TextExpander 6 & Alternatives - Preview

Text expansion is one of the best ways to increase your productivity. Just type abbreviated keywords and have them expand into words, sentences, paragraphs or whole pages of text. Expand into images or formatted text, or use fill in snippets to prompt you to complete boilerplate text. These are just some of the options available using TextExpander and other text expansion utilities.

In this episode, we take a look at the newly released TextExpander 6 as well as some other alternative apps.

The full tutorial covers:

• Introduction
• Upgrading to TE6
• Textexpander.com
• New Snippet Editing Toolbar
• Sharing Snippets
• Using Shared Snippets
• MenuBar App
• Textexpander+ for iOS
• Alternatives to Textexpander
• Alfred 3 Beta
• Keyboard Maestro
• aText
• Typinator
• TypeIt4Me
• TypeIt4Me Touch

Show Links:

Mac Apps

TextExpander Website - Link
Alfred Website - Link
aText Website - Link
Typinator Website - Link
TypeIt4Me Website - Link
TypeIt4Me Mac App Store - Link

iOS Apps

TextExpander+ - iOS App Store Link
TypeIt4Me touch - iOS App Store Link

Options to Access or Purchase Full Tutorial

There are many ways to access this tutorial either as an SCO Member or if you wish to purchase this individual tutorial

SCO Members

• Subscribe in iTunes (Mac) - Instructions
• Subscribe using a 3rd Party Podcatcher App (iOS) - Instructions
• SCO Members App (Apple TV) - Instructions
• SCO Members App (iOS) - Coming soon!
• SCO Monthly Magazine (June Issue when published) - Instructions

Non Members

• 14 day free trial on the ScreenCastsOnline Website (iOS or Mac) - Link
• Purchase in SCO Showcase App (iPad and iPhone) - Link
• Purchase in SCO Showcase App (Apple TV) - Search for SCO Showcase
• SCO Monthly Magazine (June Issue when published) - App Link