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Apple Mail has no templates feature, and the old Stationery feature was removed in macOS Mojave, so the usual workaround is saving a draft and copying from it. Here is that manual workaround, and the faster way with Typedesk.
Without Typedesk
For reference, here is the manual workaround. Apple Mail has no templates feature, so you save a draft and copy from it each time. It works, but Apple Mail itself provides no text-expansion shortcuts, fill-in fields, or shared template library.
With Typedesk
Typedesk runs through the Mac desktop app, so it works directly inside Apple Mail. No drafts to dig through, no copying and pasting.
Compose a new email and write the message you send often.
Instead of sending, save it as a draft so it stays in your Drafts mailbox.
When you need it, open the draft, copy the text into a new email, and update the details by hand.
Because Apple Mail has no built-in templates feature, you repeat this copy-and-edit step every single time.
Save your standard emails in Typedesk, each with a short shortcut like /intro or /followup.
Open a new email or reply in Apple Mail and type the shortcut in the body or subject line.
The full message expands instantly, formatting included.
Set up Typedesk once and reuse your Apple Mail templates everywhere you type.
Install the Typedesk desktop app for Mac, plus the browser extension for your other tools.
Save your most-used Apple Mail emails as templates, each with a short shortcut like /intro or /followup.
In Apple Mail, type the shortcut in the body or subject line and the full message expands instantly.
This is the part Apple Mail cannot do. The templates you build for Apple Mail are the same ones you use in Gmail, Outlook, your help desk, Slack, and any web form, because Typedesk keeps a single library that follows you everywhere. Update the wording once, and it updates in every app, and teams can share one approved library.
Typedesk text expander gives Apple Mail the templates it never had, with fill-in fields and easy sharing.
Customize every Apple Mail template with fill-in fields
Typedesk drops a name, date, or order number into your Apple Mail email as it expands, and prompts you for anything you fill in each time, so each message reads like you wrote it by hand.
Works out of the box in Apple Mail
Typedesk templates work in Apple Mail through the Mac desktop app, with nothing to set up inside Mail. Your shortcuts follow you across every other app too.
Share one Apple Mail template library with your team
Keep every reply in a single shared library so your whole team sends consistent, on-brand emails. Update the wording once and it changes for everyone, something Apple Mail cannot do at all.
Insert any Apple Mail template with a shortcut
Type a short shortcut like /intro and the full template expands right where your cursor is, with no drafts to open and nothing to copy and paste.
The most versatile way to create and reuse templates in Apple Mail
Features
Create templates with custom fill-in fields
Share templates with teammates
Insert templates with a text shortcut
Search templates by keyword
Organize templates into folders
Reuse the same templates across apps
Comparison covers the built-in reusable-message features available in each product's standard interface. Optional add-ins, mobile keyboards, developer APIs, and third-party tools are excluded.
Set up your most-used Apple Mail emails in Typedesk once, then use the same shortcuts everywhere you type.
Common questions about Apple Mail templates and canned responses.
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