rcmnd

TextExpanderSoftware

by SmileOnMyMac

Who uses, recommends or left TextExpander, in their own words: each a verbatim quote with a link to where it was said.

6 people

Mandy Brown
Writer, editor and coach; co-founder and editor of A Book Apart and a former contributing editor at A List Apart.
loved

TextExpander is like a magical assistant. I honestly don't know what I did without it.

The Setup (usesthis.com) interview, given while she was communications director at Typekit.

2012-03-19·usesthis.com ↗

Allan Odgaard
Danish Mac developer; author of the TextMate text editor.
liked

TextExpander to give short triggers to all the things I would otherwise find myself repeatedly having to type. I haven't tested any of the competing solutions, as TextExpander works fine for me.

His Uses This interview, listing his Mac hardware and the applications he runs.

2009-11-01·usesthis.com ↗

Daniel Jalkut
Mac and iOS developer; founder of Red Sweater Software (MarsEdit, FastScripts) and co-host of the Core Intuition podcast.
uses

I mentioned FastScripts for running quick scripts, but I also use TextExpander extensively, particularly for accelerating responses to customer support email.

His Uses This interview, on his desk, podcasting rig and Mac software.

2013-09-05·usesthis.com ↗

Brett Terpstra
Mac developer and writer at brettterpstra.com; makes the apps Marked and nvALT and writes extensively about Markdown and automation.
uses

I use TextExpander practically every minute. I also wouldn't want to function without 1Password, Growl, Apptivate and Tags.

His written "Uses This" interview, listing his top-of-mind favourite tools for coding, writing, music and automation.

2011-12-02·usesthis.com ↗

Gina Trapani
Writer and web developer; founding editor of Lifehacker, co-creator of ThinkUp and the todo.txt format.
uses

save keystrokes with TextExpander, back up with Time Machine

Her written "Uses This" interview, from when she was writing Smarterware after founding Lifehacker.

2009-02-20·usesthis.com ↗

Alex Payne
Programmer and writer; was Twitter's API lead, co-authored Programming Scala and co-founded Simple.
uses

TextExpander to make emails go faster, LaunchBar to get to what I need quickly and to keep my clipboard history accessible

His written "Uses This" interview, from when he was API lead at Twitter.

2009-01-02·usesthis.com ↗

What they also use

Every entry is a verbatim quote and a link to the public post it came from. Nothing is paraphrased. If it is not on record somewhere public, it is not here.

The verdict is what they actually said: loved and liked are explicit; recommended means they told others to get it; uses means they only say they use it; read is a book on their public shelf with no verdict; mixed and disliked are kept too.

A dashed affiliate link, sponsored or their own label means the post disclosed a relationship. It is shown, never hidden.

The shading behind a date shows how dated a recommendation is for its kind of thing.

The shading behind a date shows how dated a recommendation is, for its kind of thing. Fully green is recent. It drains a quarter at a time as the post gets older, and is empty once it reads as dated.

What counts as old depends on the thing. A laptop praised four years ago has been replaced twice; a book loved twenty years ago is probably still loved. The shading is gone after about:

Stripes mean the post carries no date and the date shown is an estimate. No date at all, no shading.