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Snippets that change by app and website
The sign-off you use in Mail isn’t the one you use on GitHub. Give both the same abbreviation, and let the place decide.
By Anmol Sethi · Updated
Quick answer
Each Snipora snippet expands Everywhere, Only in… the apps and websites you pick, or Everywhere but… them. Two snippets can share an abbreviation with different places, so ;sig is formal in Mail and short in Slack. Websites need the free Safari or Chrome extension, which sends only the site’s name.
How rules work
- Everywhere: the default.
- Only in…: the snippet expands only in the apps and websites listed.
- Everywhere but…: it expands anywhere except those.
When two snippets share an abbreviation, the one whose rule names the app or website you’re in wins. Everywhere is the fallback.
Websites, and what the extension sends
Snippets already expand in every browser without an extension. The extension is only for website rules: it tells Snipora the site’s name, like github.com, and never the full address, the page or what’s on it.
- Safari: Safari → Settings → Extensions, tick Snipora, and allow it on all websites.
- Chrome, Brave, Edge, Arc, Vivaldi: Settings → Browser and tools → Browser extension → Set up….
Where it is in Snipora
- Open a snippet in Edit snippets.
- Pick Everywhere, Only in… or Everywhere but… under its text.
- Add apps from the list of installed apps, or type a website like
github.com.
Questions people ask
- Can I stop snippets in one app entirely?
- Give the snippets you don’t want there Everywhere but… that app. Password fields are already off limits: macOS hides them from every expander.
- Does the extension see my browsing?
- It sends Snipora the name of the site in the active tab, on your Mac, and nothing else. No addresses, no history, no page content.
Snipora is free for up to 15 snippets. No account.
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