

Features:
- Plug-in to enhance composing and replying to messages in Apple's Mail.app
- Insert text snippets using shorthands; shorthand expansion is triggered by hot-key
- Insertion point position in a text snippet can be defined as part of the snippet
- Deletions of quoted text are marked with an ellipsis ("[...]")
- Define as many shorthands and text snippets as you want
- Supports left-to-right and right-to-left scripts
- Localized in English, German, Spanish, and French
ComposeIT has been listed or rated at:
- Listed on Robin Benson's resource page at tikouka.net that focuses on plug-ins and tools for Apple Mail.
- Featured on Lifehacker in "How to Turn Mac Mail Into a Fantastic Email Client" (posted 2013-07-29) by Thorin Klosowski.
For the impatient: user's manual (new window)
Sytem Requirements:
- Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion), or better
- Using Apple's Mail.app as your email client
Installation:
- Download the installer below
- Launch it by double-clicking it
Revision History:
New in 2.0.5:
- Updated for compatibility with macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) and Mail 11.0
New in 2.0.4:
- Updated for compatibility with macOS 10.12.4 (Sierra) and Mail 10.3
New in 2.0.3:
- Updated for compatibility with macOS 10.12.2 (Sierra) and Mail 10.2
New in 2.0.2:
- Updated for compatibility with macOS 10.12.1 (Sierra) and Mail 10.1
New in 2.0.1:
- Updated for compatibility with macOS 10.12 (Sierra) and Mail 10.0
New in 2.0.0:
- New logo
- UI overhaul
- New installer
New in 1.5.1:
- Updated for compatibility with Mail 9.3 (OS X 10.11.4)
New in 1.5:
- Updated for compatibility with Mail 9 to 9.2 (OS X 10.11 to 10.11.3)
- under-the-hood updates
New in 1.4.7:
- Updated for compatibility with Mail 8.2 (2098) (OS X 10.10.3)
New in 1.4.6:
- Updated for compatibility with Mail 8.1 (1993) (OS X 10.10.1)
New in 1.4.5:
- Updated for compatibility with Mail 7.3 (1878.6) (OS X 10.9.4)
New in 1.4.4:
- Updated for compatibility with Mail 7.3 (OS X 10.9.3)
- Changed memory management from garbage collection (GC) to automatic reference counting (ARC)
New in 1.4.3:
- Updated for compatibility with Mail 7.2 (OS X 10.9.2)
New in 1.4.2:
- Updated for compatibility with Mail 7.1 (OS X 10.9.1)
New in 1.4.1:
- Fixed installer
- Installer now also signed with our developer ID
New in 1.4:
- Updated for compatibility with Mail 7.0 (OS X 10.9)
- Updated to latest version of ShortcutRecorder framework from GitHub (710c6be)
New in 1.3:
- Updated for compatibility with Mail 6.6 (OS X 10.8.5 update)
New in 1.2:
- Updated for compatibility with Mail 6.5 (OS X 10.8.4 update)
New in 1.1:
- Text snippets are searchable
- Mid-air collision warning prevents double shorthand assignment