Anki For Macbook

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  1. When 2.1.26 came out for the Mac, I immediately updated my version of Anki. After doing so, I tried to download a few add-ons. It turns out, however, that these add-ons only support Anki 2.1.23 for the Mac. I uninstalled Anki and installed the 2.1.23 version instead. Now, I can’t open my profile and access my decks.
  2. Anki is a Mac program that offers you a smart solution for prepping before exams. By working with this application, you can design two-sides study cards and test your knowledge level in areas like History, Math, Science and many other.

If you’re in medical school and on this site, you may already be familiar with Anki, the spaced repetition app that purports to stick facts in your brain more quickly and more permanently than than any other method. If not, we will be posting an article soon enough about the ins and outs of Anki, “UFAP”…the whole nine…

This article is written from the perspective that you are already familiar with Anki, but looking to increase your flexibility with a remote control, so that you dont have to be right up against the keyboard.

‎AnkiMobile is a mobile companion to Anki, a powerful, intelligent flashcard program that is free, multi-platform, and open-source. Sales of this app support the development of both the computer and mobile version, which is why the app is priced as a computer application. AnkiMobile offers some feat. Anki for desktop computers. Contribute to ankitects/anki development by creating an account on GitHub. If you have an Apple device, purchasing AnkiMobile is a great way to study on the go, and your purchase will help support Anki. More info is available on the AnkiMobile website. Other Methods We would like to offer other options to support Anki in the future, but unfortunately don't have an ETA at this stage.

Oh and another thing. Even when you buy the remote, you don’t want to be using remote with tiny fonts, eliminating the purpose of having the remote and being able to stand far away lay in bed, or whatever.

In this article I will show you”

1. How to buy and install an Anki remote on a mac.

2. How to set up multiple profiles so you can easily use the same remote for Anki, Firecracker, USMLERx, and switch between them fast.

3. How to Increase the font size so you can actually use it from a distance.

Soon you’ll be boring yourself senseless in style!

Buying the Remote Controller

Which remote you use is a matter of choice. In this instance though, we will use the Fortune tech wireless remote. Its available for about ten bucks on amazon here. (Prime too). This remote is ideal because it lets you do cards one handed.

Oh, and you’ll need to need two AAA batteries

Connecting the Remote Controller

By now, you should have your mitts on the Fortune Wireless remote. Turn that baby on by holding the power button.

Now Turn your computer’s bluetooth on. Connect “Fortune Tech Wireless.”

A Brief Interlude to Talk About the Little Red Light On the Remote…

When it is connected, it should blink at a slow rate. If it is blinking at a fast rate, that ostensibly means the battery is low, however I have found this is pretty much never the case. Usually, if you take the batteries out and put them back in, then “connect” your bluetooth from the computer, the light will go back to its regular rate and connect just fine.

Anyways…

You also need to make sure the little switch on the left side is turned “forwards” to “Key.” Having it on the other position will make the joystick control the mouse (badly). We don’t want that.

Mapping the Anki Remote Controller To your Keyboard

So order the remote, and while you wait for it to pop into your mailbox, download Karabiner-Elements here.

This will allow you to map the buttons of the remote to keys on your keyboard, ultimately letting you control Anki from a distance.

So download and install it in the usual fashion.

Next launch Karabiner-Elements from launchpad or wherever its installed.

Now is your chance to map the keys to your remote.

There are a number of ways to do it custom, luckily I have already determined the most ergonomic way and will show you directly how to map them. By the way, we will be making a setup for Anki, Firecracier, and USMLERx, which you can easily switch between. Sound good? Cool.

Open Karabiner Elements and set target device “for all devices.”

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Click “add item”

Your left “from key” field will be the button on the remote, while the right “to key” field will be the target on your keyboard. The perfect setup is indicated below. Make your keyboard setup look exactly like this.

If you press the trigger or “ok” button, the card will flip.

If you press up on the little joystick, it will press “1” on your keyboard, as in “show me in <15 minutes or what the low knowledge Anki key is. Press down, and you will hit “2”, Press left for “3”, and right for “4”.

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You will be able to scroll down with B And up with A to see further info on the cards such as in Anking or whatever cards that require scrolling.

This setup also works perfectly for Firecracker and the scroll feature is especially useful with Firecracker because there is more content. Don’t worry that you are missing the 5 key from Firecracker. 4 will get you into the red.

Now put a piece of tape on your remote and write the numbers until you learn them. (Will only take about 30 minutes of use to memorize them).

Beautiful. This setup will work perfectly for Anki and firecracker.

Ok, but what if I like to use USLMERx AND Anki?

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Well you’re golden brah. Because I’m going to tell you how to set up another profile for USMLERx.

Open Karabiner-Elements again and hustle on over to the “profiles” tab.

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Got it? Cool now press Add profile and select the new profile. Name it USMLERx

Go back to the simple modifications page and set it up as below.

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The real beauty of it is that you can VERY easily switch between the Anki/Firecracker profile and USMLERx with a dropdown in your task bar… Check it out. Click the little square Karabiner-Elements logo. Just make sure you are using the right profile or you’ll be confused for about two seconds.

Oh but one more thing….

Make the Anki Font Bigger so you can Actually use the Remote From Far Away!!!!

  1. Open Anki
  2. Go to browse
  3. Find the deck you want
  4. Highlight it
  5. Click “cards
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Go into the card and find every instance of “font size” and replace it with a big big number. Don’t worry!! you won’t hurt anything!!! There is no reason for the font to be tiny.

Now you’re made in the shade brother. Stay cool.

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  • Haven’t used either but I’d guess iOS is the more popular platform so they can make money by charging iOS users. $25 is steep though.

    The guy who made anki, makes no money from his desktop version – only from donations. He made the entire program, including things like sync etc.

    In order to make money from this, he decided to make an app for appstore(also made by him). He decided on what he thinks is a fair price.

    The android version was not made by him, and he let someone else make the app for android. Since it was not his work, he isn’t charging anything for it.

    To be honest, it is barely anything to pay for such an awesome program. Considering how much I use it, I should probably donate him something for his awesome work. After all he isn’t out to rip people, only to make a living.

    I completely agree with Kekoa. There are some AMAZING apps that cost much much less than ANKI. ANKI is has not had any updates to the iphone version for a long time either. To say iphone users have to subsidize all the free versions is sooooo unfair. It seems vain of Mr. Elmes to think that all the other app makers who charge 1000% less for their apps do less work.

    From the anki site.

    For the last four and a half years, I have invested thousands of hours on making a robust, powerful cross platform desktop application freely available. What started as a hobby has grown into a full time job. Some kind people have donated to the project, but sadly donations are not enough to live on. So I created this app to raise money for the Anki project, while also making something people wanted.

    Taken alone, AnkiMobile is expensive for an app. However, AnkiMobile is not a standalone app, but part of an ecosystem, and the $17.50 Apple gives me on each sale goes towards the development of that whole ecosystem. For the price, you get not only the app, but a powerful desktop application, a free online synchronization service, and mobile clients for various platforms. The desktop application is open source, which is essential for ensuring you won’t get locked out in the future. If I’m ever run over by a bus, somebody else could take over development, and the content of your cards and your learning history is in an open format which makes it easy to move into a different learning system if you choose.

    The reason the iPhone app hasn’t seen any updates recently is because it is being completely rebuilt to work with Anki 2. I know I fully intend to buy the app once the new version is released, since I am already using Anki 2. Until then, I’m reviewing on Ankiweb.

    If it makes it easier to swallow, you can think of it more as a donation to the cause, one that Anki is certainly worthy of.

    • This reply was modified 8 years, 2 months ago by Erik.

    When you guys put it that way, $25 does seem like money worth spending. If Anki 2 can fulfil my needs such as syncing decks across all platforms then I won’t mind donating to the cause.

    Exactly. Developing an application is a huge amount of work, especially when you make it work across at least three platforms (Windows, Linux, Mac) plus iOS (made by him) and Android.

    Just think of all the time Anki has saved you and $25 is a bargain. I’d say if it saved you just five hours it would be worth it (and we know it is a lot more than that).

    I do not regret spending money on Anki Mobile at all. I believe that I would not have progressed if I wasn’t able to use Anki on the go

    Seems strange to me that anyone would readily pay $120 for a vastly incomplete online textbook, but whine about $25 for a tool they will probably be relying on every day, for many years to come.

    It was a valid question. The unofficial android app was free, and suddenly after making the jump to iOS, the app was $25. It would pique my curiosity too if I didn’t already know about it.

    While I agree that TextFugu is incomplete and the wait for new lessons is frustrating, it has given me and many others a great foundation to start learning Japanese. Many other self learners are put off by traditional textbooks. TextFugu’s approach is easy to understand, motivating and doesn’t throw you in at the deep end too quickly. In that aspect it’s worth every cent of the $120.

    I think some of the helpful answers provided in this thread have answered the original posters question.

    mtb812, however, was not asking any question. He/she was complaining that it’s “sooooo unfair”. He says that it’s vain to charge for Anki on iOS because some other people make apps for free. That strikes me as a strange opinion for a Premium Subscriber of another resource, especially one that is both more expensive and also incomplete. Just seems like an odd sense of value to me and so I commented as such.

    It has little to do with whether or not TextFugu is actually worth its price and I apologise for any criticism of the site that came across in my post.

    Elenkis. You’re great. It’s good to know that there’s people here who can see through all the fluff and BS on TF and don’t worship the ground Koichi walks on.

    You’re my hero of the day.

    Nah. I’m too much of a drifter for marriage. Looks like I’ll be hitting the rails once more….
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