More than one TextExpander user has commented how they cannot bear to work on a Mac without TextExpander anymore. If you don’t have access to your snippets, the work pace seems to slow down. You miss the little TextExpander “pop”.
I went on a trip this weekend without my Mac. My sister brought hers, though, and it was only a matter of time before I asked to borrow it. As I sat down to compose an email, I realized that I didn’t have my TextExpander snippets on her Mac.
But I did have them on my iPhone in TextExpander touch.
It’s easy to transfer snippets from your Mac to your iPhone. But it’s just as easy to transfer snippets from your iPhone to your Mac–or a friend’s Mac, as long as it’s running TextExpander 2.7 or later. (Your friend can easily download the free demo!) Here’s how:
1) Under Groups, select the snippet group you want to send.
2) Tap the Action button in the bottom left.
3) Tap “Send via Local Network.”
4) You’ll see a list of available Macs and iPhones on the network. Tap the name of the Mac you want to send your snippet group to. That Mac will display an alert asking for confirmation.
Click “Add” and your snippets will be added to TextExpander on that Mac, and you can use them.
Good manners would dictate that you delete the group from your friend’s Mac when you are done.
TextExpander touch is still $1.99 in the App Store. This special introductory price ends September 9!