Wise basics

Wise helps you curate and organize your reading materials with flexible options for collecting, reading, and managing content. This page covers the essential tasks to get you started with Wise.

Add content to your library

Save interesting content using any of these methods.

Add to Inbox or Read Later

Organize your reading flow with two collections:

• Inbox: Your primary collection for content you want to read soon.
• Read Later: Your backlog for content to revisit in the future.

While browsing the title or reading, click inbox Inbox or schedule Read Later to save content to either collection.

Save web pages via LarePass

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LarePass extension is currently available for Chrome browsers only. Download it from the official page.

1. Open the LarePass browser extension and click Collect.
2. In the Pages section, click add_box to save the current page to your Wise library.

Once collected, you can find it in page Library > Articles in Wise.

Manually add content

Wise supports various content types including videos, audio, PDFs, and eBooks:

1. Click add_circle in the menu bar.
2. To add a web page, select Web page.
3. To add a downloadable link, select Download link.
4. To add a PDF or E-book (in EPUB format) from your local machine, select Upload.
5. To add an RSS feed, select RSS.

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   To explore how you can leverage RSS subscription with Wise, see Subscribe to an RSS feed.

Automatic download

Wise automatically creates download tasks for new audio or video content, saving media files to Olares for convenient offline access.

This feature:

• Ensures your content is always available offline
• Prevents content loss if the original source becomes unavailable
• Provides quick access to your media files

To view all your downloaded media files, go to settings > Transmission > Download. This page shows a complete list of your downloads along with their details.

You can click folder_open to locate the target content in the Files app.

Organize your reading

Use tags for organization

To create a structured content collection with tags:

1. On the list page, click sell on the content card.
2. In the tag input box, select or create tags relevant to the current content.

You can find and manage your tags in the page settings > Tags.

Capture insights with notes

1. While reading, click right_panel_open to open the Info panel.
2. Add your thoughts in the Note section.
3. Click Save to store your notes.

You can edit or delete note later.

Track your reading progress

Wise uses green dot indicators on article covers to help you track unread content. When you open an article, it's automatically marked as read.

While reading, you can manually toggle between playlist_add_checkSeen or playlist_removeUnseen status in the toolbar to maintain your reading progress.

Search from Wise

Once you've collected your content in Wise, you can search for particular content themes or entries using aggregated search in Olares.

Supported search formats

Currently, only document-type content (PDF, web articles, and ePUB) is searchable. Other formats will be supported in the future.

1. Click searchin the Dock to open the search window.
2. Specifies the search scope to Wise, and enter the keywords to search.

Change appearance

By default, Wise follows your system's light/dark theme settings. You can override this to set your preferred appearance:

1. Click the settings in the bottom left corner and select Preferences。
2. Under Theme, choose your preferred appearance:
   • Light mode
   • Dark mode