TextExpander 2.0
Written on October 16, 2007 by Josh Pigford and 4 people have commented
Today SmileOnMyMac released version 2.0 of the previously covered keystroke saving TextExpander.
The new release offers a nice handful of new features/improvements, including:
- Snippet groups (much needed)
- Snippet group .Mac syncing
- Snippet printing
- Application targetting - Set certain snippets to only be active for certain apps
- Improved application performance
Yes, that is a new icon…no, I don’t like it.
#1 Nick Santilli says:my 1.x (latest version) hasn’t been working for at least a week now. I’ve uninstalled and reinstalled, nothing. Anyone else seen this behavior? (System Prefs Pane doesn’t load)
Seems peculiar that right before version 2 drops, 1.x stops working…. It’s driving me nuts!!
#2 Yong Hwee says:A nifty little application! Saves me from typing the same thing repeatedly over and over again.
#3 Jono says:This has been a great app for me (version 1) so I immediately bought the new version yesterday.
As Josh said grouping snippets was much needed & now it’s in there I can ditch iSnip & use TextExpander for both uses. The .Mac syncing is a fantastic feature as I’m constantly switching between Macs (& just bought .Mac the other day).
I quite like the icon (at least the smaller version in the menu bar) but you can choose from a few in preferences.
I couldn’t get it working in Leopard (works fine for me in Tiger) but after contacting them they immediately sent me a link to download 2.01 which works fine for me in Leopard.
Great update.
#4 Brian says:When I tried to create a snippet of a url, using the clipboard, application froze. TextExpander doesn’t do urls?