August 5, 2026

Use the same text shortcuts on a Mac

The Mac has the same expansion list as the iPhone. You can edit it in System Settings.

• Productivity
• Easy · 2 min
• Mac on current macOS, including Tahoe
• Fix: set up text replacement on a Mac
• Cheat sheet

How to do it

1. 01

   Open System Settings > Keyboard.

2. 02

   Click Text Replacements.

3. 03

   Click the + button. Put the long text in the Phrase column and the short code in Shortcut.

4. 04

   Click Add, switch to an app, type the shortcut, and press Space.

If the iPhone list is already full of shortcuts, give iCloud a minute. The Mac list usually fills in on its own.