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Why pins exist
Large libraries bury active courses under archives. Pinning floats collections you touch daily to the top of the explorer.
Unpin when a term ends — pins should reflect now, not forever.
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Continue reading
Dashboard and library surfaces offer Continue reading based on last-read metadata. One click returns to the exact page.
Cross-device sync means phone progress continues on laptop after sign-in.
Habitual root pages
Pin is for collections; also keep formula sheets or style guides as root-level pages for instant access beside notebooks.
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Planner plus pins
Pinned collections for material; planner for when. Opening from a calendar task still lands on the linked page even if unpinned.
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Search when pins are not enough
⌘K finds anything by title or indexed text. Pins are for the three things you always need; search is for the long tail.
Avoid pin sprawl
More than five pins recreates the problem. Review pins weekly.
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First-time empty libraries
Before you have history, upload and open one page so Continue reading has somewhere to point.
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Psychological win
Reducing open-the-right-file friction is the highest-ROI study habit Shelf offers after uploading itself.