Anki on Mac in 60 seconds

lukeprog

Spaced repetition - like the 'Anki' program does - is one of the most efficient ways to learn new things. (For research citations, see 'Study methods', here.)

I previously explained how to get up and running with Anki on an Android phone. Here's the guide for using Anki on a Mac:

Go here and click 'Download Latest Release' (or here if you're on PowerPC).
Open the downloaded .dmg file, drag the Anki icon into your Applications folder in the dock, and then run the Anki application. (Click 'Open' when warned that the application was downloaded.)
Click 'Download' and search the list of decks for 'Less Wrong'. Download the 'Less Wrong Sequences' deck.
Set your review options as desired, then click 'Review.'

That's it!

(This full process will take longer than 60 seconds because of download speed, but will probably require only 60 seconds of interaction with the phone.)

Spaced repetition - like the 'Anki' program does - is one of the most efficient ways to learn new things. (For research citations, see 'Study methods', here.)

I previously explained how to get up and running with Anki on an Android phone. Here's the guide for using Anki on a Mac:

Go here and click 'Download Latest Release' (or here if you're on PowerPC).
Open the downloaded .dmg file, drag the Anki icon into your Applications folder in the dock, and then run the Anki application. (Click 'Open' when warned that the application was downloaded.)
Click 'Download' and search the list of decks for 'Less Wrong'. Download the 'Less Wrong Sequences' deck.
Set your review options as desired, then click 'Review.'

That's it!

(This full process will take longer than 60 seconds because of download speed, but will probably require only 60 seconds of interaction with the phone.)

I do think Anki is great... but do people really not know how to install this? I guess after the Android post this almost seemed a bit redundant :)

Can I make a post that has all of the above steps except it starts out

sudo pacman -S anki

I'm mostly teasing you... but perhaps these could have worked as just one post titled "Anki in 60sec." Then differentiate steps 1-2 for Android, iPhone (if it exists?), OS X, Win, Linux (many distros, of course)... and then the rest would stay the same.

On the other hand, LW now ranks in the top 10 Google results for "anki on mac" and "anki on android."

2lukeprog15y

I'm just trying to get people past trivial inconveniences. Your suggestion sounds like a good Wiki page.

8

Anki on Mac in 60 seconds

8

8

8

Anki on Mac in 60 seconds

8

8