Os X Text Expansion

Text Expansion lets you type a short sequence of characters that becomes instantly expanded to something else. This is perfect for things that are slower to.
This is because some Apps like Google Chrome do not use the Apple built-in text expansion feature but instead override it with their own keyboard handling mechanism.

Anyone who has heard me talk about OS X knows how much I love Text Expander. With Text Expander I can create short text snippets that, when typed, expand out to larger chunks of text. It saves me tons of time typing.

I use it everywhere but today, I’m going to share with you some things that I do to make managing email easier.

Expand common email responses

Auto Text Expander is here to solve that - kinda like TextExpander for Mac or AutoText for Windows, but installed and synced across Chrome browsers! This free (and ad-free) extension adds basic javascript to your pages to check if your last set of consecutive keystrokes matches any of any number of custom shortcuts you can define and expands.

If you find yourself frequently sending the same email responses to your readers build a snippet library of canned responses.

This is especially helpful if you are running a help desk.

You can personalize the message by using either fill-ins or just moving the cursor to a spot that you want to personalize.

This snippet will prompt you for a name, type some pre-canned text and then drop the cursor at the bottom of the message so you can customize it.

Expand my signature

In general, I always use the same signature. So I setup a snippet that will expand out my signature after I type the closing like so:

Text Expander would just expand the snippet to this:

You might wonder why I use the beginning of the closing rather than a unique abbreviation? It’s because then, I don’t actually even have to remember to type the abbreviation. It just works for me as I’m typing. This realization has saved me countless hours of time.

Expand my email address

Like the snippet above, I create Text Expander snippets that use the name part of my email to expand my entire email address. So, if your email address is foo@somedomain.com create the foo@somedomain.com snippet and set the abbreviation to foo@

Search GMail

I often want to go back and search my GMail account by time but I never remember the syntax. I created these snippets to make things easier for me to remember.

gmlast1y

This snippet returns everything in the last year.

gmlast30

This snippet returns everything in the last 30 days.

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gmunread

I use this snippet to show all of the unread messages in my inbox.

gmbigf

Use this snippet to find large attachments over a certain size. I chose 10 megabytes

So there you have some of my tips for getting email under control with Text Expander. I’d love to hear how you use Text Expander to make your life easier.

QuickKey - Text Expansion 2.1

Save time typing by expanding short abbreviations into long phrases, code snippets, or entire e-mails. QuickKey allows you to insert expanded text into any app with a single keyboard shortcut. Stop typing repetitive or hard to remember text over and over, and make your life easier with QuickKey.
QuickKey 2.0 now supports multiple placeholders—so you can define a block of text with multiple 'variables', crafting entire e-mails.
Some ways you can use QuickKey:

Quickly send common e-mails.
Set up custom e-mail signatures to insert on demand.
Quickly respond to e-mails with boilerplate replies.
Insert snippets of code you use frequently.

QuickKey syncs with iCloud so your shortcuts are available on all your Macs. Plus, a free companion iOS app allows you to view and use your snippets on the go.
QuickKey is the first text expansion app built specifically for complete compatibility with the App Store and all Mac security measures. It is fully compatible with macOS High Sierra and sandboxing. It requires no special permissions to work. Text insertion is faster and easier with our free expansion companion app available at http://quickkey-app.com/extension/ but it is not required.

What's New:

Version 2.1

New: Shortcuts auto-fill as you type. Press the return key to accept autofill, or just keep typing to ignore. Typing in a full shortcut will auto-copy like before. You can turn autofill off in QuickKey's preferences.
Fixed: When inserting a shortcut with variables, variables will not disappear when switching to a new window.
Minor bug & typo fixes.

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