The SnippetCraft Blog
Tips, guides, and comparisons for Mac users who want to type less and do more.
Building SnippetCraft with Rust and Swift
Five lessons from the real architecture behind a native macOS app — SQLite ownership, raw-pointer FFI, pasteboard monitoring, Accessibility fallbacks, and AppKit overlays.
→Text Expansion on Mac: The Complete Guide to Typing Less
What text expansion is, how macOS built-in text replacement compares to dedicated tools, and the best use cases for snippets in your daily workflow.
→10 Mac Productivity Tips That Actually Save Time
Concrete, immediately actionable tips used by Mac power users — from text expansion and clipboard history to Spotlight, window management, and Automator.
→Clipboard History on Mac: Built-In and Private Options
Compare the built-in clipboard history in macOS 26 Tahoe with dedicated Mac tools for longer retention, source filters, privacy, and reusable snippets.
→SnippetCraft vs Raycast vs TextExpander vs Espanso
An evidence-based comparison of four Mac text-expansion workflows — including pricing, search, clipboard history, setup, and who each one fits.