Writing Tools

Writing Tools is an AI app for Mac designed to help you improve any text as you work on it. You can correct spelling errors, rephrase fragments, adjust the tone of a message, or modify the structure of a text to make it clearer, more direct, or easier to read. You can even get a summary of the text in a few seconds.

Download, unzip, and get started

Writing Tools doesn't require you to create an account or share personal data to be able to use its features. Simply download the app, unzip the file, and run it from the folder of your choice on your Mac. It's worth bearing in mind that, when you open it for the first time, you will have to enter a Gemini API Key. The app gives you a link to quickly find the place where you can create and copy this key.

Review and transform your texts with these tools

After adding your API Key and setting the keyboard shortcut, you can invoke Writing Tools while typing in any compatible application on your Mac. Simply select a few lines, several paragraphs, or an entire document, and press the chosen shortcut to open the pop-up window. From there, you will be able to correct the text, rewrite it, make it friendlier or more professional, make it shorter, summarize it, extract the main ideas, or convert the information into a table. This is a convenient way to adapt the same content to different contexts without having to copy and paste it into a browser.

My experience with Writing Tools

Writing Tools is especially useful for reviewing texts, preparing emails, polishing documents, or adapting a message to give it a more formal tone. The summary function is one of its most interesting points as you can select the content of a webpage, a PDF, or any other document and get a boiled-down version in just a few seconds.

The best and worst of Writing Tools

• Writing Tools's most useful function is being able to summarize and rephrase text directly from anywhere on your Mac using a keyboard shortcut.

• The main limitation is that there are only a few options for customizing how the tools work.

AI tools to improve your writing on Mac

Download Writing Tools and make the most of a collection of AI writing tools. Correct errors, change the style of your texts, create clear summaries, extract the key points, generate tables from selected information with just a few clicks, and much more.