Saving, finding and organising what you keep. https://www.stashyapp.com/articles/ 2026-10-13T00:00:00Z Hinrich Bomsdorf https://www.stashyapp.com/articles/why-you-never-reread/ 2026-10-13T00:00:00Z

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.

https://www.stashyapp.com/articles/where-icloud-app-data-lives/ 2026-10-13T00:00:00Z

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.

https://www.stashyapp.com/articles/voice-memo-ideas/ 2026-10-13T00:00:00Z

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.

https://www.stashyapp.com/articles/stashy-shortcuts-actions/ 2026-10-13T00:00:00Z

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.

https://www.stashyapp.com/articles/stashy-on-ipad/ 2026-10-13T00:00:00Z

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.

https://www.stashyapp.com/articles/stashy-mac-keyboard-shortcuts/ 2026-10-13T00:00:00Z

The keyboard shortcuts for saving links, notes, voice memos, files and the clipboard in Stashy for Mac, plus search and Ask Your Library.

https://www.stashyapp.com/articles/spotlight-search/ 2026-10-13T00:00:00Z

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.

https://www.stashyapp.com/articles/second-brain-without-homework/ 2026-10-13T00:00:00Z

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.

https://www.stashyapp.com/articles/search-saved-links/ 2026-10-13T00:00:00Z

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.

https://www.stashyapp.com/articles/search-across-languages/ 2026-10-13T00:00:00Z

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.

https://www.stashyapp.com/articles/scan-documents-to-pdf-iphone/ 2026-10-13T00:00:00Z

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.

https://www.stashyapp.com/articles/save-recipes-from-websites/ 2026-10-13T00:00:00Z

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.

https://www.stashyapp.com/articles/save-pdfs-iphone/ 2026-10-13T00:00:00Z

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.

https://www.stashyapp.com/articles/save-links-on-iphone/ 2026-10-13T00:00:00Z

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.

https://www.stashyapp.com/articles/save-instagram-tiktok-links/ 2026-10-13T00:00:00Z

Saved posts stay locked inside each app. How to copy the link out of Instagram and TikTok and keep it somewhere you can search.

https://www.stashyapp.com/articles/safari-reading-list-vs-read-later/ 2026-10-13T00:00:00Z

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.

https://www.stashyapp.com/articles/research-a-purchase/ 2026-10-13T00:00:00Z

Comparing bikes, sofas or laptops means reviews, shop pages and notes spread over days. A way to collect it all, compare calmly and decide.

https://www.stashyapp.com/articles/reminders-for-links/ 2026-10-13T00:00:00Z

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.

https://www.stashyapp.com/articles/read-later-app-explained/ 2026-10-13T00:00:00Z

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.

https://www.stashyapp.com/articles/pocket-alternative/ 2026-10-13T00:00:00Z

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.

https://www.stashyapp.com/articles/plan-a-trip/ 2026-10-13T00:00:00Z

Trip planning scatters across tabs, mail, screenshots and chats. A simple way to keep bookings, places and ideas for one journey together and findable.

https://www.stashyapp.com/articles/photos-as-notes/ 2026-10-13T00:00:00Z

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.

https://www.stashyapp.com/articles/organize-screenshots-iphone/ 2026-10-13T00:00:00Z

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.

https://www.stashyapp.com/articles/on-device-ai-explained/ 2026-10-13T00:00:00Z

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.

https://www.stashyapp.com/articles/markdown-notes-iphone/ 2026-10-13T00:00:00Z

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.

https://www.stashyapp.com/articles/ios-share-sheet/ 2026-10-13T00:00:00Z

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.

https://www.stashyapp.com/articles/folders-tags-or-nothing/ 2026-10-13T00:00:00Z

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.

https://www.stashyapp.com/articles/export-your-library/ 2026-10-13T00:00:00Z

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.

https://www.stashyapp.com/articles/calendar-events-from-saves/ 2026-10-13T00:00:00Z

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.

https://www.stashyapp.com/articles/bookmark-manager-mac/ 2026-10-13T00:00:00Z

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.

https://www.stashyapp.com/articles/ask-your-library/ 2026-10-13T00:00:00Z

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.

https://www.stashyapp.com/articles/apps-without-accounts/ 2026-10-13T00:00:00Z

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.

https://www.stashyapp.com/articles/apple-intelligence-devices/ 2026-10-13T00:00:00Z

Summaries, automatic categories and Ask Your Library in Stashy use Apple Intelligence. Which iPhones, iPads and Macs support it, and what works without it.