for writers
AI autocomplete for writing and notes on Mac
The blank page is the slow part. MacAutocomplete finishes your sentence as you draft — a greyed suggestion at the cursor, accepted with one key — so the words keep moving instead of stalling.
The main idea is that local models keep your drafts private.
Drafting in Notes, Bear, Obsidian and Ulysses
It works directly in the apps you already draft in. Apple Notes, Bear, Obsidian, Ulysses — all standard macOS text fields, so the ghost suggestion shows up the same way in each: inline, after your caret, never rearranging what you've written. You don't enable a mode or open a side panel. You just type, and the rest of the line appears.
The meeting moved to Thursday, so I'll push the draft review back a day and let the team know.
Press ⇥ Tab or → to take the whole sentence; keep typing to write your own. The same gesture works in long-form editors and quick capture notes alike — see exactly how the tab-to-accept interaction behaves.
Sentence-level, not single words
macOS's built-in predictive text guesses the next word, in some apps only. MacAutocomplete predicts where the sentence is going — a full clause that reads like prose, shaped by what you've already written above it. For drafting notes, journal entries, and first passes of longer pieces, that's the difference between nudging a word and finishing a thought.
It is not a snippet expander either. Text expanders replay a phrase you saved earlier when you type a trigger; this writes new sentences that fit the note in front of you. Two genuinely different jobs.
Private — your notes never leave the Mac
Notes are personal, so the model is local. Completions run on a local MLX model on your Apple Silicon Mac, with zero outbound network for the predictions themselves — you can confirm there's no traffic with Little Snitch. Password and secure fields are never read. Nothing you draft is uploaded, logged, or used to train anything. The full story is on the private & offline page.
Where it draws the line
It reads standard text fields, which covers most note apps. A few editors render their text on a canvas instead, and those stay untouched.
| App | Ghost completions |
|---|---|
| Notes, Bear, Ulysses | Yes — standard text fields |
| Obsidian | Yes — in the standard editor |
| Google Docs | No — canvas-rendered editor |
Frequently asked questions
Does AI autocomplete work in Obsidian, Bear and Ulysses?
Yes. MacAutocomplete reads standard macOS text fields, so the ghost suggestion shows up the same way in Apple Notes, Bear, Ulysses, and Obsidian's standard editor — no plugin or mode to enable. The main exception is canvas-rendered editors like Google Docs, where the text isn't in a system field for it to read.
Is it sentence-level autocomplete or just next-word prediction?
It completes the whole sentence, not a single word. Where macOS's built-in predictive text guesses the next word, this predicts the full clause your sentence is heading toward, shaped by what you've already written above it — so drafting notes feels like finishing a thought rather than nudging a word.
Does the writing autocomplete work offline?
Yes. Completions run entirely on a local MLX model on your Apple Silicon Mac with zero outbound network for the predictions, so it keeps working on a plane or with Wi-Fi off. Your drafts never leave the Mac — you can confirm there's no traffic with Little Snitch, and password and secure fields are never read.
What do I need to run it, and how much does it cost?
It needs an Apple Silicon Mac on macOS 14.2 or later. It's a one-time $125 lifetime purchase covering 3 Macs — no subscription, no monthly fee.
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