Use The Keyboard Reviews

TextExpander Reviews

Use The Keyboard mentions (2)

• 40 useful productivity websites - places to find productivity tools ranked by user votes, Feign importance at your job with repeating app sounds, hide embarrassing notifications

  Https://usethekeyboard.com/ - A collection of keyboard shortcuts for Mac apps, Windows programs, and websites. Source: over 2 years ago

• Keyboard shortcuts to drastically increase your productivity

  Over the last three years, I've been adding to and maintaining a keyboard shortcuts website called Use The Keyboard. Over the time I've amassed some 5100 individual shortcuts spread out across 85 apps, programs, and websites. In this list, I'm going to give you a select few from a variety of programs that I use on a daily basis as a developer (and sometimes designer). - Source: dev.to / about 4 years ago

TextExpander mentions (25)

• You don't have to type faster to type faster

  If you are already using Alfred[1] (with PowerPack), then snippets are your friend. Combine this with macOS's own Text Replacement[2], can cover most needs. You add up your snippets as you go along and sync/backup it so you won't have to re-do on each install/upgrade. I also found out that it is easier to use "," as a deliminator as there is no way I will type a normal English word with a comma then a character... - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

• Show HN: I automated 1/2 of my typing

  First, I have to make a personal confession — I never liked the SMS short-hand thingy that worked with pre-iPhone phones. That was one of the reason I use SMS/Text-Messages unless I really need to. I have been using text-expansion since the early days of TextExpander[1], an app that works on iOS and macOS. However good the iPhone keyboard was, it was always not convenient to type and retype details such as home... - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Getting faster at plug and play motions and using templates

  There is an app called TextExpander that you can use to store frequently used text selections and then type a shortcut to have it automatically insert into any Microsoft document. It is extremely helpful for busting through routine motions or correspondence. For example, if I want my atty’s signature block, I have it set up to insert when I type /sigblock. I have whole letters and pleadings saved in there and I... Source: almost 2 years ago

• Suggest a text expander/ Clipboard app for my use case

  TextExpander: The reference, but is also subscription based. Source: about 2 years ago

• Tip: Use Text Snippets

  To help me save time and avoid distractions, I’ve been using prompts through the TextExpander app. These prompts are shortcuts that I’ve created to quickly add little instructions I feel I have to repeat often. For example, I’ve created a prompt to “stamp all code snippets you produce with a unique identifier,” which has made it much easier to ask GPT3 to go back and retrieve the code I’m referencing. Source: about 2 years ago