![]() ![]() I went scorched earth and removed all notification privileges from the app: I solved this with macOS notification settings (System Preferences > Notifications). Here’s an example where 1Password is blocked: I’d get notifications that I was entering in a password field.Įven worse, with Firefox, if my browser was positioned in the right place, the notification would prevent me from getting to 1Password. While I rave about TextExpander, it comes with Notifications enabled by default. To do this, there’s a drop-down menu in the Snippet Editor to choose the keypress: All I have to do is summon the snippet and the greeting runs and is sent in the chat (By having TextExpander press the return key for me). ![]() This is great for situations where you know you’ll be pressing that key next.Ī great example for me is in live chats I have an intro greeting that I like to say. This was one that I only recently learned, TextExpander can “press” special keys like Escape, Return, or Tab for you. Here’s a comparision of the standard paste verse the plain text paste snippet (I took some text of a Wikipedia entry): And it’s really simple.Īll you need to do is have your Snippet Content to Plain Content and have the Snippet Body be %clipboard. With TextExpander, you can turn the Clipboard contents in plain text right away. Years ago, I would keep open a plan text TextEdit document to copy rich text into, then copy out. Have you ever copied rich text when you want plain text? Maybe you’re copying some support docs over to an email and they’re formatted in a way that doesn’t copy well (bold, big headers, etc.). Please note, I’m a macOS user, so the following won’t be too helpful for Windows users (though TextExpander does have a Windows version). I couldn’t use my computer it without it running. If I’m in Olark, Help Scout, or Slack, I have my snippets ready to go at a moments notice. What I like about TextExpander is it works across all apps. Yes, I know some version of a snippet tool is built into every helpdesk or live chat service. Anything I find myself typing repeatedly gets turned into a Snippet. It’s powerful enough to remember complete phrases, fix title case (i.e., turn Mac to macOS, wordpress to WordPress), or even run powerful Javascript snippets. If you’re unaware, it’s a Snippet tool to save and easily type commonly used phrases. It’s saved me hours of typing over the years that I’ve had it installed. ![]() TextExpander is the most used piece of software on my computer. Support Tips, a blog series where I share bite-size pieces of information that I’ve learned over the past 8+ years. ![]()
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