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You type a short abbreviation like `;addr` and Snipora replaces it with the full text: your address, a reply you send every day, a signature, today’s date. It works in any Mac app, from Mail and Slack to Xcode and Terminal.

A text expander has to see what you type to notice an abbreviation, and post keystrokes to replace it. macOS puts both behind these two switches. Snipora asks once, shows exactly which switches to turn on, and never sends what you type anywhere. Read the full guide

macOS 14 Sonoma or later · Apple silicon & Intel.

Not yet. Snipora is Mac-only. Your snippets are open JSON, so a port later wouldn’t lock you in. macOS Text Replacements already sync to your iPhone for simple ones.

Dates with offsets (`{date+3d}`) or in words (`{date:next friday}`), the time, your clipboard and the copies before it (`{clipboard:2}`), where the cursor lands (`{cursor}`), other snippets (`{snippet:;sig}`), fill-in fields and pop-up choices, key presses like Tab and Return, Markdown that arrives as formatted text, and images.

You choose: instantly as you finish typing it, after a space or punctuation, or only when you press Tab, and any snippet can go its own way. Esc right after an expansion turns it back into what you typed.

Yes. A snippet can expand everywhere, only in the apps and websites you pick, or everywhere except them. Give `;sig` one version for Mail and another for github.com, and the right one appears. Websites need the free Safari or Chrome extension, which only tells Snipora the site’s name. Read the full guide

Press ⌃⌥Space in any app, search by abbreviation or text, and press Return to paste. While you type an abbreviation, a small popup also lists the snippets that match.

The editor warns when an abbreviation is the end of a common word (like `adr` in “quadruple”) or the start of another snippet. Starting abbreviations with `;` avoids it entirely.

Yes. On first launch Snipora looks for snippets from macOS Text Replacements, Espanso and Alfred and offers to bring them over in one click. TextExpander, Raycast and CSV exports come in through Import…. Abbreviations get a ; in front, so omw becomes ;omw; one that already starts with a symbol keeps it. Anything that can’t carry over is listed in a report, never dropped silently. Read the full guide

Turn on Sync with iCloud Drive and your snippets live in iCloud Drive → Snipora, so every Mac with it on uses the same list. No server of ours is involved.

Point Snipora at a shared folder (iCloud shared folder, Dropbox, Google Drive) and it uses the pack files in it, updating as they change. Shared snippets are read-only, plain text, and never beat your own snippet with the same abbreviation.

Any time. Export writes open JSON with every abbreviation, text and rule. Your snippets are also a plain JSON file on your Mac or in iCloud Drive.

When a password field or an app like 1Password turns on Secure Input, macOS hides every keystroke from every app, so no expander can work. Instead of failing silently, Snipora pauses, names the app holding it and offers to quit it. The ⌃⌥Space picker still pastes snippets in the meantime. Read the full guide

To spot text you keep retyping, Snipora counts the last few words you type, in memory only. Nothing is saved to disk or sent anywhere, single words never count, and it’s gone when you quit. One switch turns it off, and “What we see” shows how many phrases it holds.

JavaScript snippets run in a sandbox with no network or file access. Shell and AppleScript snippets are off until you switch them on, because they can do anything you can. Imported or shared snippets that run scripts or press keys always ask first.

Your snippets, what you type and the suggestions never do. The only network use is iCloud Drive if you turn it on, update checks, and licence checks for paid plans.

Free for up to 15 snippets, suggestions included. For unlimited snippets, pick Pro ($2.99/month, or $24.99/year to save 30%) or pay once for a lifetime licence that includes every future update: $29.99 for the first 50 buyers (25% off), then $39.99 for one Mac, or $59.99 for 3 Macs and $79.99 for 5. No account either way.

Snipora drops back to the free plan. Nothing is deleted: your snippets stay, and the first 15 keep expanding.

Yes, every future update, including major versions. No version lock, no upgrade fee.

Yes: a full refund within 14 days of buying, no forms. Email us from the address you bought with. Read the full guide