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Turn your MacBook notes and PDFs into flashcards with AI

Upload lecture slides, PDFs, typed notes or photos of pages. DeckOwl builds flashcards from your own material and schedules reviews with spaced repetition, all in the browser on your MacBook.

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Make flashcards on your MacBook from your own material

Most students already have their course material on the laptop: lecture PDFs, slide decks and typed notes. A flashcard maker for MacBook turns those files into cards without retyping anything, so the time goes into studying instead of copying.

Upload a 40-page PDF from your MacBook and get a first deck without typing a single card by hand.
Photos of printed handouts taken with your phone can be imported and read with text recognition.
Free plan: 3 generations per month with study in the browser.
Students get 40% off Plus with a school email address.

Example MacBook keyboard shortcut flashcards

What does Command-Shift-3 do on a Mac?Takes a screenshot of the entire screen and saves it as a file, by default to the desktop.

What does Command-Shift-4 do on a Mac?Lets you drag to select an area of the screen and saves a screenshot of just that area.

What does Command-Space open on a Mac?Spotlight search, used to find apps, files and documents, and to launch apps quickly.

What does Command-Q do in a Mac app?Quits the active app completely · Closes all its windows · Does not close other running apps.

What does Command-Option-Escape open on a Mac?The Force Quit Applications window · Lets you close an app that has stopped responding · Does not restart the Mac.

Generate the full set

Works from any file you already have

Upload PDF, DOCX, PPTX, plain text or images. Photos of pages are read with text recognition.

Spaced repetition built in

Cards come back at intervals that adjust to what you remember, so you spend time on the ones you miss.

Nothing to install

DeckOwl runs in the browser on your MacBook. Start on the free plan without a credit card.

How it works

Upload your material

Drag in a PDF, slide deck, document, notes file or a photo of a page from your MacBook.

Generate flashcards

DeckOwl reads the text and writes question-and-answer cards from your own content.

Study and review

Work through the deck in the browser and let spaced repetition choose what comes up next.

Because DeckOwl runs in the browser, there is no app to download or update on macOS. The free plan includes 3 generations per month with browser study. Plus adds unlimited generations and exports to PDF, DOCX, Anki and CSV for anyone who wants their cards in another tool.

Cards are only part of the picture. You can also generate multiple choice, true or false and short answer quizzes with explanations, along with mind maps, so one set of notes can be reviewed in more than one way.

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best MacBook keyboard shortcuts to memorize with flashcards?

Useful ones to start with are Command-Shift-3 for a full-screen screenshot, Command-Shift-4 for a selected area, Command-Space for Spotlight and Command-Option-Escape to open Force Quit. Putting the key combination on the front and the action on the back makes recall practice easy.

How many flashcards should I make in one study session?

Most people do better with a short session of 20 to 40 cards than with one long pass through a large deck. Review regularly and let spaced repetition bring back the cards you find hardest.

Do I need to install anything on my MacBook to use DeckOwl?

No. DeckOwl runs in the browser, so you can upload files and study without installing an app on macOS.

Can I export my flashcards to Anki from a MacBook?

Yes, but export is a paid feature. Plus, at $39 per year or $7.99 per month, includes export to PDF, DOCX, Anki and CSV, while the free plan is limited to studying in the browser.

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