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Workflow ideas, comparisons, and practical selected-text automation guides for OnText.

Mac Selected Text Actions with OnText

Use OnText to run selected text actions on Mac, including search, copy, translate, shell scripts, Shortcuts, and Inline AI workflows.

Use OnText Inline AI to rewrite, summarize, replace, and copy selected text on macOS with ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, or Ollama.

Build a keyboard-first Mac workflow with OnText by turning selected text into search, automation, and AI actions without switching context.

Trigger macOS Shortcuts from selected text with OnText, passing the selection into personal automations and app workflows.

Compare OnText as a keyboard-first macOS text action tool for selected text, custom actions, scripts, Shortcuts, and Inline AI.

Use OnText shell script actions to pass selected text into macOS commands, placeholders, clipboard workflows, and custom automations.

Translate selected text on Mac with OnText using built-in actions, URL templates, and low-friction selected-text workflows.