Browser Extensions

Day One offers three browser extensions: Chrome, Firefox, and Safari.

Chrome and Firefox Extensions

1. Download and install the Day One browser extension for Chrome or Firefox.
2. Once installed, click the new Day One icon in your browser.

3. Sign in with your Day One account. Simply use the QR code for easy login on web if you’re already logged in on your mobile device.

4. Right-click on the Day One icon extension to configure the extension’s options. From here, you can customize your default journal, and whether to save entries without editing. You can also select whether to open entries in the web app or Mac app.

5. On any web page, you can select text, the right click. Click the “New Entry from Selection” option to start a new entry from the selected text.

6. Clicking the extension icon will automatically start a new entry with the page URL and title. You can also add additional notes and tags.

7. A new Bookmarks journal will be automatically created for all entries created from the browser extension. You can always change your default journal back in Options.

Day One Safari Extension

The Day One Safari Extension comes bundled with the Day One Mac app. Download the Day One Mac app to get started.

Open Safari > Preferences > Extensions to enable the extension.

Once enabled, the extension will appear in Safari. Click it to start an entry from the browser. It will include information about the website currently being viewed. If text is highlighted first in the browser, the text is included in the extension as a quote. (You don’t need to right-click the selected text with the Safari extension, just select some text and then click the Day One icon in the toolbar, and the selected text will be included in your entry.)

Tags can be added and different journals can be selected. Click the New Window icon at the top right  to pop out the editor in a separate window.

There is no way to set a default journal for the Safari extension. It will default to the first journal in your journal list in the sidebar of the Day One macOS app. You can drag a different journal to the top of the list if you want that to be the default journal (you’ll need to restart Safari for that change to take effect).

Tap Save to save the entry in Day One.

Safari Share Extension

The built-in Safari Share Extension also includes some neat integrations with Day One. To use it, you’ll need to have downloaded the Day One Mac app.

From Safari, click the “Share” button on the top right corner of your browser.

If you don’t see Day One in your list of options, click Edit Extensions. Toggle on Day One.

Click to Share your link to Day One. The window will capture the web page title, link, and allow you to set your preferred journal, and add notes and tags. The Safari Share Extension will also automatically capture a PDF of the webpage.