All Guides

Short, task-by-task guides for reading, translating, and building flashcards with LeafyApp.

Anki & Flashcards

Build an Anki Deck Out of What You Read Pick words from what you already read, choose a layout, export straight to Anki. Aug 13, 2026 · 3 min read Kindle Vocabulary Builder to Anki Two column CSV in, deck with the sentence on the card out, and where the meanings come from. Sep 21, 2026 · 3 min read Why Anki Takes So Long, and What Actually Fixes It Making the cards is the slow part, not reviewing them. Three fixes that work. Aug 13, 2026 · 3 min read

Review & Retention

Sentence Mining on a Mac, in Any App Cards from real sentences you met, not from word lists. Works in any app. Aug 13, 2026 · 3 min read

Screen Translation

Screen Translator for Mac: Translate Anything on Screen Box any part of the screen with ⌥A and read it back in your language. Sep 6, 2026 · 3 min read Translate Selected Text on Mac, in Any App The built in menu, a keyboard shortcut for it, and what to do where it does nothing. Sep 6, 2026 · 3 min read

PDF & OCR

How to OCR a PDF on a Mac, Free and Built In Preview can do it alone: File, Export, tick Embed Text. Aug 13, 2026 · 3 min read

Look Up & Vocabulary Tools

How to Look Up a Word on Mac Select a word and press ⌃⌘D, or tap with three fingers. What to use where it fails. Aug 13, 2026 · 2 min read How to Find a Word on a Mac ⌘F in the page, Spotlight and Finder across the disk, and what to do when the word is only pixels. Sep 21, 2026 · 2 min read Export Kindle Vocabulary Builder Words The sqlite command that pulls your looked-up words out of vocab.db. Aug 13, 2026 · 2 min read