How it works

Your first highlight in Safari.

Choose your device

Your progress

  1. Let et al. read this page

    In Safari, open Safari Settings, choose Extensions, and switch on et al. Then open this page and click the et al. button in the toolbar.

    When Safari asks, choose Always Allow on This Website or Always Allow on Every Website. Allow for One Day is a temporary choice.

    In Safari, open Page Menu next to the address, then choose et al.

    Where to find et al.
    Safari’s Page Menu button beside the address on iPhone.
    1. Open Page Menu next to the address.
    The et al. row in Safari’s open Page Menu on iPhone.
    2. Choose et al.

    The toolbar can look different with another Safari layout or version.

    If Safari asks, allow access to this website to practice. Allow for One Day is temporary. For ongoing access, choose Always Allow…, then Always Allow on This Website. Access to every website is optional.

    Can’t find et al.?

    In Page Menu, choose Manage Extensions and turn on et al. Then open Page Menu again and choose et al.

    In Safari, choose the et al. button in the toolbar beside the address.

    Where to find et al.
    The et al. button beside Safari’s address on iPad.
    Choose the et al. button just to the right of the address.
    The et al. row in Safari’s puzzle-piece menu on iPad.
    If it isn’t shown, open the puzzle-piece menu and choose et al.

    The toolbar can look different with another Safari layout or version.

    If Safari asks, allow access to this website to practice. Allow for One Day is temporary. For ongoing access, choose Always Allow…, then Always Allow on This Website. Access to every website is optional.

    Can’t find et al.?

    Open Safari’s puzzle-piece menu, choose Manage Extensions, and turn on et al. Then open the puzzle-piece menu again and choose et al.

    et al. is running on this page.

  2. Highlight a sentence

    Select the sentence below, then choose a color in the et al. bar.

    Try it here

    Aster Vale Observatory

    A careful question can stay open until someone returns to it.

  3. Find it in your Library

    Open et al. from Safari’s toolbar or page menu, then choose Library. Look for Try your first highlight in your sources.

    Practice highlight is in your Library.

    Get to know your Library

    Your highlights and notes live here.

    Example Library on Mac, with a search field and one practice highlight beneath it.
    Example Library on Mac. Open a larger image: light or dark.
    Return to the source
    Choose a source’s page title to open the original webpage.
    Search your Library
    Use the search field at the top to search your highlights, notes, and pages.
    Add a note
    Open a highlight’s More (⋯) menu and choose Add note. To change an existing note, choose Edit note.
    Use tags and folders
    Open a highlight’s More (⋯) menu and choose Tag to add a tag, or Move to folder to put it in a folder.

    In your Library, choose Export to export highlights or create citations.


About the permission prompt

Safari will ask for permission.

The first time you use et al. on a site, Safari asks for permission. To bring up the prompt, open the et al. menu in Safari. On iPhone, open Page Menu, then et al. On iPad and Mac, choose the et al. button in the toolbar.

Choose access for this website to practice, or for every website if you want et al. available more widely. Always Allow keeps access until you change it. Allow for One Day is temporary. You can change website access later in Safari extension settings.

If et al. stops working on a site, check whether its access expired or was allowed only on another website. Open et al. from Safari’s toolbar or page menu, review its website access, and reload the webpage. Private Browsing may need separate permission.

This page itself does not send the practice text to et al Labs. If you turn on optional iCloud Sync in the app, your highlights follow the sync settings you choose there.

Get et al.

Download et al. for Mac, iPhone, and iPad.