Textexpander Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

TapIt4Me brings snippet expansion to the iPhone

by Mat Lu (Jan 31st, 2009)

One of the first things I install on a new Mac is a snippet expander, one of those extremely handy utilities that automatically expands typed abbreviations to longer text strings (TextExpander, in my case). So, for instance, you can have a standard email sign off triggered with just a couple of ...

Last day to buy MacHeist Bundle

by Cory Bohon (Jun 24th, 2008)

Today is the last day to buy the much coveted MacHeist application bundle. MacHeist has decided to sweeten the deal by unlocking SoundStudio early and offering $5 off any Insanely Great Tee. If you are a registered member of the MacHeist site you can also get early access to Headline (an RSS ...

TextExpander 2.0 released

by Mat Lu (Oct 16th, 2007)

SmileOnMyMac today released an update to one of my favorite applications: TextExpander. This snippet expanding utility automatically replaces typed text "labels" with longer user-specified "snippets." Version 2 adds several new features including snippet groups allowing you to organize your snippets ...

Free HTML snippet file for TextExpander

by David Chartier (Apr 10th, 2007)

TextExpander is another favorite utility in the TUAW tool belt, as it can save a boatload of time with repeatedly typing anything from email signatures to canned customer service replies and even code. In fact, SmileOnMyMac just made HTML coding a bit easier on web designers and hackers everywhere ...

TextExpander Tip: Using the Clipboard in a Snippet

by Mat Lu (Mar 8th, 2007)

Along with Quicksilver, TextExpander is one of my must-have Mac utilities. TextExpander is a "snippet" utility that will automatically paste in content based on user defined abbreviations. For instance, I have "bc" set to expand to "because." However, the pasted text can be much longer (e.g. "sig" ...

On TextExpander cursor positions and why the Dock hiding feature no longer works

by David Chartier (Feb 14th, 2007)

Users of the fantastic TextExpander who are also fond of the cmd+opt+d shortcut for hiding/showing the Dock might have noticed a weird behavior with this shortcut as of late. To be specific: the shortcut doesn't quite work anymore, even in 10.4.8; pressing it will cause the Dock to hide (or ...

TUAW Tip: TextExpander can subscribe to text snippets

by David Chartier (Dec 4th, 2006)

This isn't quite so much a killer trick or hack you can perform on TextExpander - an indispensable time-saving text abbreviation and expansion utility - as much as it's a neat feature that I just recently discovered. TextExpander can export a list of all your text snippets and corresponding ...

Macworld on healthy computing

by Dan Lurie (Oct 11th, 2006)

Most people know that the right ergonomic setup is important to maintain not only good productivity but good health. Far too many otherwise healthy and intelligent people, including Mac pundit and New York Times columnist David Pogue, succumb to painful, sometimes even debilitating, RSI or back pain ...

TextExpander 1.4 released

by David Chartier (Aug 15th, 2006)

SmileOnMyMac has released TextExpander 1.4, an update to their customizable typing utility that allows users to assign keywords to snippets of text, ultimately saving gobs of time in re-typing things like phrases, websites, signatures and more. New features in this indispensable tool include: ...

SmileOnMyMac Releases TextExpander 1.3, the Customizable Typing Timesaver Tool

by David Chartier (May 23rd, 2006)

Earlier in May, SmileOnMyMac acquired Textpander, a really handy (and free) text insertion utility. Today, they released their first official version update in which they changed the name to TextExpander, added a few snippet-creation features and are now charging a lump-in-throat inducing price of ...

SmileOnMyMac acquires Textpander

by Scott McNulty (May 8th, 2006)

Textpander, an application we have blogged about before, has been acquired by SmileOnMyMac. SmileOnMyMac plans an update for the application that will add features to this program that let's you save time by typing in a kind of short hand. They will also be renaming the application TextExpander ...