Back up and share text replacements on Mac
You can create text replacements to automatically replace certain text with other text or symbols. For example, you can replace (c) with ©. You can export your text replacements as a file to back them up or share them with other Mac users.
Note: You can use iCloud to keep your text replacements up to date on all your Apple devices. Just set up iCloud Drive on your Mac, iPhone and iPad, and sign in to the same Apple Account on each device. When you add a text replacement on your Mac, it automatically works on your other devices (and vice versa).
Export text replacements
On your Mac, choose Apple menu
in the sidebar. (You may need to scroll down.)If you’re working in an app, you can also choose Edit > Substitutions > Show Substitutions, then click Text Settings.
Click Text Replacements.
Select the replacements you want to export. To select them all, choose Edit > Select All.
Drag the selected replacements from the Text Replacements window to the desktop. This creates a backup file named Text Substitutions.plist.
Note: You can edit this file using TextEdit.
To back up this file, copy it to an external drive or another location. You can also send it to another person to share it with them.
Import text replacements
On the Mac where you want to import the text replacements, choose Apple menu
If you’re working in an app, you can also choose Edit > Substitutions > Show Substitutions, then click Text Settings.
Click Text Replacements.
Drag the Text Substitutions.plist file from its location to the Text Replacements window, then click Done.