Snippets

Overview

Snippets keeps text you reuse, each with a name and an optional keyword such as ;ship. Open the Snippets tab of Quick Search, then press Return to copy a snippet or ⌘V to paste it into the app you’re using.

Turn on keyword expansion, and typing a keyword in any app replaces it with its snippet. Mark a snippet sensitive to keep its text in your Mac’s Keychain and out of sight.

Shortcut

Not set by default

Tab in Quick Search

Snippets ⌘5 by default

macOS permissions

None neededOptional: Accessibility, Input Monitoring

How to use it

1. Save text you reuse with a name and, if you like, a keyword such as ;ship.
2. Open Quick Search and press ⌘5 (by default) for the Snippets tab.⌘5
3. Press Return to copy a snippet, or ⌘V to paste it into the app you’re using.↩

Key features

• Save text with a name and an optional keyword, such as ;ship
• Return or ⌘C copies a snippet, ⌘V pastes it into the app you’re using, ⌘E edits it, and Delete (⌫) removes it
• Expand keywords as you type in any app, then get your clipboard back; never in password fields or in Keybumps itself
• Sensitive snippets keep their text hidden in Quick Search and Settings, out of search, and in the Keychain; their keyword and name still find them
• The Search tab finds snippets by keyword, name, or a word in their text
• Import an Alfred snippets export
• Sort snippets by column, and select several to delete them or mark them sensitive together

Commands

Open its tab in Quick Search, or use its shortcuts from any app. You can change the shortcuts in Settings › Snippets.

• Snippets tabIn Quick Search, with its default key⌘5

• Open SnippetsNot set by default

Permissions and privacy

Snippets needs no macOS permissions.

It can use these too, but works without them:

• AccessibilityLets ⌘V paste a snippet into the app you’re using; without it, ⌘V copies. Expanding keywords needs it too.
• Input MonitoringLets Snippets notice when you type a keyword, for keyword expansion, which is off until you turn it on.

Questions