TypeShift adds AI-powered text expansion on Mac
TypeShift is a Mac text expander that turns short typed shortcuts into longer saved text. The new update adds AI macros. A saved pattern like {ai: your prompt} can call the user’s AI API at the moment the shortcut expands.
This can rewrite clipboard text, create replies that fit the current situation, or automate things normally typed by hand into Claude, ChatGPT, or Grok. Snippets can now be limited to certain apps, such as running only in Mail and Outlook, blocked in Slack, or kept global. Usage stats show how often each snippet runs, with a rolling weekly history.
The app says snippet data and usage data stay on the Mac, with no analytics or snippet content collected or shared. Enterprise and volume licensing support is also being added after an organization asked about wider deployment.
Key points
- TypeShift is a Mac text expander for turning short shortcuts into saved text.
- AI macros can run prompts through the user’s AI API during text expansion.
- It can automate tasks normally typed into Claude, ChatGPT, or Grok.
- Snippets can be allowed or blocked by app.
- Snippet content and usage data are described as staying on the Mac.
Quick term guide
- text expander
- An app that turns a short typed shortcut into a longer saved phrase.
- AI macros
- Saved shortcuts that can ask an AI tool to do something when they run.
- clipboard
- A temporary place where copied text or content is stored.
- usage data
- Information about how, when, and how much someone uses a service.
- analytics
- Stats that show things like visits, clicks, and user activity.
- enterprise
- A large business or company, which usually buys special software plans for better security and privacy guarantees.
- licensing
- Official permission or certification needed to work in a certain field.
- deployment
- The process of putting software changes into a running system.