• Read Me First
• Introduction
• Quick Start
• Sync Photos and Videos across Devices
• Sync a Photo Library across Devices
• Send Photos and Videos to Others
• Broadcast and Share Photo Albums
• Choose a File Sharing Method
• Use OS X File Sharing
• Sync Files and Folders across Devices
• Sync Folders with Others
• Broadcast Download Links
• Send Files to Others
• Share Documents with Others
• Send Contacts to Others
• Sync Contacts across Devices
• Sync Contacts with Others
• Broadcast Calendar Events
• Sync Calendars and Reminders across Devices
• Sync Calendars and Reminders with Others
• Sync Email across Devices
• Share Optical Discs with Other Macs
• Share Printers on Your Local Network
• Share Your iOS Device’s Internet Connection
• Share Your Mac’s Internet Connection
• Broadcast and Share Your Mac’s Screen
• Broadcast Your iOS Device’s Screen
• Broadcast Audio from Your iOS Device
• Share iPhone Calls and Texts across Devices
• Broadcast Browser Tabs to Other Devices
• Sync Browser Bookmarks across Devices
• Send Web Links to Others
• Sync Passwords across Devices
• Sync Passwords with Others
• Use iCloud Family Sharing
• Broadcast and Share Games and Game Stats
• Send Radio Stations to Others
• Send iTunes Playlists to Others
• Broadcast an iTunes Library in Your Home
• Share Tasks among Devices with Handoff
• About This Book
• About the Author
• About the Publisher
• Copyright and Fine Print

Send Web Links to Others

I just read this fantastic article on the Web, and I want my friend to read it too. So I need to send the URL. The old-fashioned way would have been to go to my browser’s address bar, select the URL, copy it, open my email program, paste it, address it to my friend, and click Send. That may have been fine for 2004 (and yes, it still works), but there are now quite a few ways to deliver a URL to someone else that require far fewer steps.

Almost every browser on every platform has a way to do this with just a couple of clicks or taps, and the biggest decision you’ll have to make is which delivery mechanism to use. My personal preferences are:

• Email: If I want to make it easy for the recipient to keep a record of the link (and any accompanying text I may send), I use email.
• Messages: If speed and efficiency are important but detailed commentary is not, using Messages is the way to go.
• Social Networks: If I want to share the link with lots of people at once, I post it on Twitter or (less frequently) another social network.

Safari for OS X

With a Web page open, click the Share button and choose a destination ①.

Fill in the recipient and any additional information that’s requested. Along with email, Messages, and Twitter, the menu lets you send URLs via AirDrop, Facebook, LinkedIn, and more—and third-party apps can add their own.

Google Chrome and Firefox for OS X

Chrome and Firefox don’t offer much in the way of sharing options, but you can choose File > Email Page Location (Chrome) or File > Email Link (Firefox) to send a link by email—or look for third-party extensions that let you quickly send links to other destinations.

iOS Browsers

In any iOS browser that supports Share sheets (including Google Chrome and Opera Mini), you can do the following:

1. Tap the Share icon, if you see one. Otherwise, look for a Share command.
2. Tap a destination in the Share sheet that appears ②. (If the destination you’re looking for isn’t there, try swiping the icons toward the left.)

Some iOS browsers don’t use the Share sheet but have a similar method of their own. For instance, in iCab Mobile, tap the Share icon > Sharing and then tap a command, such as Send URL by Mail.

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