Guides
Practical guides to clipping, sharing and looping parts of YouTube videos, learning songs and languages from them, saving timestamps, and keyboard shortcuts.
Clipping and sharing
YouTube Clip button missing? How to clip a YouTube video now
YouTube removed the Clip button for viewers on April 17, 2026. Old clips still play. What still works, and how to clip and share part of a video today.
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How to share a specific part of a YouTube video
Timestamp links, embed links with start and end times, and clips: three ways to send just the part of a YouTube video that matters, and where each falls short.
6 min read
How to loop part of a YouTube video
YouTube can loop a whole video, but not part of one. How to repeat just the section you're practising, and why the popular embed trick doesn't work.
6 min read
Learning from videos
How to learn a song from YouTube: slow it down and loop it
A practice routine for learning songs, riffs and solos from YouTube: slowing down without changing the pitch, looping one passage, and saving the parts for next time.
6 min read
How to practise language shadowing with YouTube videos
Shadowing means repeating a speaker a split second behind them. How to do it with any YouTube video: choosing videos, looping one sentence, using captions and the transcript, and slowing down.
6 min read
How to take notes on YouTube courses and tutorials
A practical note-taking workflow for long-form YouTube tutorials and lecture series — what to capture, when to pause, and how to find it again months later.
7 min read
Bookmarks and keyboard shortcuts
YouTube shortcuts not working? 6 fixes (Space, K, arrows)
Space scrolls the page? K does nothing? Six reasons YouTube shortcuts stop working, with a 5-second test and the fix for each, on Windows and Mac.
4 min read
How to bookmark a YouTube video at a specific time (4 ways)
How to bookmark a YouTube video, and the exact moment inside it: Watch Later, timestamp links, browser bookmarks, notes and an extension, with the trade-offs of each.
7 min read
YouTube keyboard shortcuts: the full list for Windows and Mac
Every YouTube keyboard shortcut for playback speed, fullscreen, seeking, chapters and captions, with the Mac differences, and the five worth learning first.
6 min read