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Import your snippets

Bring the snippets you already have into Makro from another text expander's export file.

  1. Open the Makro popup and click Settings.

    The Settings tab highlighted in the Makro popup.
  2. Choose "Data & Sync". The "Migrate from another tool" section lists the formats Makro can read.

    The Migrate from another tool section in Makro settings.
  3. Pick the tool your snippets come from. This example uses a TextExpander CSV export.

    The import window with the previous tool selected.
  4. Click "Select File" and choose the export file you saved from that tool.

    The file picker step of the import window.
  5. Makro lists the snippets it found before saving anything, so you can check them.

    The import preview listing three snippets.
  6. Click "Import 3 Macros" to add them to Makro. The number is how many snippets the preview found.

    The import confirmation.
  7. Your hotwords from the old tool now work in any text box. Try one: type .shipped.

    A reply box with .shipped being typed.
  8. The imported snippet expands the same way it did before.

    The reply box holding the imported shipping reply.

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