called. Search habits that work, and what makes a saved link findable in the first place.
Ask your library a question
Instead of searching for a document, ask for the answer. How Ask Your Library works in Stashy, what to ask it, and where its limits are.
Find your saves from Spotlight
Spotlight can search inside apps, not just for them. How your saved links, notes and files show up in system search on iPhone, iPad and Mac.
How to set a reminder on something you saved
Saving for later only works if later arrives. How to attach a reminder to a link, note or file so it comes back at a time you chose.
Searching your saves in two languages
If you read in more than one language, ordinary search fails you half the time. How cross-language search works, with an example in German and English.
Turn a saved page into a calendar event
A concert page, a deadline in a PDF, a flight confirmation. How Stashy spots dates in what you save and offers them as calendar entries you approve.
Organising
Keeping a library useful without making it a second job.
Pocket has shut down. What to use on iPhone and Mac instead
Mozilla closed Pocket in July 2025. What to look for in a replacement so it does not happen to you twice, and where Stashy fits and does not.
How to organize screenshots on iPhone
Screenshots pile up between your photos and are never seen again. How to find them, clear them out, and give the ones worth keeping a proper home.
Why you never go back to what you saved
Saving feels like progress, which is why read-later lists turn into graveyards. Four reasons saves go unread, and a few changes that make a library get used.
A second brain without the homework
Personal knowledge systems promise a lot and demand more. What is worth keeping from the idea, and a version simple enough to still be in use next year.
Folders, tags or nothing: how to organise what you save
Every system for organising saved links works for a month. Why that is, what folders and tags each get wrong, and how much structure is actually enough.
How to research a big purchase without forty open tabs
Comparing bikes, sofas or laptops means reviews, shop pages and notes spread over days. A way to collect it all, compare calmly and decide.
Plan a trip without losing the links
Trip planning scatters across tabs, mail, screenshots and chats. A simple way to keep bookings, places and ideas for one journey together and findable.
Safari Reading List or a read-later app?
Reading List is free, built in and good enough for many people. An honest look at what it does well, where it stops, and when a separate app is worth it.
What is a read-later app, and do you need one?
A read-later app keeps articles and links for when you have time. What they do, how they differ from bookmarks, and how to tell whether one would help you.
Privacy
Where your saves live, and who can read them.
On-device AI, explained: what leaves your phone and what does not
Some AI features send your text to a server, others never leave the device. How to tell which is which, and what that means for the things you save.
Where an app's iCloud data really lives
When an app says it syncs through iCloud, whose storage is that, and who can read it? A plain explanation of private iCloud databases and what they mean for you.
Apps without accounts: what you gain and what to watch for
Some apps never ask you to sign up. Why that is good for privacy, what it changes about backups and support, and how to use such apps safely.
Take your library with you: exporting from Stashy
Stashy can export everything you saved as JSON, a spreadsheet, Markdown, browser bookmarks or a full archive. Which format to choose, and why to do it at all.
Devices
Stashy on iPhone, iPad and Mac.
A bookmark manager for Mac that lives outside the browser
Browser bookmarks tie your links to one browser and one kind of content. What a separate library on the Mac does better, and how Stashy for Mac works.
Automate Stashy with Shortcuts
Stashy offers thirteen actions in Apple's Shortcuts app, from saving a link to setting a reminder. What each one does, and three automations worth building.
Stashy on Mac: every keyboard shortcut
The keyboard shortcuts for saving links, notes, voice memos, files and the clipboard in Stashy for Mac, plus search and Ask Your Library.
Stashy on iPad: sidebar, grid and drag and drop
Stashy for iPad is built for the larger screen, with a sidebar, a wide grid and drag and drop from other apps. How to get the most out of it.
Which devices can run on-device summaries?
Summaries, automatic categories and Ask Your Library in Stashy use Apple Intelligence. Which iPhones, iPads and Macs support it, and what works without it.