Is it possible to programmatically access and manipulate the native text replacements of macOS? If so, what are the APIs or methods to achieve this, considering the sandboxing and privacy restrictions in the latest versions of macOS?
Direct Access to macOS Text Replacements
Text replacements? Please elaborate.
I’d like to clarify two things:
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You’re talking about the list of replacements in System Settings > Keyboard > Text Replacements, right?
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What do you mean by “programmatically access and manipulate”? I suspect that you’re looking for an API to a) enumerate the current list of replacements, b) modify an existing one, c) add a new one, and d) remove an existing one. Is that right?
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