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Arc Folders

You use Arc folders to organize your tabs with links to websites and pages. This allows you to group related content into collections within your browser. You can click on any folder in your sidebar to expand or hide its contents.

The sidebar has three sections for tabs: favorites, pinned, and today. When you click on links in other apps such as Airmail, Obsidian, or Drafts, they will be opened as Today tabs in your default browser; if you have selected Arc as your default browser, then new tabs are created at the bottom of the Today section of your sidebar.

You can drag/drop any folder to reorganize your sidebar; also, you can move a folder as a nested subfolder by simply dropping it on an existing folder.

Context Menu

When you use Ctl-tap (trackpad), or right-click (mouse) on a folder, you have options to rename, group, copy, share, create nested folders, or delete.

You can cluster multiple tabs together by selecting the first and last tab of a group, choose to create a New folder for the selected items, and assign the folder a name in your Pinned Tabs section.

If you press Opt with Ctl-tap, you can choose Copy All as Markdown Links and then paste that list of links from your clipboard into Drafts or Obsidian under an appropriate heading. For example, this is a great way to include links in an Obsidian topic map.

You can move any folder to another Arc space by choosing the Move to ... option, and select an appropriate destination space.

Also, you can share any Arc folder with anyone (on any browser) by choosing Share Folder..., selecting Copy Link to Folder, and sending that to them.

Arc Max provides several additional AI features for your folders. For example, you can turn on the settings for Today Tabs or Instant Links by entering Cmd-T > Settings > Max.

Tidy Tabs

Arc Max has an AI feature called Tidy Tabs that helps you organize your Today tabs. Whenever you have over six Today tabs, you can press the Tidy broom icon at the top of your Today Tabs in the sidebar. Arc will only organize Today Tabs, which appear below the + New Tab button. Then you might drag selected folders into Pinned Tabs.

With the Arc Max AI feature called Instant Links, you can simply press Shift-Enter after entering a web search into `Cmd-T` and Arc instantly opens the top result.

If you want to create a folder of tabs, use "Folder of" before your search query, like "Folder of the cutest cat breeds", and Arc will also automatically create a tab folder in your sidebar with the name Cutest Cat Breeds that will contain 5 tabs.