TextExpander 3.2.2 available, fixes auto-capitalization bugs

TextExpander, a very useful application which will automatically expand various text macros for you, has been updated to 3.2.2. The release notes indicate that 3.2.1 was submitted to the Mac App Store, and that Dropbox syncing had been improved.

The Smile Software blog also notes that auto-capitalization has also been improved, solving many of the annoying issues with the recent feature. Notably, if you switched from one app to another and then back, TextExpander sometimes thought that was a new sentence and auto-capitalized it. There are some other notes that users should read for more details.

TextExpander also has a new welcome screen -- presumably to help new users who find and download the app via the Mac App Store -- which includes video tutorials and links to additional help files. Users can download the new version right now.

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Alex

You can do this is OSX, its under settings... I've heard of this app before and i just don't get it. Whats wrong with built-in text replacement?

December 15 2010 at 4:57 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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AndyL

Nothing's wrong with the built-in text replacement. TextExpander just gives more options for people who want them.

* You can fill in the date and time, and specify the format.

* You can include an image in the substituted text.

* You can have the macro expand immediately instead of requiring you to type a space or return.

* You can tell it where to position the cursor after performing the substitution (useful for programmers).

* You can tell it to include the clipboard contents in the substituted text.

* You can easily give it whole paragraphs to substitute (the built-in thing only has a small field for you to enter the replacement text).

* You can specify different shortcuts for different applications.

* And more.

December 18 2010 at 12:02 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

hmlong

TextExpander is cool, but I stopped upgrading after they got rid of the Preference Pane and made it a app.

December 15 2010 at 4:50 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

TJ Luoma

There is a difference between 'writing' and 'typing' that you are ignoring.

Regarding typing:

I can type '/ts' (my shortcut for a 'timestamp') faster than you can type out the current yyyy-mm-dd_hh.mm.ss

I can type '!add' faster than you can type your USPS mailing address.

I can type '/m2' faster than you can type your email address. And I never have to worry about making a typo when doing it. If it expands, I know it's right.

I have several different signature files and other URLs that I frequently have to give to people, and using TextExpander I can fill them in with a few letters rather than having to re-type them over and over again.

Regarding writing, or, rather, spelling:

If people never made typos and were perfect spellers, the world would be a very nice place indeed. Sadly, for those of us still residing on earth, perfection is still elusive.

TextExpander also helps me remember the proper spelling of embarrass so I'm not embarrassed by misspelling it, or fire up the spelling checker if I see the little red underline.

TextExpander doesn't teach you to write, or type, properly or improperly.

It catches mistakes that you might make, or allows you to quickly create documents. I have one TextExpander shortcut which creates an 18-line, 200 character template for shell scripts, or other snippets, such as the current date or time. And it does so in a second.