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Your Mac text replacements, working in every app.
macOS Text Replacements skip Word, Outlook, Google Docs and any website that switches autocorrect off. Replacely is a small Mac app that imports the shortcuts you already have and makes them expand everywhere you type. One payment, no subscription.
Keeps your existing shortcuts
Imports the text replacements you set up in System Settings, so there is nothing to retype.
Works where macOS gives up
Expands in Office, web editors like Google Docs, and sites that turn the built-in feature off.
Dates and cursor placement
Type a shortcut for today's date, a signature or a template, with the cursor where you need it.
Pay once
A one-time price. Your snippets stay on your Mac, with optional iCloud sync.
Guides
- Text replacements not syncing between iPhone and MacText replacements sync through iCloud Drive, and it often stalls. Check these settings on iPhone and Mac, try the fixes that work, and keep a backup either way.
- How to export and back up your Mac text replacementsExport your Mac text replacements to a file in a few seconds, get them out as a CSV, and avoid the known import bug that can empty your list on a new Mac.
- How to insert today's date with a keyboard shortcut on Mac, in any appmacOS Text Replacements can't insert today's date. Here's how to do it with the free Shortcuts app, or with Espanso, Raycast and other expanders, in any app.
- Text replacements stopped working after a macOS update: what to checkIf your Mac text replacements stopped expanding after an update, work through these checks in order, from the per-app toggle to a missing list and iCloud.
- Mac text replacement not working in FirefoxFirefox only added macOS Text Replacement support in version 136, and it still skips some fields. What to update, the about:config setting, and what to use.
- Mac text replacement not working in Google DocsmacOS Text Replacements often don't fire in Google Docs, even when they work elsewhere in the browser. Use Docs' own Substitutions list or an expander instead.
Questions
Why do Mac text replacements not work in some apps?
The built-in feature runs inside the text system that native Mac apps use. Apps and web editors that handle typing themselves, such as Microsoft Word and Google Docs, skip it, and websites can switch it off per field. Our guides cover each app.
Is Replacely available now?
Not yet. We're building it. Join the waitlist and we'll email you once when it launches.
What will it cost?
A one-time price, not a subscription. We will announce it to the waitlist before launch.