Why I love Arc browser’s Shared Folders – and how they work

The Arc browser has put the fun back in browsing. It’s unique and well-designed, and the longer you use the browser, the more features you’ll find to help you enjoy the web even more. One feature I’ve discovered that makes collaboration (or just sharing information) easier is Shared Folders. 

Folders? In a browser?

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Seriously. And they’re really helpful for keeping your tabs even more organized. You can create folders for any topic or category and drag and drop open tabs into them so they don’t clutter the interface.

Those folders also serve another purpose — sharing. You can create a folder, fill it with tabs, and then share it with others — regardless of which browser they use.

One thing to note: The folks with whom you’ve shared folders will not receive updates about the folders, and you cannot delete the permalink for a folder. Therefore, the only way to revoke access to a folder is to delete the folder. With that in mind, I like to think of Shared Folders as temporary repositories for links that I will eventually delete when I’m finished with them.

In any case, Shared Folders is a feature I’ve grown fond of, and I want to show you how it works.

Creating a folder

What you’ll need: The only thing you’ll need is the Arc browser installed on MacOS. As of this writing, the share feature doesn’t work on Arc for Windows. (Hopefully, the feature will come to the Windows version soon.) That’s it. Let’s share.

Share the folder

With your folder created, it’s now time to share it. Here’s how.

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One other cool folder trick

Other than sharing your folders, there’s one other cool trick that can come in handy. Let’s say you’ve collected a number of links within a folder that are all related to a specific category. If you right-click (or two-finger tap) the folder, you can select Turn X Into Space (Where X is the name of the folder). This will create a new space, named after the folder, that includes all the links within the folder.

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That’s all there is to creating and sharing your folders in the Arc browser. This is yet another feature that makes me glad I’ve made the switch to Arc for MacOS. Of course, I’d be remiss if I didn’t remind the Browser Company that it should port Arc to Linux.