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QUICK CAPTURE

Browser Extension:
Clip Full Pages or Selections

Easily grab the whole web page or just selected text and images.

HOW THE BROWSER EXTENSION WORKS

Three Ways to Clip Web Content

The Pachinko browser extension (available for Safari and Chrome) gives you three capture modes. Click the extension icon to save the entire page - title, URL, content, everything. Select text first, then click the icon to capture just that selection. Or use highlight mode (advanced) to click and grab different chunks from across the page, building a custom clip from multiple sections.

Most people use it for whole-page saves-one click, article captured, back to browsing. The selection mode is for when you only need specific paragraphs. Highlight mode is for power users who want to cherry-pick blocks from different parts of a long page - it may not work for all pages - the Internet is a wild place, and people have creative (read: confusing) ideas on how to build websites.

  • browsers Safari and Chrome (install from extension stores)
  • safari setup Safari → Settings → Advanced → "Allow features for web development", then Develop menu → Allow JavaScript from Apple Events
  • mode 1: full page Click icon, saves entire page
  • mode 2: selection Select text first, click icon, saves selection
  • mode 3: highlights Advanced mode - click chunks across the page
  • what's saved Content + link back to source
  • Common Use Cases

  • read later Save long articles for focused reading time
  • research Collect sources for projects or decisions
  • recipes Save cooking instructions to try later
  • shopping Keep product pages for comparison
  • the pattern Save freely, curate periodically