If you write
Shortcuts
in Apple’s
Shortcuts
app you can
include them
in Safari’s
Actions menu
10 |
Add Safari extensions
The easy way to share content from Safari with other people and apps
IT WILL TAKE
5 minutes
YOU WILL LEARN
How to customise
extensions in Safari
YOU’LL NEED
Your iPad, some
extensions
Back in the early days of the
internet, web browsers did one
thing and one thing only: they
showed you web pages.
But we wanted more. We wanted to be able
to share links with a click, to block irritating
adverts, to create PDFs and to do all kinds of
things – and to make that happen, developers
started writing extensions.
Extensions are little helper programs that
add features to an app, so for example on
your Mac you can install Safari extensions
that check your grammar in online forms, that
store your passwords, that check online shops
for extra discount codes and all sorts of other
useful things.
On Safari
You can get extensions in Safari on iPad too,
although they work slightly differently: apps
that download from the App Store can install
what Apple calls Actions, made available in
Safari. Those Actions appear in the share
sheet when you tap on Safari’s share icon,
and they enable you to do things that Safari
doesn’t do by default – so for example, you can
save pages to the Reeder news reading app or
copy content over to the Ulysses writing app.
If you write your own Shortcuts using
the Shortcuts app, you can add these as
Actions along with the ones from App Store
apps – when you see ‘Send this to Carrie’
in our screenshots, that’s a Shortcut we’ve
that sends the current page’s address to a
particular email address.
In this tutorial we’ll discover what Actions
are on your iPad, how you can customise them
and how you can put the Actions you use most
at the top of the list. Carrie Marshall
1
Shortcuts
These enable
you to quickly
send the page
to commonly
used contacts
including via
Messages
2
App shortcuts
Use these
to share the
current page to
a particular app
such as Mail or
social media
3
Favo u r i te s
These are
the extensions
that you and
your iPad like
best. You can
customise what
options appear
4
Other
extensions
Scroll down
here to see the
other extensions
that Apple and
your installed
apps have made
available.
You can adjust more than Safari’s actions: in Settings
> Safari you can change search engines, disable Safari
suggestions and change how Safari works.
APPLE APPS Add Safari extensions
1
2
3
4
If youwrite
Shortcuts
in Apple’s
Shortcuts
appyoucan
includethem
in Safari’s
Actionsmenu
10 |
Add Safari extensions
TheeasywaytosharecontentfromSafariwith otherpeopleandapps
ITWILLTAKE
5 minutes
YOUWILLLEARN
Howtocustomise
extensionsinSafari
YOU’LLNEED
Your iPad, some
extensions
Back in the early days of the
internet, web browsers did one
thing and one thing only: they
showed you web pages.
But we wanted more. We wanted to be able
to share links with a click, to block irritating
adverts, to create PDFs and to do all kinds of
things – and to make that happen, developers
started writing extensions.
Extensions are little helper programs that
add features to an app, so for example on
your Mac you can install Safari extensions
that check your grammar in online forms, that
store your passwords, that check online shops
for extra discount codes and all sorts of other
useful things.
On Safari
You can get extensions in Safari on iPad too,
although they work slightly differently: apps
that download from the App Store can install
what Apple calls Actions, made available in
Safari. Those Actions appear in the share
sheet when you tap on Safari’s share icon,
and they enable you to do things that Safari
doesn’t do by default – so for example, you can
save pages to the Reeder news reading app or
copy content over to the Ulysses writing app.
If you write your own Shortcuts using
the Shortcuts app, you can add these as
Actions along with the ones from App Store
apps – when you see ‘Send this to Carrie’
in our screenshots, that’s a Shortcut we’ve
that sends the current page’s address to a
particular email address.
In this tutorial we’ll discover what Actions
are on your iPad, how you can customise them
and how you can put the Actions you use most
at the top of the list. Carrie Marshall
1
Shortcuts
These enable
you to quickly
send the page
to commonly
used contacts
including via
Messages
2
Appshortcuts
Use these
to share the
current page to
a particular app
such as Mail or
social media
3
Favo u r i te s
These are
the extensions
that you and
your iPad like
best. You can
customise what
optionsappear
4
Other
extensions
Scroll down
here to see the
other extensions
that Apple and
your installed
apps have made
available.
You can adjust more than Safari’s actions: in Settings
> Safari you can change search engines, disable Safari
suggestions and change how Safari works.
APPLE APPS Add Safari extensions
1
2
3
4