The Library

The Library gathers your marks, routes and tracks. This page explains how to import them, find them again, export them for a plotter and share them.

Expected screenshot: the Library as a grid on Mac — mini-map thumbnails grouped by folder, with the Filter and Search controls in the toolbar, on the right.

Importing objects

On Mac:

1. Choose File ▸ Import… (⇧⌘I) and pick one or more GPX, KML or KMZ files — or simply drop them onto the window.
2. Thoosa recognises the originating plotter's dialect (Garmin, Raymarine, iSailor…) and restores names, colours, folders and symbols.
3. The objects appear in the Library, grouped by folder if the file had any.

On iPhone and iPad, go through the share sheet: in Files or Mail, open the file's Share menu and choose Thoosa, then confirm the import. On iPad you can also drag the file from Files onto the Thoosa window.

Finding an object

• Search — click the magnifying glass, on the right of the toolbar on Mac: it expands into a search field. Type a few letters of the name; the field collapses again once you leave it empty.
• Filter — click the Filter button next to the glass and tick the kinds to show (marks, routes, tracks), or narrow to Favourites or Around me. The icon fills in while any filter is active.

On iPhone and iPad these two controls sit just above the list.

To mark a favourite: right-click the object (swipe on iPhone) ▸ Add to favourites.

From Spotlight, without opening the app

Your marks, routes and tracks are indexed in Spotlight:

1. Press ⌘Space on Mac, or pull down on the Home Screen on iPhone or iPad.
2. Type the object's name.
3. Choose the Thoosa result: the app opens straight onto its detail.

Changing the presentation

Thumbnail grid or list, grouping by folder, thumbnail size and style: all of it is set in Settings ▸ Library.

Viewing an object

Double-click an object (tap it on iPhone) to open its detail: its position on the chart, its attached photos and documents, and its properties.

Exporting for a plotter or a file

On Mac:

1. Select the objects to export — click, then ⌘-click or ⇧-click to extend. With no selection, the export covers everything currently shown, filters included.
2. Choose File ▸ Export… (⇧⌘E), or right-click ▸ Export….
3. In the save dialog, open the Format popup:

• GPX (standard) — the most interoperable;
• GPX — Garmin, Raymarine, Imray, iSailor, iNavX, OpenCPN, C‑MAP — the dialect each plotter expects (colours, folders and symbols included);
• KML (embedded photos) — a single file with the photos embedded;
• Thoosa Archive (KMZ) — the KML together with the photos and attached documents (PDFs…) in one archive.

1. Save. The chosen format is offered first next time — you can also change it at any time in Settings ▸ Library.

Expected screenshot: the macOS save panel with the "Format:" popup open on the GPX, KML and KMZ flavours.

Sharing

To send objects by AirDrop, Mail or Messages:

• On Mac — right-click ▸ Share…. The file is produced in the current export format (visible in Settings ▸ Library), then the share sheet opens.
• On iPhone and iPad — tap Select, tick the objects, then Share in the bottom bar and pick the format from the menu.
• From an object's detail — the toolbar Share button does the same for that single object.

Deleting

Right-click ▸ Delete — always last in the menu — or swipe the row left on iPhone. For a batch: Select, tick, then Delete in the bottom bar.

A route still used by a logbook voyage is protected: end or delete that voyage first.