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Resurface widget

A widget that brings back one capture at a time and changes every three hours.

Sizes
Medium and large
Changes
Every 3 hours
On
Mac, iPhone, iPad

Add the widget

On Mac, add Resurface from the widget gallery. On iPhone and iPad, add it to your Home Screen. It comes in medium and large.

What it shows

One capture at a time: its cover, its title, and a line with how long ago you saved it and your Inbox count, or Inbox clear.

  • Click or tap the cover or title to open that capture in Resurf.
  • On iPhone and iPad, tap the line at the bottom to open your Inbox.

How it chooses

Resurf picks a small set of captures for the widget, favoring ones you saved at least three days ago and haven't opened in the last two weeks. Captures with a cover, pinned ones and ones you've never opened come up more often.

If too few older captures qualify, it uses newer ones too, so a new library still fills the widget. A new capture shows every three hours, and the order changes each day.

The set is picked again when you open Resurf. Until then, the widget keeps showing the last set in a new order each day.

Questions

Why does it say Nothing to resurface yet?

Resurf hasn't given the widget any captures yet, or your library is empty. Open Resurf once.

Why did something I saved today show up?

When too few older captures qualify, the widget uses newer ones too.

Why hasn't the set changed in days?

A new set is picked only when Resurf runs. Until then, the widget shows the last set in a new order each day.