Ask HN: Gmail Smart Compose but for my entire OS?

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Is there a tool that monitors what and how I type and offers Gmail Smart Compose–like text completion across my entire OS (macOS)?

For example, writing this post now I could start typing something like: “You know what would be great? Having this fe” and it would let me hit `tab` to complete the word “feature”.

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Macos sonoma and ios 17 i think include something like this. It’s pretty basic but I assume it will evolve over time. Look for “inline predictive text” on the new oses of apple.

Thanks! but configuring macOS to behave like I want it to is so painful I only “update to the new macOS” when I get a new machine!

To my knowledge, macOS has no config or dotfile that can be dropped to restore the many customizations one acquires over time. I tend to first look for FOSS remedies.

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