# Mac: text replacements do not work in Obsidian

**URL:** <https://forum.obsidian.md/t/mac-text-replacements-do-not-work-in-obsidian/11617>\
**Category:** Basement\
**Created:** [January 18, 2021, 11:33am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/mac-text-replacements-do-not-work-in-obsidian/11617 "2021-01-18T11:33:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Joschua](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/joschua/32/9945_2.png) [@Joschua](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/Joschua)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 11:42am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/mac-text-replacements-do-not-work-in-obsidian/11617/2 "2021-01-18T11:42:36Z")

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Hi @freethefrail, this is a known issue with the system that Obsidian is build upon. See this forum for more details: [https://forum.obsidian.md/t/macos-text-replacement-doesnt-work/](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/macos-text-replacement-doesnt-work/)

There is a [feature request for it](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/macos-enable-text-replacement/315) but since it is an Electron limitation, it probably won’t happen anytime soon.

There are great workaround though: [Espanso](https://espanso.org/) as an app or the [Obsidian plugin](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/text-expander-plugin/11524/3).

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