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BetterDictionary

Bookmark words in Apple's Dictionarry.app

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BetterDictionary

With BetterDictionary, you can bookmark words in Apple's Dictionarry.app.

It works on Yosemite, Mavericks, Mountain Lion, Lion, and Snow Leopard.

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Download and Installation

OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) and 10.9 (Mavericks)

  1. Download the latest version of EasySIMBL. Currently it is version 1.6

  2. Extract EasySIMBL-1.6.zip and move EasySIMBL.app into the Applications folder.

  3. Download and extract BetterDictionary-v0.992.zip. It contains two files: BetterDictionary.bundle and migrate-data.

  4. Run EasySIMBL

  5. Make sure "Use SIMBL" is checked.

  6. Drag and drop BetterDictionary.bundle into EasySIMBL:

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To migrate your data (from Mountain Lion)
  1. If you were already using BetterDictionary under Mountain Lion (or older versions) and wish to migrate your data, right-click on migrate-data and select 'Open'. In the next dialog, select 'Open' again.

  2. Dictionary.app should open now, with all your previous saved words intact. If it didn't work, simply copy ~/Library/Application Support/BetterDictionary/saved-words.plist to ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Dictionary/Data/Library/Application Support/BetterDictionary/saved-words.plist.

OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion), 10.7 (Lion), and 10.6 (Snow Leopard)

Download v0.98 from the Downloads section. Then double-click on BetterDictionary-0.98.zip to unzip it.

Right click on BetterDictionary-0.98.app and select 'Open'. In the next dialog, select 'Open' again. Then install the SIMBL plugin loader as instructed in the installer.

Uninstall

Removing BetterDictionary

Removing SIMBL

Just download, unzip and run SIMBL Uninstaller (86 KB). It will remove SIMBL and all its plugins from your system.

Keyboard Shortcuts

⌘+S: Save word

⌘+R: Remove word

⌘+⇧+D: Display sidebar

Version History

v0.992 (November 14th, 2014)

v0.991 (October 26th, 2014)

v0.99 (November 15th, 2013)

v0.98 (October 10th, 2012)

v0.97 (July 28th, 2012)

v0.96 (March 4th, 2012)

v0.95 (September 22nd, 2011)

Screenshots

Yosemite

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Mavericks

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Mountain Lion

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Lion

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Snow Leopard

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