# Similar captures

> See captures that look or read like the one you're on, from anywhere in your library.

- Page: https://resurf.so/guides/similar
- Section: Find
- Works on: Mac
- Last checked against the app: 2026-10-17
- Open: `⇧⌘\`
- Where: Info pane, beside Info
- Status: Beta

## Turn it on

Similar is a Beta on Mac. It runs a model on your Mac, so the first time it downloads the model and reads your library once.

1. Select a capture and press `⇧⌘\`, or click **Similar** at the top of the Info pane.
2. Click **Turn on**. The model downloads, then Resurf reads your library. Progress shows in the tab.
3. Once it's read, the tab shows captures like this one, closest first.

Video: [Turning on Similar: the Similar tab's Turn on button, the model download and library reading progress, then similar captures closest first.](https://resurf.so/guides/clips/clip-similar-setup.mp4)

**Turn on** also turns on [search by meaning](https://resurf.so/guides/meaning-search).

## Use the Similar tab

1. Click a cover to open it. `⌥`-click opens it beside, and `⌘`-click picks it.
2. Narrow with the pills at the top, such as Notes or Images.
3. Hover a cover to see what the two share, such as the same site or a tag.
4. At the foot, click **Show all in library** to see them in the library, or **Select** to pick several.

Video: [The Similar tab of a capture, filtered to images, then links, then all, and scrolled.](https://resurf.so/guides/clips/clip-similar.mp4)

When several of these are in a space this capture isn't in, the tab offers to **Add** it there.

## Other ways in

- **Find similar.** Right-click a capture. The library shows a **Similar to** chip with the closest captures first. Remove the chip to go back.
- **Peek similar.** Right-click a capture, or click the **Similar** pill in a Peek, to step through similar captures.
- **Like these.** Select two or more captures and click **Find similar** in the Info pane, or press `⇧⌘\`.
- **Might belong in.** At the end of a space, captures from elsewhere that fit. Hover one and click +, or click **Add all**.

Peek similar works once your library has been read. Set Similar up in the tab first.

## Hide it

The Similar tab shows for every Mac user. To hide it, turn off **Show beside Info** in **Settings → Experiments → Similar captures**. That also hides Find similar, Peek similar and Might belong in.

## Questions

### Does Similar send my captures anywhere?

No. The model runs on your Mac. The only network use is downloading the model and the code that runs it.

### Find similar opened the Similar tab instead of the library.

Your library hasn't been read yet. Click Turn on in the tab to set it up.

### Is Similar on iPhone or iPad?

No. It's on Mac only.

## More guides

- Previous: [Quick Search](https://resurf.so/guides/quick-search.md)
- Next: [Search by meaning](https://resurf.so/guides/meaning-search.md)
- [Search](https://resurf.so/guides/search.md): Find any capture by typing words you remember from it.
- [Filters](https://resurf.so/guides/filters.md): Narrow the library by tag, space, type, color, date or status.
- [Sort and shuffle](https://resurf.so/guides/sort.md): Change the order of your library: newest first, recently updated, best match or random.
- [Quick Search](https://resurf.so/guides/quick-search.md): Search your library from any app on your Mac.
- [Search by meaning](https://resurf.so/guides/meaning-search.md): Find captures that match what you mean, not only the words you typed.
- [Resurface widget](https://resurf.so/guides/resurface-widget.md): A widget that brings back one capture at a time and changes every three hours.
- [Every guide](https://resurf.so/llms.txt)