Comments on: TextExpander by Smile On My Mac http://gigaom.com/apple/textexpander-by-smile-on-my-mac/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:01:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Patrick http://gigaom.com/apple/textexpander-by-smile-on-my-mac/#comment-313244 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:40:05 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2006/09/21/textexpander-by-smile-on-my-mac/#comment-313244 Hello, I’m the developer of Breevy, a tool similar to TextExpander that runs on Windows.

Only posting here because I noticed you mentioned Windows… just wanted to let folks know that if they ever have to go from Mac to Windows for whatever reason, they might want to try out Breevy (which can actually optionally import your existing TextExpander snippets to make life easier): http://www.16software.com/breevy/

Regards,

Patrick

]]> By: Become a Mac Power User: System Preferences - TheAppleBlog http://gigaom.com/apple/textexpander-by-smile-on-my-mac/#comment-313243 Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:02:34 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2006/09/21/textexpander-by-smile-on-my-mac/#comment-313243 [...] out of control. But a few highlights that you may like to look into further are Growl, Hazel, TextExpander, GeekTool, and iStat [...]

]]> By: TextExpander 2.0 - The Apple Blog http://gigaom.com/apple/textexpander-by-smile-on-my-mac/#comment-313242 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 19:46:18 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2006/09/21/textexpander-by-smile-on-my-mac/#comment-313242 [...] SmileOnMyMac released version 2 of the previously covered [...]

]]> By: TextExpander Improvements: User Input - The Apple Blog http://gigaom.com/apple/textexpander-by-smile-on-my-mac/#comment-313241 Fri, 22 Sep 2006 16:40:46 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2006/09/21/textexpander-by-smile-on-my-mac/#comment-313241 [...] Following the review I posted about TextExpander, it seems there’s a consensus that the free version and the $30 version were still too close in feature-set to warrant the $30 license. [...]

]]> By: Nick Santilli http://gigaom.com/apple/textexpander-by-smile-on-my-mac/#comment-313240 Fri, 22 Sep 2006 15:49:39 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2006/09/21/textexpander-by-smile-on-my-mac/#comment-313240 Matt -
Yeah, what Jay said.
It’ll work in any app you use, not just Word, or Office Suite.

To the rest -
The price is a bit steeper than I’d like. I’m hooked on it, so like any good crack head, I pay for what I need, right? :)
Anyway, if you’ve got the previously free version still, hang onto it. I’m not sure what things TextExpander can do more of (maybe organized folders as Jay stated) to improve it to the point that users of the free version would upgrade. But when it happens, I’ll be sure to let you all know.

]]> By: Jay http://gigaom.com/apple/textexpander-by-smile-on-my-mac/#comment-313239 Fri, 22 Sep 2006 15:33:56 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2006/09/21/textexpander-by-smile-on-my-mac/#comment-313239 Word’s auto correct isn’t system wide. Therefore doesn’t work in Mail.app, Safari, TextEdit, iChat, Adium, BBEdit, Pages, TextMate…

Textpander does.

]]> By: Matt http://gigaom.com/apple/textexpander-by-smile-on-my-mac/#comment-313238 Fri, 22 Sep 2006 15:20:09 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2006/09/21/textexpander-by-smile-on-my-mac/#comment-313238 Interesting write up, but I’m not sure what this accomplishes that Auto Correct in Word doesn’t do. Advice?

]]> By: Jay http://gigaom.com/apple/textexpander-by-smile-on-my-mac/#comment-313237 Fri, 22 Sep 2006 06:54:29 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2006/09/21/textexpander-by-smile-on-my-mac/#comment-313237 I’m using the older free version & couldn’t do without it. I don’t really see what there is in the paid version that would warrant the price.

I now have lots & lots of snippets stored & it’s very difficult to navigate through them all. If they allowed you to create folders to store & categorise them (same a iSnip) then I’d definately pay for it.

]]> By: GCFiedler http://gigaom.com/apple/textexpander-by-smile-on-my-mac/#comment-313236 Fri, 22 Sep 2006 05:28:18 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2006/09/21/textexpander-by-smile-on-my-mac/#comment-313236 I liked the idea of TextExpander alot, but the cost is quite high – too high for me. I also have the old Textpander installed, but haven’t gotten it into my workflow yet.

There are alternatives.

TypeIt4Me: http://homepage.mac.com/rettore/ty2/TypeIt4Me3.0.html

($27US)

Nice app, but a bit steep in price.

RapidoWrite: http://www.app4mac.com/rapidow_download.html

(FREE)

Rapidowrite is an app, not a prefpane add-on, but it is free.

]]> By: Twist http://gigaom.com/apple/textexpander-by-smile-on-my-mac/#comment-313235 Fri, 22 Sep 2006 01:06:09 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2006/09/21/textexpander-by-smile-on-my-mac/#comment-313235 $30 is a little steep which is why I have stuck with the old free version of Textpander.

]]> By: Derek Punsalan http://gigaom.com/apple/textexpander-by-smile-on-my-mac/#comment-313234 Fri, 22 Sep 2006 00:30:00 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2006/09/21/textexpander-by-smile-on-my-mac/#comment-313234 Great write-up! Convinced me that I should drop the $30 for the utility. I was a bit hesitant at first considering I had TextMate & Saft which take care of most of my automated snippet needs. Reading through this, and experimenting with the demo helped me realize that I no longer need to type like a madman during conversations or coding sessions. TextExpander can do all that for me. Ah! One more application / utility to add to the login list.

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