Search as you type
A few letters of a reply’s name or text finds it. Your most-used replies rise to the top.
Saved email replies for Mac
Your best replies, one shortcut away.
Keep the emails you write again and again in one place. In Mail, Gmail or any app, press a shortcut, type a few letters, and ReplySmith pastes the reply right where you’re writing, with its bold, links and lists intact.
Free · Version 1.0.0 · macOS 15+ · Apple silicon
No accounts, ads or tracking
Fill-in fields
Add fields like Client Name or Date. ReplySmith asks for them with a live preview, then pastes the finished email.
Formatting that fits in
Bold, links, lists and colors come along when you paste into Mail, Gmail or Outlook. Plain replies paste as plain text.
Right in the menu bar
Prefer the mouse? Pick any reply from its group in the menu bar and it pastes into the app you were in.
Bring your aText replies
Import your aText library in one click. Groups, formatting and fill-in fields come along.
Stays on your Mac
Your replies live in one file on your Mac, with dated backups. No account, no cloud, nothing to sign in to.
Setup
Three steps and you’re replying.
1. Install
Open the download, drag ReplySmith to Applications and open it. It lives in your menu bar.
2. Allow pasting
Click Allow and turn ReplySmith on under Accessibility, so it can paste for you. Without it, replies are copied instead.
3. Reply
Write your replies in the library, then press ⌃⌥Space in any email and type to find one.
Questions
Good to know
Is this a text expander?
No. ReplySmith never watches what you type and has no abbreviations to remember. You choose a reply when you want one, from the search panel or the menu bar.
Which apps does it work with?
Any app you can paste into: Apple Mail, Gmail and Outlook in your browser or as apps, Notes, Messages and more. Rich replies paste as HTML and RTF, plain replies as plain text, so each app takes the version it understands.
What can fill itself in?
Today’s date in several styles, the current time and whatever is on your clipboard. Fill-in fields ask you each time and can have a default. The editor’s Insert menu adds them for you.
Why does it need Accessibility permission?
To press ⌘V for you in the app you’re writing in. That’s all it’s used for. Without it, ReplySmith copies the reply and you paste it yourself. Your clipboard is put back after each paste.
I use aText. Can I bring my replies?
Yes. In Settings, choose Import Latest Backup, or pick an aText backup file. Groups are kept, formatting comes along, aText’s date and fill-in placeholders are converted, and importing again skips replies you already have.
Where are my replies stored?
In one file on your Mac, in your Library’s Application Support folder, plus a dated backup on each day you make changes (the newest 14 are kept). Settings has a button to show it in Finder.
Privacy policy
Your replies stay on your Mac
Effective October 27, 2026. This policy covers ReplySmith and this website, made by Ryan Smith Photography, LLC.
The app
ReplySmith has no accounts, advertising or analytics, and it never sends your replies anywhere. Your replies, groups and settings are saved only on your Mac. To paste, it briefly uses the clipboard, saving what was there and putting it back afterward. It doesn’t monitor your typing.
This website
This site is hosted on our own web server and delivered through Cloudflare. They process normal connection information to deliver and protect the site. We don’t add advertising trackers or analytics cookies.
Contact and changes
If you contact us, we receive what you choose to send and use it to reply. Changes to this policy will be posted here with a new effective date. Contact Ryan Smith Photography →
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Free · macOS 15 or later on Apple silicon · Signed and notarized by Apple