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.

Alfred vs TextExpander: Do you need both?

Alfred and TextExpander overlap on text expansion, since the Alfred Powerpack includes a Snippets feature. Compare how each handles large Snippet libraries, team sharing, and fill-in fields, and when using both makes sense.

Josh Centers

How to Increase Typing Speed and Accuracy: 10 Proven Tips

Typing speed and accuracy improve with technique, practice, and less repetitive typing. Get ten tips covering touch typing, breaking bad habits, daily practice, accuracy benchmarks, and text expansion tools.

Brad McCarty

28 Typing Hacks, Techniques & Cheats to Type Faster

Typing faster depends on technique, shortcuts, and tools as much as raw speed. These typing hacks cover fundamentals, text expansion, keyboard shortcuts, hardware setup, practice tests, and a healthy work setup.

TextExpander Editorial Team

Best Mac Productivity Apps for 2026: 14 Tools I Use Every Day

The best Mac productivity apps take advantage of native features like Spotlight, menu bar access, and keyboard shortcuts. See 14 tools used daily for app launching, window management, clipboard history, notes, and tasks.

TextExpander Editorial Team

Typing Efficiency Tools: Frequently Asked Questions

Typing efficiency tools range from basic text replacement to keyboard shortcut and snippet apps. Get answers on hotkey apps vs. snippet tools, templated messages, business pricing, enterprise security, and choosing an app.

TextExpander Editorial Team

TextExpander for Outlook: Save Hours on Email Every Week

TextExpander for Outlook turns short abbreviations into complete, formatted emails in Outlook on Windows, Mac, web, and iOS. Learn how to set it up, see Snippet examples, and compare it to Outlook's built-in tools.

TextExpander Editorial Team

The Best AI Writing Tools in 2026

AI writing tools cover everything from grammar checks and SEO to paraphrasing, copywriting, and translation. Compare top picks by use case, including Grammarly, QuillBot, and ChatGPT, and see where TextExpander fits.

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