Managing My News Addiction with Safari’s Reading List

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I recently "discovered" a feature of Safari (Apple's web browser) that I had previously underestimated:  the Reading List.

When you want to save a webpage to read later, all you have to do is mouse-over the address and click on the plus sign that appears in a circle on the left side. This saves the content of the webpage so you can read it later, online or offline. If you use an iPhone or an iPod, your can even sync your Reading List across devices! (To save something in iOS, click on the share icon and the option to “Add to Reading List” will appear.)

Although I've been bookmarking websites and clipping content to Evernote for years, I would often end up with useless clutter that I didn't want to save forever. Now I'm using the Reading List as a short-term holding place for content that I want to vet within a day or two.