Maximizing Productivity

Productivity is getting the important work done with less wasted effort. These articles cover the habits, tools, and techniques that help, from typing faster and using keyboard shortcuts to protecting your focus and avoiding burnout. You’ll also find how-tos for TextExpander itself, so you can turn the text you type every day into reusable snippets and spend that time on work that needs your attention.

Briskine Alternatives: 8 Options for Email Templates & Snippets

Briskine alternatives suit teams that write beyond a single browser workflow. Compare eight options for email templates and snippets, including TextExpander, Gmail Templates, and Outlook Quick Parts, by fit and limits.

TextExpander Editorial Team

Grammarly vs. TextExpander: Which One Do You Actually Need?

Grammarly and TextExpander solve different problems: one checks writing for errors, the other inserts approved text you reuse. Compare the two, review Grammarly alternatives, and see when using both together makes sense.

Josh Centers

How to Automate Repetitive Tasks

Automating repetitive tasks starts with knowing which tasks are worth it. Follow a five-step process to audit, score, map, test, and document automations, then compare tools such as Zapier, TextExpander, and ClickUp.

Brad McCarty

How To Write Medical Progress Notes Faster

Medical progress notes are essential but slow to write by hand. Clinicians can learn how templates, checkboxes, dropdown lists, and saved standard phrases in TextExpander help complete documentation more quickly.

Marcelle Santos

How to Make Invoicing Easier: Tools, Tips and Templates

Invoicing gets easier with cloud accounting software, a process that fits your workflow, and stored text for common invoice details. See an example invoicing workflow plus answers to common freelancer invoicing questions.

Kerry Provenzano

Best free text expander tools for every platform in 2026

The best free text expander depends on where you type: Windows, Mac, Chrome, or your phone. Compare free tools like Espanso, Text Blaze, and Beeftext, plus TextExpander's Free plan for individuals and teams of up to five.

Josh Centers

The Essential Guide To Productivity Tools In 2026

Productivity tools help you manage work, collaborate, and stay organized, but the options can overwhelm. Get a breakdown of the main categories, from text expansion to AI tools, and how to choose what fits your work.

Josh Centers

What is predictive text & how to use it

Predictive text suggests your next word or phrase as you type on a phone, computer, or app. Learn what it means, how to turn it on for iPhone, Android, Mac, and Windows, and when text expansion is the better fit.

Josh Centers

Top Time-Saving Apps & Tools

Time-saving apps help with focus, automation, and screen time across busy workdays. Compare tools like RescueTime, Toggl Track, Zapier, and Freedom, and see where text expansion fits for reducing repetitive work.

Josh Centers

How to increase typing speed and accuracy: 10 proven tips

Learn how to increase typing speed and accuracy with better technique, steady practice, and less retyping. These 10 tips cover touch typing, error reduction, ergonomics, shortcuts, and reusing the text you type most.

Brad McCarty

Get More Done with MacSparky’s Time Blocking Method

MacSparky's time blocking method, shared by productivity expert David Sparks, helps you schedule time for work that matters. Learn why busy is bad, how to say no, find your unicorns, and handle the unexpected.

Josh Centers

Using Snippets for Your Personal Life

Snippets aren't just for work. See how TextExpander can handle personal tasks, with Snippet ideas for life admin, messages to friends and partners, and family logistics like directions for delivery drivers.

Kerry Provenzano