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TextExpander for Mac
Save time and effort with TextExpander! Whether it's a simple email signature or several paragraphs of a standard response, you'll love how easy it is to use TextExpander to avoid typing the same thing over and over. Winner – 2010 Macworld Editors' Choice Award.
With TextExpander, you can define abbreviations for frequently-used text strings and images. When an abbreviation is typed, TextExpander replaces it with the full snippet.
Great for Email
Do you use different email signatures? You can easily insert your customized signatures with a few keystrokes. You can even include a photo or logo!
If you answer the same questions over and over, you can create TextExpander snippets that contain the responses you frequently use, and never have to type them out again.
Correct Your Misspellings
You can add TextExpander's autocorrection snippet groups, containing words that are commonly misspelled. If you type a misspelled word, TextExpander can automatically replace it with the correct spelling. You can even add your own frequently-misspelled words to your TextExpander snippets.
Insert Dates, Times, Special Characters and Accented Words
Insert the current time or date by typing a short abbreviation. TextExpander comes with date and time snippets built-in that you can format. You can even use TextExpander to insert a specified date in the future.
Snippets: Easy to Create, Use and Organize
It's easy to create a snippet and assign it an abbreviation. You can even create snippets on the fly, using hotkey shortcuts. If you've forgotten your abbreviation, you can easily search your snippets via the menu bar, or even have TextExpander suggest snippets based on what you've typed.
By default, TextExpander works in any program you can type in. You can also specify which programs you want TextExpander to expand in.
Snippets can be organized into groups. You can even apply different settings on a per group basis, such as excluding programs that TextExpander works in.
Pros
- Can sync snippets via MobileMe, Dropbox
- Excellent tools for managing, searching snippets
Cons
- Occasional performance glitches
Macworld's TextExpander for Mac Coverage
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TextExpander 3.0.2 Latest version of text-expansion utility makes managing snippets easier -
Favorite text-expansion tricks Think you're using all the shortcuts your Mac has to offer? How about text-expansion? Dan Frakes and Kirk McElhearn share their favorite ways to use text-expansion utilities to save both typing and time. -
Seven Mac Gems for a steal Mac software bundles are nothing new, but one particular bundle, which ends today, offers eight quality Gems for the price of one. -
26th Annual Editors’ Choice Awards: the complete list With hundreds and hundreds of products that are released every year, we look for the ones that truly stand out, the products that offer the best quality, innovation, and value. Eventually, we came up with the list you see here, the best 24 products of 2010. The winners help prove that the Mac market is very much alive and well. -
Top 10 must-install software Gems Mac Gemeister Dan Frakes was forced by his editor to pick ten must-have software downloads. After much deliberation, here's Dan's list. -
SmileOnMyMac unveils new name, broader focus The maker of Mac productivity utilities has changed its name to Smile to reflect the fact that it makes software for both the Mac and iOS devices now. -
The best Gems of 2010...so far Despite all the iPhone excitement this week, your Mac is still chugging away. Take a look at our favorite Gems from the first half of 2010 and reward your "real" computer with some quality software. -
Essential Mac utilities: text expanders If your work requires intensive typing at all, you owe it to your hands and wrists to get a text-expansion utility. Rob Griffiths surveys the field and comes back with some recommendations. -
TextExpander 3 saves you from more tedious typing This new version of SmileOnMyMac's time-saving text snippet tool gains faster tools, search, more powerful options for customizing snippets on the fly, and easier ways to sync one's snippet library between Macs. -
2010 Macworld Editors' Choice Awards: Software We saw hundreds or programs and Web services this year. These are the ones that stand out
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