Saving from Safari

Linkgarden ships with a Safari extension that saves the page you are currently on. By the end of this tutorial the extension will be enabled and you will have saved a page with a folder, a tag, and a note — without switching apps.

Before you start, open the Linkgarden app at least once. The extension writes into the same storage the app creates on first launch, and until that exists the popup will only say “Open Linkgarden once to finish setup.”

1. Turn the extension on

Open Safari’s settings, go to the Extensions section, and switch Linkgarden on. Its icon appears in the Safari toolbar.

2. Give it permission to read the page

Navigate to any web page and click the Linkgarden icon in the toolbar.

The first time, Safari may not have granted the extension access yet. If the popup says “Let Linkgarden read this page”, follow the instruction it gives:

Click the Linkgarden icon in Safari’s toolbar and choose Always Allow on This Website.

Then click the icon again.

3. Save the page

The popup now shows the page you are on:

the name, pre-filled from the page title and already selected so you can type over it
the host underneath
a Folder dropdown listing your folders
a Tags list with a filter box
an Add a note button

Edit the name if you like. Pick a folder. Tick up to five tags. Click Add a note if you want to write one.

Click Add.

4. Watch it sync

The popup switches to Saved to Linkgarden with a line underneath tracking what happens next — Syncing to iCloud…, then Synced to iCloud once the bookmark has been uploaded.

Click Done.

5. Try the same page again

Click the Linkgarden icon on the same page a second time. Instead of the form, you get Already in Linkgarden and the name you saved it under. Linkgarden will not create a duplicate.

What you have now

The extension is enabled and permitted, and you know the three states you will see most: the save form, the “already saved” message, and the sync line.