SAVE WEB PAGES FOR LATER

Curate a reading list using Safari in Big Sur

IT WILL TAKE 10 minutes

YOU WILL LEARN How to save web pages so you can read them at a more convenient time

YOU’LL NEED Safari, macOS 11 or later; Pocket and Instapaper optional

Apple’s macOS Big Sur offers plenty of ways to save interesting content for later. For example, you can highlight text on a web page and drag it to a document, which can then be saved to read anywhere. That is fine, but Safari offers better options.

Many of these methods are built right into the browser. Reading List lets you save any article to a library for later reading. By default, your saved articles require an internet connection to view, but you can save them for offline consumption. Safari extensions like Pocket and Instapaper (both free) offer extra features over Safari’s Reading List. For instance, Pocket lets you see what other people have saved and follow interesting curators. Instapaper, meanwhile, lets you tweak things like fonts and colours to make reading easier and more comfortable.

To learn how to use Reading List and combine it with Safari extensions for a top-notch content collection, read on.