Reading Tools

The reader

The reader is shared across feed articles, Read Later links, bookmarks, and imported documents. It prioritizes typography, focus, and accessibility over raw web chrome.

Open any card with Accept (⌘↩) from the list or by clicking. Toggle Focus Mode (⌘⇧F) hides peripheral UI for deep reading.

Typography and themes

Additional reader settings (palette, no default shortcut unless noted):

• Content Width — Narrow, Standard, Wide
• Text Alignment — Leading, Center, Justified
• Toggle System Text Size — respect Dynamic Type
• Toggle Paged Mode (⌘⇧P) — paginate long articles

Configure defaults under Settings → Reading—default theme, font, line spacing, and paged mode preference.

Navigation within articles

Paged mode splits long content into screen-sized pages—useful on iPad and macOS for distraction-free reading.

Auto-scroll

Toggle Auto-Scroll (palette) starts hands-free scrolling at a configurable pace—helpful for proofreading or accessibility. No default shortcut in the catalog; assign via Settings → Advanced → Keyboard Shortcuts if desired.

Read aloud

Text-to-speech controls (palette):

• Start Read Aloud
• Pause Read Aloud
• Resume Read Aloud
• Stop Read Aloud

Uses system voices. Background audio behavior follows iOS/macOS media rules.

Media playback

YouTube and podcast enclosures play inside the reader with media controls from MediaPlaybackKit—play/pause, scrub, and lock-screen integration where the platform allows.

Video-heavy pages may still benefit from Open in Browser (⌘⌥O) when the in-app player is not ideal.

Separate reader window (macOS)

Open in New Window (palette) detaches the current article to its own window—reference one PDF while writing in another app, or compare two documents side by side on a large display.

Content quality

When extraction fails or layout breaks:

• Fix Content Issues (reader palette)
• Refresh Content (palette) — re-fetch article HTML
• Open in Browser (⌘⌥O) — fallback to live site

Item-level Fix Content Issues also appears in the actions palette for list selections.

Save progress

Save Progress (palette) persists reading position explicitly—usually automatic, but useful after long sessions or before switching devices.

AI in the reader

Show Entities and Extract Key Highlights (palette) require Apple Intelligence on supported hardware. See AI and Integrations.

Find and share

Next steps

• Highlights and Tags
• Documents
• Settings — Reading pane defaults