Solved: Typinator Not Working in MacOS Mojave

I’ve been using Typinator for years now to expand content with a few keystrokes. Filling out a form is easy when I can type a few keystrokes and have my entire address filled in. 

Typinator and Mojave

I normally update my mac to the latest software on day one without issue. MacOS 10.14 Mojave was no different, except for a few small issues. 

Typinator was cleared to work on Mojave, but my snippets were not expanding. I reached out to ergonis through support and through Twitter and they got back to me rather quickly:

Reset Accessibility settings for Typinator

  • Open System Preferences > Security & Privacy
  • Click the Privacy tab and select “Accessibility” in the list to the left. Typinator should be listed.
  • To make any changes, you will need to open the padlock at the bottom of the window (requires an administrator password).
  • Select Typinator in the list and click the “–” button to remove Typinator.
  • Click the “+” button and select Typinator from the Applications folder to add it back to the list.

5 Comments

  1. GreenVomit8 on October 21, 2018 at 11:00 am

    I had to restart Typinator after re-adding it to Accessibility for it to work again. Thanks for the tip. Much appreciated : )

    • RegT on October 23, 2018 at 10:49 pm

      Followed these instructions, including the restart of Typinator, and all is now fine. Thanks!

    • Chris Van Buren on January 5, 2019 at 1:28 pm

      YES – THANKS!

  2. Bjørn Edvard Torbo on October 30, 2018 at 2:48 am

    I also had to restart my Mac, in addition to all of the above mentioned steps. It’s finally working again, praise the lord.

  3. mivox on November 8, 2018 at 7:37 pm

    You don’t even need to upgrade Typinator first. I just did the following with v. 5.9: Removed Typinator from the accessibility list, quit Typinator, added it back to the list, and relaunched the app. It’s now working fine again.

    Thanks!

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