![]() Every time I ask about this on Twitter, it brings a strong response of similar experiences.Įven though I know it’s broken, I decided to get scientific about it. Sometimes the sync will work one direction, but not the other. Sometimes it will only sync back old snippets that you have deleted. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. Text replacement syncing is completely broken. At least that is when Apple said it was introduced. In iOS 6 (2012), syncing between Mac and iOS devices was introduced. Switching back and forth between keyboards kill the convenience so I don’t use it.Īpple introduced text expansion as a built-in feature with Snow Leopard (2009) and iOS 5 (2011) updates. While I still love Textexpander on my Mac, it’s much less convenient on an iPhone because it requires a 3rd party keyboard. There are fantastic third party apps like Textexpander that have been doing this for years. Once setup, the feature is incredibly useful. ![]() For instance, I make “welll” automatically go to “we’ll” to save the apostrophe hunting. You can also use it to force an autocorrect. Your life will change.” (What? It’s the truth. With this feature you create shortcut text that, when typed, expands to something longer.įor instance, you might create a shortcut so that “4yum” automatically expands to “For the best pastries in the world, visit Les Madeleines in Salt Lake City and ask for a Kouign Aman. Text replacement snippets are a useful tool that can be used on macOS and iOS. ![]()
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