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How do you EXPORT your Reading List from Safari

How do you export your reading list from safari? I ask because I like to keep a backup of my bookmarks and contacts… I know how to export those things… but I do not know how to export my reading list

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Save pages in your Reading List offline automatically

Safari > Preferences > Advanced > Reading List

Select “Save articles for offline reading automatically”

Note: Safari uses iCloud to keep your Reading List the same on all your Mac computers and iOS devices that have Safari turned on in iCloud preferences . With iCloud, your Reading List and bookmarks are archived automatically, and you can restore them from an earlier version at any time.

https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/keep-a-reading-list-sfri35905/mac

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Feb 23, 2018 12:59 PM in response to sk1975

Feb 23, 2018 8:00 AM in response to sk1975

I don't think there is a way to do that.

Feb 23, 2018 10:47 AM in response to sk1975

Export no but if you right or control click and item in your Safari Reading List you can click Save Offline.

Feb 23, 2018 10:55 AM in response to Carolyn Samit

I thought the whole purpose of reading lists is that your able to view what ever you saved in reading lists you can read offline?

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Exporting Links from Safari Reading List via Shortcuts for Mac

Reading List Exporter.

A few weeks ago in the second lesson of the Automation Academy for Club MacStories+ and Club Premier members, I wrote about how I’ve been using Reminders as a read-later app in addition to traditional task management. The full details are in the story, but to sum up: using a combination of shortcuts based on Apple’s native actions, I can use Reminders to choose between long and short stories whenever I’m in the mood to read something. I love this setup, and I’ve been using it for nearly three months now.

Earlier this week, however, I realized I still hadn’t re-imported old articles from Safari Reading List – my previous read-later tool – into Reminders. That immediately posed an interesting challenge. Sure, I could manually re-save each article from Safari Reading List to Reminders, but that sounded like a chore. Other read-later apps such as Reeder and GoodLinks have long offered Shortcuts actions to fetch links from their databases and process them in Shortcuts however you see fit; Reading List, like other Apple apps , doesn’t support any actions to get the URLs you previously saved. And that’s when I had an idea.

Now that it’s available on macOS, Shortcuts can get access to application support files that are kept private and hidden from users on iOS and iPadOS. More specifically, I remembered that Safari for Mac has long stored its bookmarks and Reading List items in a file called Bookmarks.plist , which folks have been able to read via AppleScript for years . Under the hood, a .plist file is nothing but a fancy dictionary, and we know that Shortcuts has excellent support for parsing dictionaries and extracting data from them.

The plan was simple, and I knew what to do.

Reading List Exporter

To make the process of migrating from Safari Reading List to other read-later apps easier, I created a shortcut called Reading List Exporter.

The shortcut is built entirely with native actions – no scripting necessary – and it reads Safari’s Bookmarks.plist database without modifying it (your data is safe and this shortcut is read-only). With Reading List Exporter, you can automate the process of batch-exporting URLs from Safari Reading List and save them all at once in other read-later apps, the clipboard, or a plain text file. If you’re a Club MacStories+ or Club Premier member, you can even integrate this with the Reminders read-later system I described here .

Running Reading List Exporter on iPad.

Reading List Exporter was designed to run on a Mac: the Bookmarks.plist file stored in ~/Library/Safari/ can only be accessed via Shortcuts’ ‘File’ action on macOS. Upon installing the shortcut, you’ll be asked to select the Bookmarks.plist file stored in the ~/Library/Safari/ folder in Finder. Select the file in the import question, and you’re good to go in terms of running this shortcut on Monterey.

When you install the shortcut, you’ll be asked to manually pick the Bookmarks.plist file in Finder.

Picking the Bookmarks.plist file in Finder. You have to do this only once.

Once the file is configured, you’re good to go.

If you don’t see the Library folder in Finder, there are a variety of ways to make it visible . The easiest method:

• Press ⇧⌘H in Finder to view your Home folder;
• Press ⌘J to open Finder’s View Options inspector;
• Select ‘Show Library Folder’

As long as you find a way to make the Library folder visible in Finder and can select the Bookmarks.plist file in ~/Library/Safari/ from Shortcuts, you’re good.

How to show the Library folder in Finder.

You can also run Reading List Exporter on iOS and iPadOS, but you’ll have to manually copy the ‘Bookmarks.plist’ file into iCloud Drive first. The disadvantage of this approach is that you won’t be working with a live version of Safari’s database – meaning that if you save new items to Reading List, you’ll have to export the Bookmarks.plist file again. That said, it’s totally fine to run the shortcut on iPhone and iPad once you have the Bookmarks.plist file saved somewhere.

If you want to run this shortcut on iOS or iPadOS, you’ll have to manually copy the Bookmarks.plist file to iCloud Drive first.

I won’t bore you with the technical details behind how I created this shortcut, but there’s a point I want to highlight. Previously, accessing and parsing Safari’s Bookmarks database would have required searching Google for some finicky piece of AppleScript code that doesn’t always work and is incomprehensible at a glance. This is why I find Shortcuts’ arrival on macOS such a big deal: it makes this kind of advanced automation more approachable and reliable for power users too. Those who believe that “real automation requires scripting” ignore how much easier (and shareable with others!) complex automations can be because of Shortcuts. In the screenshot below, you can see how I parsed Apple’s intricate .plist structure with just a handful of visual blocks in Shortcuts.

The original .plist file (left) and Shortcuts’ simple way to parse it with visual actions.

But back to Reading List Exporter. After you’ve the selected the Bookmarks.plist file (and you only need to do this once ), you’ll be presented with a menu containing a variety of actions to export your URLs. For instance, I added the ability to batch export all URLs from Reading List to the most popular read-later apps:

These apps are all supported by native actions in Shortcuts. If your favorite app isn’t listed in the shortcut and offers a native action, it should be easy enough for you to modify the Menu and add the app you want to use. Personally, I ran this shortcut and exported all my URLs to Matter as a text, and it worked perfectly.

All my Reading List items exported to Matter.

Unfortunately, I couldn’t add support for Pocket: while Shortcuts does have a Pocket action to save URLs, the action is currently broken in the Shortcuts app and won’t let me authenticate with my Pocket account.

Reading List Exporter also supports these actions:

• Pick a URL from the list and reopen it in Safari;
• Preview all URLs with Quick Look;
• Copy all URLs to the clipboard;
• Save all URLs to a plain text file.

You can also preview the raw list of URLs with Quick Look.

The ability to export a plain text list of all URLs from Reading List is particularly handy if you’re planning to move these URLs to Obsidian or script them in some other way.

Reminders Integration

If you’re a Club MacStories+ or Club Premier member , Reading List Exporter supports the Save Article shortcut I shared here to use Reminders as a read-later app. Specifically, Reading List Exporter will export each URL to Reminders and automatically categorize it as a long read or short read.

My Reading List exported to Reminders.

To export your Reading List items to Reminders, make sure to re-download my ‘Save Article’ shortcut, which I have updated with support for Reading List Exporter. Then, run Reading List Exporter on iOS or iPadOS and, depending on the size of your Reading List database, wait a while as the shortcut needs to parse each URL as an article, get its word count, and save it. Again, due to current limitations of Shortcuts for Monterey, this action isn’t supported on macOS at the moment; you’ll have to run this step on iPhone or iPad .

For more details on my read-later setup in Reminders, check out this lesson of the Automation Academy .

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Download Reading List Exporter

Reading List Exporter is, in my opinion, the perfect example of the new possibilities for user automation unlocked by Shortcuts for Mac. Apple never built actions to extract URLs previously saved to Reading List, but, because of Shortcuts for Mac, that doesn’t matter anymore. With the Finder’s ability to view the entire filesystem and Shortcuts’ built-in dictionary actions, we can now easily and quickly open the Reading List database, find all URLs contained in it, and do whatever we want with them. The combination of Shortcuts’ intuitive design and the freedom of macOS is precisely why I’m so excited about Shortcuts for Mac and its potential to reimagine desktop automation.

You can download Reading List Exporter below and find it in the MacStories Shortcuts Archive .

Export your Safari Reading List items to other apps. This shortcut was designed to run on macOS by reading the contents of Safari’s Bookmarks.plist database. If you’ve already exported this file, the shortcut can run on iOS and iPadOS too.

Get the shortcut here.

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How to save articles with Reading List in Safari for Mac

Read across all your devices

Great articles are just a few clicks away on the Safari browser for Mac. Who has the time to read all of those articles, however? With the built-in 'Reading List' tool on Safari , you can save articles for viewing later. Better still, you can continue reading those articles across other Apple devices, including iPhone and iPad . 

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Using Reading List

In Safari, there are two ways to save an opened webpage article for later reading. First, you can hover over the left side of the 'Smart Search' field (where you'll see the website address), then click the 'One-Step Add' button. You can also click on the Share button at the top right of Safari, then choose 'Add the Reading List'. 

Additionally, you can save a linked page in the Reading List on Safari by going Shift + Click on the keyboard. 

To bring up your Reading List, go into the Safari app on your Mac, then click on the 'Sidebar' button at the top left. Choose the 'Reading List' tab, then click on your article below. 

If you're planning a trip with your Mac and won't have access to an internet connection, you can save Reading List articles for offline use. To do so, click on the 'Sidebar' button at the top left of Safari. Choose the 'Reading List' tab, then right-click and select 'Save Offline'. 

To delete read articles, right-click on the article in the 'Sidebar', then choose 'Remove Item'.

Other devices

Saved articles in Reading List also show on Apple devices signed into the same Apple ID. Changes made on one device (adding/removing content) also occurs on the others. 

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How to save and delete webpages on the Reading List in your Mac computer's Safari browser

• The Reading List function in a Mac's Safari browser is a great way to save webpages to read later. But once you're done with them, it's good to know how to delete items from the Reading List on your Mac .
• You can also add items to the list with one simple shortcut on your Mac's keyboard. 
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If you're browsing around the internet and want to come back to a webpage, but don't want it sitting in your Bookmarks bar, the Reading List in Apple's Safari browser is surprisingly helpful.

The Reading List feature allows you to add webpages that you specifically want to return to later. Adding web pages to the list is easy, too. 

However, the list has the ability to pile up. If you've ever wondered how to delete items off of Safari's Reading List on your Mac , here's how in a few easy steps. 

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1. Launch Safari.

2. Enter the URL address of the website or article you'd like to add to your Reading List (for example, the How To Do Everything: Tech section of Business Insider). 

3. In the Bookmarks menu at the top in Safari, find and click "Add to Reading List" or use the keyboard shortcut Shift + Command + D. If you'd like to save an article that is hyperlinked on a website, hover your mouse over the link and hold down Shift while clicking it to add the linked page to your Reading List.

4. To access your Reading List, find the icon on the menu at the top that looks like a square and a rectangle with three lines in it. This icon is called the Sidebar button. Clicking it will open a menu where you can find your Reading List and bookmarks.

How to delete items from your Reading List on a Mac using Safari

1. To delete items from your Reading List, first launch Safari.

2. In the top menu, find the Sidebar button and access the menu. 

3. You will first see two icons: one that looks like a book, and another that looks like a pair of glasses. Select the icon that looks like a pair of glasses. This is where the articles and webpages you've saved to your Reading List will be.

4. To delete an item, right-click on it . If you don't use a mouse, do Command + Click. 

5. This will bring up another menu. Find and click "Remove Item" — you can also remove all articles from your reading list at once by clicking "Clear All Items."

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If you are a loyal user of Safari on your Mac, you may be using the Reading List for enhancing your reading experience. But, do you know that you can automatically save all of your Safari pages in Reading List on your Mac?

There is also an option to sync all of your reading list items across your macOS and iOS devices for offline reading. Personally, I use this neat feature to catch up with all of my favorite articles at my own pace. Let me show you how it works:

How to Automatically Save All Safari Pages in Your Reading List on Mac

Step #1. Launch Safari on your Mac.

Step #2. Now, you need to select Safari at the top left corner.

Step #3. Next, click on Preferences.

Step #4. Next, you have to select the Advanced tab.

Step #5. Finally, check the box for “Save articles for offline reading automatically.”

That’s it!

Going forward, Safari will auto-save all of your reading list pages.

If you changed your mind later and don’t want to autosave your reading list, simply follow the steps mentioned-above and then uncheck the box in the end.

How to Sync Reading Lists Across macOS and iOS Devices

With the use of iCloud, Safari synchronizes your Reading List across your macOS and iOS devices.

If you want to have this seamless experience, make sure Safari is turned on in iCloud preferences. Besides, use the same Apple ID for all of your devices.

On your Mac:

Step #1. Click on Apple Menu → Click on System Preferences.

Step #2. Click on iCloud.

Step #3. Check the box for Safari and confirm.

On your iPhone or iPad:

Step #1. Open Settings → Tap on Apple ID banner.

Step #2. Tap on iCloud.

Step #3. Turn on Safari.

Now, your Reading List and bookmarks will be synced automatically across your devices.

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How to use safari’s "reading list" to save articles for later.

We're fond of any app that will allow you to save a webpage to read later, and there are many ways to do it.

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Accessing reading list, adding new stuff to reading list, deleting items, marking items as unread, and clearing your list.

We're fond of any app that will allow you to save a webpage to read later, and there are many ways to do it . If you use an Apple device, however, you don't need anything other than Safari.

Related: The Best Ways to Save Webpages to Read Later

Safari already comes with its own read-it-later feature called Reading List, and it's really handy, particularly if you use different devices within the Apple ecosystem. The nice thing about Reading List is that it automatically syncs everything to iCloud so whether you're on a Mac, iPhone, or iPad, your articles are there waiting for you whenever you have time to get back to them.

Today we want to take a closer look at Reading List, explore its features, and talk about how to make the most of it.

To access the Reading List on Safari for OS X, you want to first show the sidebar and then click the middle icon that resembles a pair of reading glasses. The keyboard shortcut Control+Command+2 also works nicely here.

On an iOS device, tap the book icon on the bottom menu bar.

This will open a new panel where you can again, tap the reading glasses icon to see your Reading List.

As we mentioned at the outset, provided Safari is syncing to iCloud, whatever you save to your Reading List on one Apple device will immediately show up on another.

Adding to your Reading List is really easy. On Safari for OS X, simply surf to the page you want to save, click the share button in the upper-right corner, and then "Add to Reading List" from the resulting dropdown list.

On an iOS device, tap the share icon in the middle along the bottom menubar.

Once the share screen is open, tap "Add to Reading List" and the item will be saved to it.

Now that you know how to perform the very basics, let's move on and discuss other features.

Deleting an items from your Reading List on OS X is simple, just hover over the item and click the small grey "X" that appears in the upper-right corner.

On you iPhone or iPad, swipe the item to the left, then tap "Delete". You can also mark a read item as unread with this method as well.

Take at look at the bottom of the Reading List here and note that you can switch views between all your saved articles and just the unread ones. This can be pretty handy if you've got a lot of stuff squirreled away, can't find what you're looking for, but know you haven't read it yet.

On OS X, you can shift between All and Unread by clicking the buttons at the top of your Reading List.

If you right-click on an item, the resulting context menu will reveal a few items that you may find pretty useful. Aside from the ability to mark an item unread or remove it, there's also the "Clear All Items" option, which will clear your entire reading list.

Obviously, you want to be careful before you perform this action because you may not want to clear everything just yet, which is why a warning dialog will appear to confirm whether you're sure.

One small thing to note before we conclude, if you want to open items from your Reading List on OS X in a new tab, you can hold the the "Command" key while clicking.

Related: How to Sync Contacts, Reminders, and More with iCloud

There are obviously other read-it-later services you can use, but Safari's Reading List does the trick nicely, especially if you don't intend to use another browser.

It's not overly complicated and doesn't allow much in the way of organization such as adding tags or starring an item as a favorite, but if you simply need a way to earmark an item for later reading without bookmarking it, then Reading List is the way to do it.

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• Change your home page
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• Make Safari your default web browser
• Go to websites
• Find what you’re looking for
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• See your favourite websites
• Use tabs for web pages
• Pin frequently visited websites
• Play web videos
• Mute audio in tabs
• Pay with Apple Pay
• Autofill credit card info
• Autofill contact info
• Keep a Reading List
• Hide ads when reading articles
• Translate a web page
• Download items from the web
• Share or post web pages
• Add passes to Wallet
• Save part or all of a web page
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• Customise a start page
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Keep a Reading List in Safari on Mac

To quickly save web pages to read later, add them to your Reading List. To read pages in your Reading List even when you’re not connected to the internet, you can save them offline.

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Manage your Reading List

You can also Shift-click a link on a web page to quickly add the linked page.

Save a page in your Reading List to read when you’re not connected to the internet: Control-click the page summary in the sidebar, then choose Save Offline. You can also swipe left over the page summary, then click Save Offline.

To automatically save all pages in your Reading List, choose Safari > Preferences, click Advanced, then select “Save articles for offline reading automatically”.

Remove a page from your Reading List: Control-click the page summary in the sidebar, then choose Remove Item.

You can also swipe left over the page summary, then click Remove. Or, swipe all the way to the left until the page summary disappears.

Read from your Reading List

Search your Reading List: Enter text in the search field above the list of page summaries. You may have to scroll to see the search field.

Read the next page in your list: Keep scrolling when you reach the end of a Reading List page — no need to click the next page summary in the sidebar.

Hide pages you’ve read: Click the Unread button above the list of page summaries. Click the All button to show pages you’ve read in your list. You may have to scroll to see the buttons.

Mark a page as read or unread: Control-click the page summary in the sidebar, then choose Mark as Read or Mark as Unread.

Note: Safari uses iCloud to keep your Reading List the same on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Mac computers that have Safari turned on in iCloud preferences . On your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, go to Settings > [ your name ] > iCloud, then make sure Safari is turned on. With iCloud, your Reading List and bookmarks are archived automatically, and you can restore them from an earlier version at any time.

How to save articles for offline reading in Safari

Learn how to add web pages to Safari Reading List on iPhone, iPad, or Mac and read them later, even when you do not have an internet connection.

The Reading List feature in Safari is handy for saving web pages that you want to read later. You can save them in Safari on both iOS and Mac so that you can access them anywhere. What makes the Reading List feature even better is that you can read your items even when you have no Wi-Fi or cellular connection.

Add pages to your Safari Reading List

On iphone and ipad.

• Open Safari and visit the page you want to save.
• Tap the Share button from the bottom.
• Choose Add to Reading List in the pop-up window.

Open Safari and go to the page you want to save. Next, click Bookmarks > Add to Reading List from the menu bar. You’ll notice that you have the option to save all of your open tabs if you like with the Add X Open Tabs to Reading List or Add These X Tabs to Reading List feature.

Access your Safari Reading List and read the articles

• Open Safari and tap the Bookmarks button at the bottom.
• Tap the Reading List option from the top, which looks like a pair of glasses.
• With your Reading List open, just tap an article to open it in the current tab. To open it in a new tab, touch and hold the article and pick Open in New Tab .

Open Safari and click the Show sidebar button in your toolbar and the Reading List option, or click View > Show Reading List Sidebar from the menu bar. Select an article to read.

Mark items as read

Access your Reading List and swipe right on an article. Now, tap Mark Read .

The Safari Reading List will keep track of the articles you read. So you can easily tap Show Unread at the bottom of the Reading List screen to see those.

Access your Reading List in the Safari sidebar. Now, swipe right on the trackpad and select Mark Read . You can also right-click on the saved article and choose Mark Read .

Remove an article or clear your list

You can remove articles from your Reading List one at a time or several at once. For one, swipe left and tap Delete .

To remove several, tap Edit on the Reading List screen, mark the ones you want to remove, and then tap Delete at the bottom.

Swipe left or right-click over a Reading List article and choose Remove or Remove Item .

You can also right-click an article and choose to Clear All Items .

Clear Safari’s Reading List cache

Nowadays, webpages are optimized for high-resolution Retina graphics and include other rich media assets so Safari’s Reading List can eat up quite a lot storage space fairly quickly.

Deleting them all on your iPhone or iPad can free up substantial space.

• Open the Settings app and tap General > iPhone/iPad Storage .
• Select Safari from the list of apps.
• Swipe left on Offline Reading List and tap Delete .

This will remove all offline reading items. You will now need an active Wi-Fi or cellular connection to read these articles.

Enable the offline reading feature

• Open your Settings app and select Safari .
• Scroll down to Reading List and turn on the toggle for Automatically Save Offline .

• Open Safari and click Safari > Settings or Preferences from the menu bar.
• Choose the Advanced tab.
• Next to Reading List , check the box for Save articles for offline reading automatically .

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• Tips to customize and personalize Safari on iPhone and iPad
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How To Use Delta Emulator and Play Nintendo Games on iOS

• While emulators are legal in the U.S., ROMs are a bit more complicated.
• The Delta app requires iOS 14 or later.
• The app is also available for iPad, Mac, and Vision Pro.

Gamers, your time is here: the Delta emulator app is now available for iOS, and with it arrives a wealth of emulation and features. This expansive app hosts an impressive selection of classic video game consoles, providing the ability to play thousands of retro games on your iPhone. Below, I’ll show you everything you need to know to start gaming.

What to Know About the Delta Emulator

Apple finally eased restrictions on emulators, and Delta is the second Apple-approved option to be officially listed on the App Store. What I love about it is that it’s 100% free. You can play a wide variety of retro Nintendo games without having to sit through ads—note that very few free emulators offer an ad-free experience. You can learn more about the Delta emulator here .

What Emulators Are Available on the Delta App?

The following emulators (game systems) are available through the Delta app:

• Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
• Super Nintendo Entertain System (SNES)
• Nintendo 64
• Game Boy and Game Boy Color
• Game Boy Advance
• Nintendo DS

How To Get Nintendo DS Games on Delta Game Emulator?

While every emulator available within the app works as is, there are specific BIOS files that you’ll need for the Nintendo DS emulator. I can’t link to them for copyright reasons, but you can easily find them on any search engine. After you download the necessary files, remember to select Save to Files from the Share menu.

The BIOS files needed for the Nintendo DS emulator are as follows:

• firmware.bin

Time needed:  2 minutes

Once you’ve downloaded these files, adding them to the Delta emulator is easy—here’s how:

From here, the Nintendo DS emulator will be fully operational. However, note that you may need to use iTunes File Transfer to add games—DS ROMs are typically several gigabytes large. Downloading them through your iPhone may be a hassle, so I’ll cover this more below.

How to Download ROMs for the Delta Emulator

Again, pirating officially licensed games breaks copyright laws, so I won’t be linking to them. However, homebrew games, and even some ROM hacks, are typically okay to share. Places like Homebrew Hub can have a library of legal, independently created games to play.

ROMs will either be in a compressed file (such as .ZIP) or a rather obvious file extension (.GBA for a Game Boy Advanced game, for example). I’ve had no problems importing both, but mileage may vary on compressed files. Should one give you issues, try extracting the file.

With that in mind, there are two primary ways to add ROMs to the Delta app: either through iTunes/Folder or the iOS Files app. Let’s take a look at both, as one can be easier than the other.

1. Adding ROMs Via the iOS Files App

Personally, this is the easiest way to add ROMs since it doesn’t require a computer. However, guiding your ROM downloads to the right place can be tricky.

For this how-to guide, I’ll download the game Sips from Homebrew Hub.

• First, navigate to the Homebrew Hub page for Sips .
• Scroll down and click Download Rom .

This method can be spotty depending on the browser you use, so make sure the ROM file makes its way to your Files app.

2. Adding ROMs Using iTunes

This method may be easier for those who have a hard time downloading ROMs directly on their iPhone, although you’ll have to use a Mac or PC. Let’s take a look.

• First, download the ROM.
• Next open iTunes .
• Navigate to the iPhone icon.
• Select File Sharing from the left-hand column.
• Click the Delta app and then Drag and Drop the ROMs you want into this section.

3. Adding ROMs Using Finder

If your Mac is running macOS Catalina or later, you’ll need to use Finder.

• Connect your iPhone to your Mac, then select your iPhone from a Finder window.

As you can probably tell, it’s pretty easy to add ROMs to the Delta app once you have the files in the correct location. The hardest part is probably getting them there.

How to Add Emulator Skins

One of the cooler features of Delta is it lets you change emulator skins. This is really easy to do, plus you can find tons of skins on sites like Delta GitHub . Adding skins is similar to adding ROMs, so again, ensure the skins are in your Files folder.

• You can now select the imported skin/s on Delta.

How to Remap Controllers in Delta

If you need to remap a controller, simply follow these steps:

• Select NES to open the drop-down menu and choose the controller you want to edit.
• Now, tap the button you want to change and press a button on the physical controller to remap it.

Controllers Supported By Delta App

The Delta app will support any third-party controller that works with iOS. However, here are some popular examples:

• Nintendo Switch Online Controller
• Nintendo Switch Joy-Cons
• Nintendo Switch Pro Controller
• Xbox Wireless Controller (Series X and S)
• Xbox Adapter Controller
• Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2
• Xbox Wireless Controller with Bluetooth Model 1708
• Playstation 4 and 5 Wireless Controllers

Adding a controller is usually as simple as navigating to Settings > Bluetooth on your iPhone, checking if the controller is discoverable, and then selecting it from the Other Devices list.

Additional Controls and Options

Once a game is running, you can open an additional menu that lets you fast-forward through scenes, hold down buttons, and even enable cheats. You’ll see this menu on the main screen while playing. It’s also where you’ll find your options to save and load games. You can save games within emulators, although I suggest using the Delta app’s Save function—it’s more reliable and accurate. Take a look around this section to see what you find.

While Android users may laugh over Apple slowly entering the world of emulation, the fact is it’s never too late to start. You may also want to know about the best Playstation 2 emulators for iOS .

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Troubleshooting, what’s a pxm file & how do you open it.

File types and file formats can be a bit of a mystery, especially when you stumble into a file that you don’t necessarily recognize. One such case that you may come across is a file that has a .pxm file extension, and if you haven’t heard of a PXM file before you understandably might be wondering what it is, where it came from, and how to open it.

What is a .pxm file?

Let’s get right to it; a PXM file is an image file format that was created by the Pixelmator application , which is an image editing app available on Mac, iPhone, or iPad.

This means the PXM file is a Pixelmator file, and any .pxm file will be from Pixelmator. PXM files are unique to Pixelmator, and are not created by other apps.

PXM files from Pixelmator are kind of like PSD files from Photoshop, in that they contain not only an image, but also any potential edits, layers, or adjustments that are made to that file type.

Of course Pixelmator can open, save, export, and create many other file types as well, but if you just simply save a file in Pixelmator, it will save as a PXM. That is, unless you’re using Pixelmator Pro, in which case the file saved will be a PXD, which is a Pixelmator Pro file.

How do I open a PXM file?

The easiest way to open a PXM file is to open the .pxm file into Pixelmator, Pixelmator Classic, or Pixelmator Pro. This must be on a Mac, iPhone, or iPad.

If you already own Pixelmator or Pixelmator Classic, you can re-download Pixelmator Classic and install it on a new Mac easily.

If you’re new to Pixelmator, you can get a free trial of Pixelmator Pro here .

You can also get Pixelmator for iPhone or iPad here .

If you have Pixelmator installed on your Mac, you can also preview PXM files with Quick Look, by selecting the file in the Finder, and then hitting the Spacebar.

If you do not have Pixelmator on the Mac, you’ll need to get it if you wish to open the PXM file. You can also use this handy trick to search the App Store for files that can open particular file types that don’t have associated apps.

There does not appear to be any other way to open a PXM file on Mac, iPhone, or iPad, or to open one from Windows or Linux, so while it’s possible that you may run into a PXM extension on any operating system, you’ll need to bring it over to the Apple ecosystem and use Pixelmator to open it. You can also use the command line to check a file type and encoding if you’re comfortable with Terminal.

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