Set up the browser button
- Open Magpie. The welcome walks you through setup. To see it again, choose Help > Show Welcome.
- Follow the welcome to add Send to Magpie to your browser: Google Chrome, Arc, Dia, Brave, Microsoft Edge, Vivaldi or Opera.
- Open X or LinkedIn and press Send to board on any post. It lands in your board’s inbox.
If something’s not working
“Open the Magpie app once so this browser can find it”
Open Magpie, then reload the X or LinkedIn tab and try again. If you’ve just installed a new browser, this also gets it connected.
“Reload the page; the extension was updated”
Reload the tab. The button comes back on its own.
There’s no button on a post
Reload the tab and check Send to Magpie is turned on in your browser’s extensions. If X or LinkedIn has changed their page, you can still save: use the Magpie button in the browser’s toolbar, or right-click and choose Send to board.
A link has no preview
Some sites need you to be signed in, so Magpie can’t see them. Save the page from your browser with the toolbar button instead, and Magpie keeps a picture of it as you see it.
Good to know
What do I need?
A Mac on macOS 26 or later. The Send to board button works in Google Chrome, Arc, Dia, Brave, Microsoft Edge, Vivaldi and Opera. In Safari or any other app, use the Mac’s Share menu and choose Magpie.
Where are my boards?
In a folder on this Mac. There’s no account and no cloud, so they don’t appear on other devices. If you use Time Machine, they’re backed up with everything else.
How do I remove everything?
Quit Magpie and delete the app. Your boards stay behind until you delete their folder too: in Finder, choose Go > Go to Folder, enter ~/Library/Application Support/Whiteboard, and move that folder to the Trash. Then remove Send to Magpie from your browser’s extensions.
What does Magpie do with my information?
It stays on your Mac. The Privacy Policy has the details.