# Shareling blog

> Notes on sending links to the people you mean them for, and on keeping the links you save where you can find them again.

## Guides

- [Chrome bookmarks location on Mac: the Bookmarks file](https://www.coduo.co/shareling/guides/chrome-bookmarks-location-mac.md): Chrome keeps your Mac bookmarks in a JSON file named Bookmarks inside your profile folder. Where to find it, what it holds, and how to move it.
- [How to find links in iMessage on iPhone and Mac](https://www.coduo.co/shareling/guides/find-links-in-imessage.md): Find a link someone sent you in iMessage on iPhone or Mac: the Links list in conversation details, the Link search filter, pins, and Keep Messages.
- [How to send an X post to someone and keep it](https://www.coduo.co/shareling/guides/send-x-post-to-someone.md): How to send an X post to one person by Direct Message, text or email, what X does to links in DMs, and how to keep every X link a friend sends.
- [LinkedIn: send a post in a message, and keep it](https://www.coduo.co/shareling/guides/send-linkedin-post-in-message.md): Send a LinkedIn post in a private message with the Send button under it, who you can send it to, and how to keep the link once it's in your inbox.
- [Remove tracking from links before you send them](https://www.coduo.co/shareling/guides/remove-tracking-from-links.md): Delete utm_, fbclid, gclid and the other tracking pairs after the ? in a link before you send it. The full list Shareling strips, and what it keeps.
- [Safari Reading List vs bookmarks: which to use](https://www.coduo.co/shareling/guides/safari-reading-list-vs-bookmarks.md): Safari Reading List vs bookmarks: what each is for, which one saves pages offline, how both sync through iCloud, and when to use each.
- [Send a link from iPhone to Mac: AirDrop, Handoff, clipboard](https://www.coduo.co/shareling/guides/send-link-iphone-to-mac.md): Send a link from your iPhone to your Mac with AirDrop, Handoff or Universal Clipboard: what each one needs, the reverse direction, and how to keep the link.
- [Share a bookmark folder with someone: what works](https://www.coduo.co/shareling/guides/share-bookmark-folder-with-someone.md): 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](https://www.coduo.co/shareling/guides/shared-with-you-links.md): 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](https://www.coduo.co/shareling/guides/tags-vs-folders-for-bookmarks.md): 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.

## Features

- [An app to share links with friends, one person at a time](https://www.coduo.co/shareling/features/share-links-with-one-person.md): Shareling is a Mac, iPhone and iPad app for sending a link to one friend and keeping it in both your libraries. How sending, privacy and Unsend are designed.
- [Import Chrome bookmarks: folders become labels](https://www.coduo.co/shareling/features/chrome-bookmarks-import.md): Import Chrome bookmarks into Shareling on the Mac. Every folder becomes a label, duplicates are caught, and a second import of the same file adds nothing.
- [Notch app for Mac: send a link by dropping it on the notch](https://www.coduo.co/shareling/features/notch-drop.md): Shareling turns the top of your Mac screen into a drop target: drag a link up and drop it on a person, on yourself or on someone new.
- [Save links for later: Read later and Favorites](https://www.coduo.co/shareling/features/read-later-and-favorites.md): Save links for later on Mac, iPhone and iPad: Shareling's Read later and Favorites are private per-link flags, separate from folders, unseen by senders.
- [Where to save links on iPhone: one place for every app](https://www.coduo.co/shareling/features/save-links-from-iphone-share-sheet.md): Save links on iPhone from any app's share sheet into one Shareling library, with #labels typed into the note, and a save that works offline.

## Comparisons

- [Anybox alternative for two people: Shareling vs Anybox](https://www.coduo.co/shareling/compare/anybox.md): Anybox is a native bookmark manager for one person. Shareling sends a link to one person and both of you keep it. Prices, strengths and limits compared.
- [Dropover alternative? Dropover vs Shareling at the Mac notch](https://www.coduo.co/shareling/compare/dropover.md): Dropover and Shareling both catch a drag at the Mac notch. Dropover holds files on a shelf for you; Shareling sends a link to one person, who keeps it.
- [GoodLinks alternative for sending links to one person](https://www.coduo.co/shareling/compare/goodlinks.md): GoodLinks is a read-later app for one person. Shareling is for sending a link to one friend so you both keep it. What each does better, compared.
- [Pushbullet alternative for iPhone, iPad and Mac](https://www.coduo.co/shareling/compare/pushbullet.md): Pushbullet lists no iPhone app today. How Shareling compares for sending links between Apple devices and people, and where Pushbullet is still the better pick.
- [Raindrop alternative for sending one link to one person](https://www.coduo.co/shareling/compare/raindrop.md): Raindrop.io shares whole collections with members who need Raindrop accounts. Shareling sends one link to one person on Apple devices, and both keep it.
- [Safari Shared Tab Groups vs Shareling: tabs or kept links](https://www.coduo.co/shareling/compare/safari-shared-tab-groups.md): Safari Shared Tab Groups are free live tabs for up to 100 people. Shareling sends one link to one person and both keep it. What each does better.

## Docs

- [Share extension not showing up on iOS: causes and errors](https://www.coduo.co/shareling/docs/share-extension-not-showing.md): Why Shareling is missing from the iPhone or iPad share sheet, what it can save, and what each of its three share-sheet error messages means.
- [Shareling app FAQ: links, read receipts, Unsend, devices](https://www.coduo.co/shareling/docs/faq.md): Answers about the Shareling app: where links are stored, whether senders see when you open one, Unsend, removing a person, groups and devices.
