How To: Make Cross-Platform Random TextExpander Snippets

You can set up a snippet to expand randomly selected content on Mac, Windows **, iPad, and iPhone using JavaScript. Some of you are already planning how to use this to make your life easier. If you’re wondering what pedestrian use this can have, suppose you answer a lot of email, a pleasant greeting and… Read More »

New TextExpander—1st Anniversary

Today we celebrate the one year anniversary of the new TextExpander. One year ago today, April 5, 2016, we launched the new TextExpander with a shiny new app icon, new pricing model, a Windows app, a web app, and support for teams through robust sharing. We want to thank all the customers who’ve joined us… Read More »

TextExpander Adds Per-Group Snippet Prefixes

With group prefixes, you can assign a unique abbreviation prefix for each snippet group. This is a fast and easy way to organize and distinguish one group of snippets from another, something we’ve talked about before on our blog. What are group prefixes? For example, for that group of snippets you’ve made to communicate with… Read More »

TextExpander Adds Encryption at Rest

While new features in an app are obvious signs of how we’re working to make TextExpander better, we also do a lot of work behind the scenes. While much of that work remains unrecognized outside the company (sorry, engineers), occasionally there’s something worth bringing to public attention. A few of these updates to our web… Read More »

Use TextExpander to Help Manage a Crisis

TextExpander lets you instantly insert snippets of text as you type, from a repository shared with your team. This turns out to be an excellent crisis management tool. It’s incredibly helpful to have multiple team members improving content as a crisis unfolds. It’s even better that the updated content is immediately available to everyone on… Read More »