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Typinator reveiw upgrade#

One thing that might be a key feature is rich text expansions in Typinator. I like the popup forms in KM a little better - at least in Typinator 6.x I don’t have a huge amount of these, though, so maybe Typinator is better at volume. I can do each of these in KM, without much effort. Or just go back to v6.x if I really don’t need the new features.

Typinator reveiw upgrade#

I am trying to see if KM will do the job now… I can always upgrade later. I probably could have stuck with v5.0, for that matter… I upgraded with no hesitation when v6.0 came out because I value it so much, but I don’t think I’m really getting the power use out of it that I should. I love Typinator, and use it many times every single day, but I don’t think I’ll upgrade.

I would feel almost as lost without Typinator as I would without Keyboard Maestro (almost).īut as I mentioned – I'm a heavy snippet-user. The developers are quite responsive and have implemented a number of my ideas and requests over the last seven or eight years. After 10 minutes usage I bought a copy and have been a pretty happy user ever since. One day I was fussing about having too many snippets to remember, and I discovered Typinator with its excellent Quick Search. TextExpander was too buggy, had a poor search (at the time), and I had several bad experiences when communicating with its developers. It went through a fallow period several years ago, and I used TextExpander for a while. I've been using snippet-expansion utilities since TypeIt4Me came out in 1990.

I've only covered the tip of the iceberg.Īs of today I have 75 different sets of snippets in Typinator.

Many pre-defined packaged sets for the user to choose from.

HTML expansions that allow sophisticated templates for rich-text capable email clients like Apple Mail, Microsoft Outlook, Airmail, Thunderbird.

Fillable forms – again compliments Keyboard Maestro.

Compliments Keyboard Maestro – as KM cannot use text insertion macros when its own user-entry dialogs are running.

Support for AppleScript and other scripting languages that run and produce a result in snippets.

Quick Search pick list for snippets with global and set-specific filtering (sold me after 10 minutes use).

Keyboard shortcuts for adding new snippets.

(I currently have about 50,000 snippets, although many of those are spelling corrections). Typinator eats Keyboard Maestro's lunch in both snippet usage and management – so – if you're a really heavy user of snippets (as I am) it's a no-brainer to have a dedicated utility fine-tuned for the job. If you see inaccuracies in our content, please report the mistake via this form.Hey you're just a casual user of snippets then there is little benefit to using a dedicated snippet manager – Keyboard Maestro is no slouch. If we have made an error or published misleading information, we will correct or clarify the article. Our editors thoroughly review and fact-check every article to ensure that our content meets the highest standards. Our goal is to deliver the most accurate information and the most knowledgeable advice possible in order to help you make smarter buying decisions on tech gear and a wide array of products and services.

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