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Use TextExpander and Twitterrific to avoid Twitter spam

by TJ Luoma (Mar 21st, 2011)

If you post to Twitter and say the word "iPhone" or "iPad," you are likely to get hit with one of the rash of Twitter spammers who search through Twitter for people who post about those terms and @reply to them with some "deal" (usually offering you a chance to "win" a "free" iPad or ...

Snippets: A cheaper text macro option for the Mac

by TJ Luoma (Feb 1st, 2011)

Snippets by Conceited Software is a US$5 text macro application for the Mac. Define a shortcut such as "mas" to have it automatically expand to "Mac App Store" or other words, phrases and even entire paragraphs of text. You can even include rich text, such as bold, italics and images. I've been ...

The best Mac and iOS apps I used in 2010

by TJ Luoma (Dec 27th, 2010)

Following up on my article about the best Mac apps I used in 2010, here are some of the best hybrid "Mac and iOS apps" I used in 2010. This wasn't an attempt to come up with a specific number, just the results of some careful reflection. You may wonder why some apps appear on this list instead of ...

Holiday savings for designers with the Fusion Ads Holiday Bundle

by Brett Terpstra (Dec 20th, 2010)

The holidays have become rife with software bundles, bringing big savings to consumers (when there are enough apps in the bundle you don't already own). Fusion Ads is offering a bundle that will be of particular interest to designers. It's especially pertinent to web designers, but any designer who ...

TextExpander 3.2.2 available, fixes auto-capitalization bugs

by TJ Luoma (Dec 15th, 2010)

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 ...

TUAW's Holiday Gift Guide: 10 must-have apps for a new Mac

by Dave Caolo (Nov 12th, 2010)

Welcome to the TUAW Holiday Gift Guide! We've sorted the treasure from the junk and are serving up suggestions to make your holiday gift-giving a little easier. Once the gift-giving holidays arrive, the lucky among us will find new Macs among our haul. Part of the fun of owning a Mac is acquiring ...

TextExpander 3.2 offers backup, restore

by TJ Luoma (Oct 27th, 2010)

TextExpander, which allows you to create text shortcuts and macros, has been updated to version 3.2. Along with some bug fixes, it also adds the ability to easily backup and restore your shortcuts, including automatic backup and keyboard shortcuts to expand top search results. The backup/restore ...

Mac 101: Inserting or typing uncommon characters

by Steven Sande (Oct 11th, 2010)

As a Mac consultant, I'm often asked some pretty bizarre questions. One that I frequently hear is "How do I type <some special character> on my Mac?" A good example of this is people who want to type fractions that look like this -- ½ -- rather than like 1/2, or plop a character like ...

MarkdownMail 2.0 now a universal iOS app, fixes a few bugs

by TJ Luoma (Oct 5th, 2010)

MarkdownMail lets you send email that has been formatted using John Gruber's Markdown syntax. The newest version has been updated to be a universal app for iPad or iPhone/iPod touch devices. It's US$4 for new users, or a free upgrade for existing users. The new version also fixes some bugs and ...

Use mailsend to send email from the Terminal

by TJ Luoma (May 3rd, 2010)

Update: After this article was written I learned of mstmp which I highly recommend instead of mailsend. There are times that I want my iMac to be able to email me: when certain scripts run via cron or launchd, when certain events happen (a backup has been completed), etc. I've found that none of ...

TextExpander 3 makes short work of keyboard shortcuts

by TJ Luoma (Mar 10th, 2010)

TextExpander, one of my very most favorite (yes, I like it that much) utilities has been updated to version 3. This is a major update and renovation of the program, which has changed from a preference pane to an application. I honestly don't think that I could use a Mac without TextExpander ...

Mac power tools: charge up your workflow

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Oct 8th, 2009)

I recently bought a new Mac, and I decided not to migrate years of cruft over to a pristine Snow Leopard install. I also decided to shed years of stale workflow and adopt a new way of doing things. Enter the power tools: software that augments the power and performance of OS X to do things faster ...

Ask TUAW: Syncing, custom keyboards, sharing iPhone apps, and more

by Mat Lu (Sep 30th, 2009)

Welcome back to Ask TUAW, our weekly Mac troubleshooting Q&A column. This week we've got lots of questions about syncing, as well as customized keyboards, sharing iPhone apps, managing iTunes, and more. As always, your suggestions and questions are welcome. Questions for next week should be ...

TextExpander touch on sale to celebrate WriteRoom for iPhone integration

by TJ Luoma (Sep 28th, 2009)

When TextExpander touch for the iPhone was announced, one of the exciting aspects was the SDK to allow other developers to integrate TextExpander's technology into their iPhone apps. The new version of WriteRoom for iPhone now includes TextExpander support. With this announcement, SmileOnMyMac ...

TextExpander available for iPhone/iPod touch

by TJ Luoma (Aug 25th, 2009)

TextExpander for the Mac has been one of my favorite utilities for several years. The ability to define "snippets" of text which expand into words, phrases, sentences, or even the outline of entire documents has been invaluable. When I heard that TextExpander was coming to the iPhone/iPod touch, ...