Autocomplete that finishes your sentence.
Typeahead is AI autocomplete for your Mac. As you type, the rest of the sentence appears in grey, right at your cursor. Press Tab and it’s in.
“I didn’t want something that writes for me, and it doesn’t. It finishes the sentence I’ve already started, and when I want a different word, I keep typing and it follows my lead.”
Owen P.WriterThe next sentence is already there.
Press Tab to take one, and the next is already waiting.
In a new email to Tom, you type “Hi Tom, Thanks for”. Typeahead suggests “having us on Saturday.” You press Tab, and the next sentence is already there: “We had a lovely time.” Tab again takes it.
Feels like your own typing.
It finishes words, keeps pace, and goes as long as you like.
Finishes the word you’re on.
Start a word and it offers the rest.
Instant.
Suggestions keep pace as you type.
Short or long.
A word or two, or the whole sentence.
It reads what’s on screen.
Suggestions use the names, places and times already in the conversation, so a reply fits what was said.
It learns how you write.
Write a line a few times and it comes back after two words. Learned on your Mac, and yours to forget.
In detail.
How autocomplete behaves, setting by setting.
Taking a suggestion.
Tab takes the whole suggestion. The right arrow takes the next word, and holding either one keeps going. Esc dismisses it. Or just keep typing: letters that match use the suggestion up, and different ones steer it somewhere new. All three autocomplete keys can be changed.
When it suggests.
Balanced timing is the default, a smooth, natural pace. Instant shows suggestions as you type; Relaxed waits until you pause. Frequency (Fewer, Standard or More) sets how sure it has to be before it offers anything, and when it isn’t sure, it stays quiet. How Typeahead keeps up.
How much it suggests.
Short is a word or two, Medium (the default) a few words, Long up to a short sentence, and Very Long a full sentence or more. When you finish a sentence, the next one is ready. Each writing style can set its own length and timing.
Where it holds back.
Never in password fields, or in Mail’s To, Cc and Subject lines. It’s off in password managers and finance apps from the start, it keeps out of search boxes and small form fields, and you can turn it off for an app from the menu bar. See the compatible apps.
What it looks like.
The suggestion sits exactly at your cursor in grey, pixel-perfect in the app’s own font and size, so it reads like the rest of your text, in the Mac apps you already use. Where an app won’t allow that, it shows in a small bubble instead. You can change its color, opacity and weight in Display settings.
Common questions
It’s autocomplete for whole phrases, not just words. As you type in a Mac app, Typeahead suggests how your sentence might end, in grey, right at your cursor. Press Tab to take it, the right arrow to take one word, or keep typing to ignore it. The AI model that makes the suggestions runs on your Mac.
Partly. macOS can complete the word or phrase you’re typing, and Apple Intelligence proofreads or drafts when you ask Siri. Typeahead continues the sentence you’re already typing, with nothing to ask: the way you write, fitted to what’s on screen, with the lines you use often. The two grey suggestions would fight over one spot, so Typeahead shows you how to turn the Mac’s off.
Those are tools you ask: you describe what you want, they draft it or act for you, and you check the result and fix it up. Typeahead works inside the sentence you’re already typing, in the app you’re in, with no prompt. It finishes your words rather than writing for you, so you stay the author.
Mac apps with a standard text field: Mail, Gmail, Slack, Notion, Messages and the major browsers, among others. It stays off in password fields and password managers. The compatibility page lists the apps and any setup they need.
It follows your lead. A suggestion continues what you’ve started, fits the conversation on screen and picks up the lines you write often. Nothing goes in until you accept it, and anything you don’t want, you simply type over.
Yes. Length runs from a word or two to a full sentence, timing from instant to waiting for a pause, and frequency from fewer suggestions to more. Set them once, or differently for each writing style.
That’s the idea. GitHub Copilot suggests the next lines of code in grey inside a code editor. Typeahead does the same for your sentences in your Mac apps, from Mail to Slack, and Tab takes it. Its model runs on your Mac, and it learns the lines you write often.
Works in every app you use.
Mail, Slack, Notion, your browser and more.
Tab, or one word at a time.
Tab takes it all, → takes one word.
Faster email replies.
Inbox replies, finished as you type.
