Copy, paste, paste back
Most AI writing help lives in a chat window. You leave your app, paste the text in, copy the answer out and clean up the formatting it broke.
- Copy
- Open chat
- Paste
- Copy answer
- Paste back
- Fix formatting
Rewrite what's there. Write what isn't.
Select text in any Mac app, press ⌘⇧E and say what should change. Or select nothing and say what to write, and it lands at your cursor. ⌘Z undoes either.
To: Maya
Subject: Dinner
Hi Maya,
I'm so sorry, I can't make it to dinner tomorrow. Could we do Sunday instead?
Thanks for understanding, and say hi to Leo for me.
Santi
The problem
Fixing one sentence shouldn't take three apps.
Not every Mac gets Writing Tools
Apple's built-in rewriting needs Apple Intelligence: Apple silicon, macOS 15.1 or later and a supported language. Intel Macs, and Macs on macOS 13 or 14, are left out.
- Intel MacBook Pro
- macOS 13 Ventura
- macOS 14 Sonoma
How it works
One shortcut, two ways to use it.
Redraft waits in your menu bar until you press ⌘⇧E, or any shortcut you pick. What happens next depends on whether you selected anything.
Rewrite what's there
- Select text in any app.
- Press ⌘⇧E and say what should change.
- The result replaces your selection.
Write what isn't there yet
- Click where the text should go. Select nothing.
- Press ⌘⇧E and describe what you need.
- It's pasted at your cursor. No draft needed.
Either way, your app's ⌘Z undoes it, and every result is kept in History.
Why Redraft
Made for the Mac you already have.
Your model, your bill
Run a model on your Mac with LM Studio, or use your own key. You pay your provider directly, or nothing at all locally.
- LM StudioLocal · nothing leaves your Mac
- OpenRouterRecommended: Gemini Flash Lite
- OpenAIYour key
- AnthropicYour key
- DeepSeekYour key
Looks things up when you ask
Add "use web search" to an instruction. Sources are saved in History, never pasted into your text.
check these dates against the official schedule, use web search
Web search uses OpenRouter.
Every result, kept on your Mac
Find an earlier version or copy a result again. Turn History off any time.
- fix grammar2 min ago · Mail
- make it professional14 min ago · Team chat
- translate to Spanish1 hr ago · Notes
Native
A small Mac app that stays out of the way
Built in AppKit. Liquid Glass on macOS 26, native materials on older versions. It lives in the menu bar as an owl in reading glasses, and its eyes move while it works.
Pricing
Free. Bring your own model.
Redraft
$0
No subscription, no account
- Every feature: rewrite, write at the cursor, web search, History
- macOS 13 or later, Apple silicon and Intel
- Local models through LM Studio cost nothing
- Cloud models are billed by your provider, at their rates
Is Redraft free?
Yes. Redraft is free to download and use. If you choose a cloud model, your provider bills you directly for what you use. Local models through LM Studio cost nothing.
Does my text leave my Mac?
Only if you choose a cloud model. Then the selected text and your instruction go from your Mac straight to that provider, for that one request, and Redraft asks the first time. With a local model, nothing leaves your Mac. If you add "use web search", the search provider sees the request too.
What do I need to run it?
A Mac on macOS 13 Ventura or later, Intel or Apple silicon. Then either LM Studio for a local model, or an API key from OpenRouter, OpenAI, Anthropic or DeepSeek.
How is this different from Apple's Writing Tools?
Writing Tools needs Apple Intelligence, so it isn't on Intel Macs or on macOS 13 and 14. Redraft runs on those Macs, lets you choose the model, and can search the web when you ask. If you have Writing Tools and it does what you need, keep using it.
Do I need text to start with?
No. Click where you want the text, press ⌘⇧E with nothing selected and describe what to write: a reply, a reminder, a list. Redraft pastes it at your cursor.
Which apps does it work in?
Apps where you can select and edit text: Mail, Notes, Pages, Messages, team chat, your browser and more. If an app won't let Redraft replace the text safely, the result goes to your clipboard so you can paste it yourself.
What if I don't like the result?
Press ⌘Z in your app to get the original back. Every result is also kept in History, so you can copy an earlier version.
Does it work offline?
Yes, with a local model in LM Studio. Cloud models and web search need a connection.
Why does it ask for Accessibility?
It's the one permission Redraft needs, to read your selection and paste the result for you. It's only used when you press the shortcut.
Your next draft is one shortcut away.
Free, private by design, and on every Mac from macOS 13. Download Redraft, select some text (or none) and press ⌘⇧E.
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