/substitutions

Useful text substitutions for macOS/iOS.

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Substtitions → Substitutions

Useful text substitutions for macOS and iOS. With these installed, typing /1star into a native macOS/iOS text field will replace it with ★☆☆☆☆, and so on.

I strongly encourage you to freely add your own text substitutions, they’re terribly handy!

Installation

  • Download substitutions.plist
  • Open the macOS text replacement screen
    • Monterey and earlier: System Preferences → Keyboard → Text
    • Ventura and later: Settings → Keyboard → Text Input → Text Replacements
  • Drag substitutions.plist into the text-replacement area

macOS will merge this with any existing substitutions, although this list will clobber any duplicates.

💡 iCloud will synchronize these between your devices, so anything you add on macOS will also be usable on your iOS devices.

Usage

In any native macOS/iOS text field, type the trigger term and it will be automatically substituted. See the table below for a full list of substitutions.

⚠️ Note that some applications (e.g., Firefox) don’t use native text fields, and so text substitutions won’t work there. My clunky workaround is to open Spotlight (Command-Space by default), type the term there, and copy out the substitution.

Term Substitution
/1star ★☆☆☆☆
/2star ★★☆☆☆
/3star ★★★☆☆
/4star ★★★★☆
/5star ★★★★★
/framed1 🎥 🟩 ⬛️ ⬛️ ⬛️ ⬛️ ⬛️
/framed2 🎥 🟥 🟩 ⬛️ ⬛️ ⬛️ ⬛️
/framed3 🎥 🟥 🟥 🟩 ⬛️ ⬛️ ⬛️
/framed4 🎥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 ⬛️ ⬛️
/framed5 🎥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 ⬛️
/framed6 🎥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩
/framed7 🎥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥
/framedx 🎥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥
/darr ↓
/larr ←
/rarr →
/uarr ↑
/numero №
/no0 ⓪
/no1 ①
/no2 ②
/no3 ③
/no4 ④
/no5 ⑤
/no6 ⑥
/no7 ⑦
/no8 ⑧
/no9 ⑨
/num0 ⓪
/num1 ①
/num2 ②
/num3 ③
/num4 ④
/num5 ⑤
/num6 ⑥
/num7 ⑦
/num8 ⑧
/num9 ⑨
/sub1 ₁
/sub2 ₂
/sub3 ₃
/sub4 ₄
/sub5 ₅
/sub6 ₆
/sub7 ₇
/sub8 ₈
/sub9 ₉
/sup1 ¹
/sup2 ²
/sup3 ³
/sup4 ⁴
/sup5 ⁵
/sup6 ⁶
/sup7 ⁷
/sup8 ⁸
/sup9 ⁹
1/2 ½
1/3 ⅓
1/4 ¼
1/5 ⅕
1/6 ⅙
1/8 ⅛
2/3 ⅔
2/5 ⅖
3/4 ¾
3/5 ⅗
3/8 ⅜
4/5 ⅘
5/6 ⅚
5/8 ⅝
7/8 ⅞
x* ×
./. ÷
=/= ≠
!= ≠
+- ±
=> ≥
>= ≥
<= ≤
=> ≤
/deg °
/degc ℃
/degf ℉
co2 CO₂
CO2 CO₂
h2o H₂O
H2O H₂O
c/o ℅
(c) ©
(p) ℗
(r) ®
/tm ™
<3 ❤️
/flip (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻
/scowl ಠ_ಠ
/shrug ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

License

This work is made available under the MIT license.