Highlights and Tags

Highlights across formats

Cardmaniacs highlights are first-class data attached to cards—not ephemeral browser marks. Create highlights in:

• Reader view (extracted articles)
• PDF documents
• EPUB books
• Safari extension capture flows (where supported)

Creating highlights

Select text in the reader, then choose a highlight color from the actions palette (⌘⇧A) or context menu:

• Highlight Yellow
• Highlight Orange
• Highlight Pink
• Highlight Blue

These palette actions have no default keyboard shortcuts in the command catalog—use the palette or on-screen controls.

Viewing highlights

• Go to Highlights (command palette) — Read Later collection of items with highlights
• Per-article highlight list in the reader chrome
• Extract Key Highlights (palette) — AI-assisted summary of key passages where Apple Intelligence is available

Highlights sync through iCloud with the parent card.

Tags

Tags are freeform labels shared across feeds, Read Later, and Bookmarks. They power filtering, smart lists, and cross-library search in the command palette.

Open the Tag Panel from reader or list chrome to add, remove, or browse tags without opening the full manage sheet.

Smart lists

Smart lists are saved rules that dynamically populate sidebar entries when cards match criteria. The editor exposes fields aligned with SmartListData.FilterField in the app—typical dimensions include:

• Tags — include or exclude labels
• Read state — unread, read, in progress
• Starred — yes/no
• Source / feed — specific origins
• Media type — article, PDF, podcast, etc.
• Date — published or added ranges (where exposed in UI)

Example recipes

Starred unread research

• Tag contains research
• Read state is unread
• Starred is true

PDF backlog

• Media type is PDF
• Read state is not read
• In Read Later

One feed, triage only

• Source equals a specific feed
• Archived is false

Smart lists appear in the sidebar when active; edit or delete them from the smart list inspector. Combine with Move… (⌘⇧M) to act on batches surfaced by a list.

Highlights vs tags

Tag an item quote if you want to find all highlighted pieces later; the highlight itself stores the passage text.

Export and sharing

• Share (palette) — system share sheet for the item
• Share Reader View (palette) — share formatted reader output
• Copy Link (⌘⇧C) — URL only

Reading statistics export is covered in Home and Statistics.

Siri and Shortcuts

Tag- and highlight-related automations may be exposed through Shortcuts actions. Intelligence features that reference highlights require supported hardware—see AI and Integrations.

Next steps

• Reading Tools — reader typography while annotating
• Read Later — Highlights collection
• Keyboard and Commands