How and why you should use text clippings on your Mac

Mac users have been able to create and use text clippings since the last century and Mac OS 9, but the feature remains relatively underexploited – despite being such a great way to boost productivity.

What are text clippings?

Text clippings are small chunks of text on your Mac. Easy to create, they are also easy to use: to add the text to anything you write in any application you just need to drag-&-drop the clipping to the document and the words in the clipping will be added to that document. The text can be long, short, or medium and it can contain HTML links.

How do you create a text clipping?

Creating a text clipping is very easy. If you ever select text to copy-&-paste it then you’re almost there. Here’s the fastest way to make a text clipping:

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