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

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

1. Follow the instruction on Notes for using SIMBL-0.9.9 on OS X 10.11 to install EasySIMBL-0.9.9 on El Capitan

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

3. Move BetterDictionary.bundle to /Library/Application Support/SIMBL/Plugins.

1. Download the latest version of EasySIMBL. Currently it is version 1.7.1.

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:

   

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.

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.

• OS X 10.10 and 10.9

  Simply disable BetterDictionary in EasySIMBL.

• OS X 10.8, 10.7, and 10.6

  Open Terminal.app (from Applications -> Utilities). Type open /Library/Application\ Support/SIMBL/Plugins/ and press return.

  Then Remove 'BetterDictionary.bundle' from this directory.

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

⌘+S: Save word

⌘+R: Remove word

⌘+⇧+D: Display sidebar

• @tonyseek: Added retina graphics

• Updated for OS X 10.10 Yosemite

• Automatically display the drawer when Dictionary.app is opened

• Remove the occasionally-troublesome "⌘+⇧+R" shortcut

• Updated for OS X 10.9 Mavericks

• On Mavericks, BetterDictionary now uses a drawer to display the sidebar

• Dictionary.app is sandboxed under 10.9, so the saved word database is now at ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Dictionary/Data/Library/Application Support/BetterDictionarysaved-words.plist

• v0.99 uses a simple ruby script to move saved words database from its previous location to sandbox container

• Now works on Mountain Lion

• Saved words database is now at ~/Library/Application Support/BetterDictionary/saved-words.plist

• Fixed a few bugs

• Newer words are now shown on top

• Lion compatibility

• Initial release