Write across languages.
Stay in your flow.
Translate a sentence. Choose Sie or du. Make a repeated edit your own shortcut.
Easy Write is a free, open-source Mac utility for translating selected text with on-device AI. These guides explain where it helps, how to use it, and what to check before you trust a result.
Translate selected text on Mac
Keep the translation where you are writing.
02Language & toneGerman translation: Sie or du?
Choose the relationship as well as the language.
03Privacy & alternativesOffline AI writing on Mac
Know what runs locally, and what still connects.
04Mac workflowsWriting Tools and keyboard shortcuts
Make a repeated edit easier to reach.
05Practical recipesSix useful custom rewrite actions
Save the instruction you keep typing.
06Getting startedEasy Write setup and troubleshooting
Get from a supported Mac to a first useful result.
Useful help.
Clear boundaries.
Local processing is one part of the decision. Hardware, permissions, the source app, retention settings and the result itself matter too. Our guides make those tradeoffs explicit.
Similar apps exist. We explain Easy Write’s specific workflow without claiming it is the only tool of its kind or that AI preserves every detail.