We've received several requests lately to add a macro for location in GPS coordinates to TextExpander. We're not sure we want to do that, as it could reuslt in a request to access your location data appearing in an unexpected context, perhaps as a result of an unintended snippet expansion (read: typo). We're not able to build every requested feature into …
TextExpander touch integration comes to Fantastical 2
One of our favorite apps is Fantastical from Flexibits. It's one of the most popular calendaring apps on Mac and iPhone. It has a beautiful, intuitive interface and lets you use natural language to create events. If you enter “Meeting with Philip at 1:30 on Friday”, Fantastical creates an event with all those details filled in. Fantastical 2 was released …
Adding the Emoji Group to TextExpander
In the latest version of TextExpander [ download ], we added a new Predefined Group of snippets that you can add to your snippet library: emoji. In case you're note familiar, emoji is the Japanese term for the ideograms, or “smileys” used in text messages and elsewhere. According to Wikipedia, the word literally means “picture” (e) + “letter” (moji). The …
How iOS 7 Affects TextExpander touch
When you update to iOS 7, you may find that TextExpander doesn't work in some apps which did work on iOS 6. Due to a change in iOS 7, those apps no longer have access to shared snippets. We have communicated with developers whose apps support TextExpander, and we've provided them an updated SDK with a new way to share …