TextExpander for Mac

November 15, 2023

• Fixes for Popup Menus
• Fix for date adjustment not being respected in excluded optional
• Fixes issue with text selection Google Docs
• Additional fixes and improvements

September 19, 2023

• TextExpander for Chrome can now be run alongside TextExpander for macOS!
• Fix ability to enter Optional Section using arrow keys
• Improve fill-in and inline search placement
• Fixes to retain default popup option after deletion of item
• Fixes dialog Esc key behavior
• Fixes popup dialog scrolling on macOS Big Sur
• Bug fixes and optimizations

August 23, 2023

• Fixes potential crashes when editing certain Snippet types.
• Fixes issue where a user might receive an error when hiding the dock icon.
• Fixes issue with Popup Menu reordering.

July 17, 2023

• Updates and improvements to Snippet Editor
• Adds default keyboard shortcut for Quick Actions
• Improves UI navigation via keyboard
• Fixes unexpected behavior with editor drop down items
• Fixes nested snippets appearing in Quick Actions or edit last expanded Snippet
• Minimum macOS version is now 11.1 "Big Sur"

May 30, 2023

• Adds “Hide TextExpander when launched at login” preference
• Fixes display of Optional Sections in Fill-In windows
• Fixes crash at startup after editing shared Snippet Groups
• Adds customer support chat link for all users
• Fixes expansion via Inline Search inside Fill-In windows

May 10, 2023

• Fixes connecting to TextExpander after intermittent connection loss on macOS Ventura

April 11, 2023

• Add Google Sign-in as account sign-in option
• Fixes and improvements

January 17, 2023

• Improved accuracy of Snippet statistics
• Add an easy, in-app way for users to give product feedback

December 13, 2022

• Live chat support in TextExpander
• Fixes and improvements

October 4, 2022

• Fixes for keyboard shortcuts and navigation
• Improved responsive sizing of the sign-in screen for small screens
• User interface improvements
• Minimum macOS version required is now 10.15

March 21, 2022

• Adds tutorial tips to main window with helpful TextExpander resources
• Adds Dutch language localization
• Includes improvements such as faster start up time, additions to the context menu, and various bug fixes

December 14, 2021

• Adds “Expand Immediately” to complement the “Keep Delimiter” and “Abandon Delimiter” snippet expansion override options
• Various fixes and improvements, notably:
• Fixes text appearance in the UI
• Fixes signing in via SSO when TextExpander isn’t already running
• Fixes some memory leaks
• Fixes various crashes

November 9, 2021

• Fixes other possible crash on startup

October 17, 2021

• Fixes possible crash on startup

October 12, 2021

• Updates and unifies the user experience
• Improves main window search
• Improves performance and responsiveness
• Improves conflict management
• Broadens accessibility
• Other fixes and improvements

June 29, 2021

• Fixes VoiceOver access to main window
• Resolves possible crash on launch when local storage closes unexpectedly
• Resolves possible crash submitting stats when local storage closes unexpectedly
• Improves error message for failed sign in

April 20, 2021

• Fixes expand and match styling with fill-ins
• Fixes moving multiple snippets via context menu
• Fixes duplication of snippets in a read-only group
• Improves inline search performance
• Removes possible stale search results from inline search
• Improves display of outage banners
• Fixes “clear cache” loop at startup
• Fixes possible permanent “Unsaved Snippets” dialog upon quit
• Fixes keyboard freeze when using hot key to enable/disable expansion
• Other fixes and various performance improvements

February 11, 2021

• Resolves potential crash at startup when older data format is present

February 9, 2021

• Right-click menu bar item for My Snippets hierarchical menu
• Resolves a number of issues with hotkeys
• Adds Paste & Match to the snippet editor
• Supports using Command-Return to expand Fill-In window
• Numerous fixes and improvements

December 17, 2020

• Improves speed of fill-in expansions
• Fixes possible crash at launch affecting some users
• Various other fixes and improvements

December 15, 2020

• Updates UI appearance for Big Sur
• Adds Apple Silicon / M1 support (universal binary)
• Adds Quick Actions
• Allows inline search when abbreviation expansion is disabled
• Improves display of suggestions
• Improves display and resolution of editing conflicts
• Improves snippet editor
• Various bug fixes and improvements

May 18, 2020

• Resolves menu bar responsiveness following launch
• Improves appearance of table borders
• Improves expansion in Google Chrome Omnibox and Missive
• Fixes Snippet Group becoming untitled, read-only during high server load
• Other minor fixes and improvements

March 18, 2020

• Restores localization of snippet editor
• Other helpful fixes and improvements

January 14, 2020

• Resolves several issues related to macro interpretation when expanding
• Allows some additional macros to be returned by scripts
• Improves behavior of some fill-in scenarios
• Drops list items entirely when surrounded with optional section macros
• Avoids expanding or operating in Red Sweater’s Black Ink crossword puzzle application
• Other minor fixes and improvements

July 30, 2019

• Improves snippet editor:
• Double-click to edit date and time math macros
• Replaces selected text with inserted macros
• Fixes case where fill-in name reverts to default
• Other minor fixes and improvements

May 28, 2019

• Drag and drop to re-order items in popup fill-ins
• Fixes rich text expansion into Missive, FileMaker Pro
• Fixes several snippet editor issues
• Adds support for table borders
• Other fixes and improvements

March 5, 2019

• New editor with visual access to:
• Dates
• Times
• Date math
• Fill-ins
• Keys
• Cursor positioning
• Clipboard
• Insert / nest other snippets
• Improves snippet preview
• Highlights syntax for JavaScript
• Adds notarization for increased security
• Other fixes and improvements
• Requires macOS 10.12 (Sierra) or later

November 28, 2018

• Supports Mojave dark mode
• Fixes expansion in recent Chrome version address bar
• Resolves “pasteboard delay” errors
• Other fixes and improvements

August 25, 2018

• Resolves case where last snippet is pasted instead of restored clipboard
• Adds option to include betas when checking for updates
• Other minor fixes and improvements

June 5, 2018

• Allows Check for Update… when signed out
• Retains local settings during SSO sign in when possible
• Reduces frequency of secure input notifications
• Other minor fixes and improvements

February 15, 2018

• Improves “Restore clipboard” reliability
• Resolves expansion issues in Microsoft OneNote
• Adds Single Sign-On (SSO) for organizations
• Other fixes and improvements

November 7, 2017

• Resolves possible crash when pasting into Snippet Editor

October 13, 2017

• Updates Secure Input messaging
• Improves selection highlighting in dark mode
• Other fixes and improvements

August 22, 2017

• Adds ‘expand string’ scripting command (e.g. tell application “TextExpander” to expand string “ddate :flag-us:”)
• Improves Snippet Group prefix UI
• Prepares for High Sierra (macOS 10.13)
• Resolves excess conflicting snippet groups
• Other fixes and improvements

May 19, 2017

• Fixes snippet expansion in the Slack app
• Minor fixes and improvements

March 28, 2017

• Adds support for Snippet Group prefixes and Group prefix overrides
• Other minor fixes

February 26, 2017

• Improves connection reliability
• Fixes unwanted leading line break when expanding some formatted snippets
• Retains animation of GIFs when added via drag and drop
• Other minor fixes

February 14, 2017

• Retains selection when applying formatting in snippet editor
• Resolves import hang introduced in 6.1.5
• Other minor fixes

February 3, 2017

• Improves handling of settings and backups from older versions
• Synchronizes additional preferences with TextExpander for Windows
• Removes macOS Sierra’s “Show Tab Bar” entry from View menu
• Adds VoiceOver label for Touch Bar buttons
• Other minor fixes

January 13, 2017

• Resolves issue with font names which contain special characters
• Other minor fixes

January 10, 2017

• Adds Touch Bar support
• Improves VoiceOver access in Snippet Editor
• Other fixes and improvements

November 17, 2016

• Replaces Add Predefined Group with Add Public Group
• Other fixes and improvements

October 26, 2016

• Resolves issues with use on Yosemite (macOS 10.10)
• Fixes potential crash with localized sync notifications
• Displays License Agreement for localized versions

October 11, 2016

• Adds dictation support for fill-in fields
• Adds preview button to snippet editor
• Adds Portuguese support
• Improves drag & drop support for snippet editor
• Other fixes and improvements

September 12, 2016

• Increases size of Snippet Group notes field, and allows copy & paste when read-only
• Fixes expansion of image-only snippets, including in Microsoft Office apps
• Fixes to prepare for macOS Sierra
• Other minor fixes and improvements

July 28, 2016

• Improves import; adds support for multi-line comma-separated value (CSV) files
• Resolves case where switching snippets could discard edits
• Resolves case where returning online doesn’t receive updates
• Resolves case where changing snippet type on other device isn’t reflected locally
• Syncs changes to default sound
• Fixes leading and trailing spaces for formatted text expansion
• Fixes background drawing for Drop / Keep Suggestion
• Improves snippet editor
• Other minor fixes and improvements

June 28, 2016

• Resolves issue where snippet can fail to appear in editor when selected
• Other minor fixes and improvements

June 9, 2016

• Adds quicker way to respond to snippet suggestion notifications
• Displays all available fonts in snippet editor
• Improves color picker, including custom color selection
• Adds Bulleted List and Numbered List to insert (>_) menu
• Adds Table to insert (>_) menu
• Improves expansion of formatted snippets in Thunderbird
• Improves expansion reliability in El Capitan Save panels and System Preferences text fields
• Notifies when new Snippet Groups are added by others
• Removes formatting when pasting text into plain text snippets

May 11, 2016

• Improves Snippet Editor
• Fixes popup menus on Force Touch machines
• Restores Print Group and Print All Groups
• Allows Quit when sign in panel is displayed
• Resolves French localization issues
• Other fixes and improvements

April 26, 2016

• Improves tab navigation of interface
• Resolves failure to save Formatted Text, Pictures snippets from Edit Last Expanded Snippet
• Fixes crash on launch while offline
• Fixes crash related to localizations in German, Spanish, Italian, and Japanese
• Other minor fixes and improvements

April 18, 2016

• Resolves issue with extra spacing when expanding in Gmail while using Chrome
• Restores copy/paste support to Create New Snippet / Edit Last Expanded Snippet
• Adds sign in/out to Account preferences
• Resolves display issue with Set Delimiters… pane
• Other minor fixes and improvements

April 4, 2016

• Integrated TextExpander account and Apps
• Use current snippets on all your devices
• Share snippets easily with coworkers and friends
• Set editing permissions for shared snippets
• Set up an Organization to easily manage sharing across your team
• Automatically join an Organization using your company email address
• Automatically share company snippets with anyone who joins your Organization
• New Windows app (currently in beta)
• Beautiful new app look and feel
• New snippet editing toolbar
• New app icon

February 16, 2016

• Resolves security issue with software updater

November 4, 2015

• Further improvements to expansion in save dialogs on El Capitan
• Other minor fixes and improvements

October 7, 2015

• Addresses El Capitan related crash
• Other minor fixes and improvements

September 1, 2015

• Fixes issue with expansion in save dialogs on El Capitan
• Other minor fixes and improvements

July 22, 2015

• Suggested snippets exclude most single dictionary words
• Adds new notification preference for snippet suggestions
• Fixes secure input notifications for Chrome
• Other minor fixes and improvements

June 5, 2015

• Fixes and improvements

May 27, 2015

• Suggests snippets from phrases you habitually type
• Reminds you of missed opportunities to use your abbreviations
• Customize snippet file location
• Sync via iCloud Drive or any sync folder
• Simplify expansion of lengthy fill-ins and scripts by setting single-line and popup fields to “Show at top” of expanding window
• Search and expand snippets, abbreviations, and suggestions inline as you type
• Preview expanded snippet
• Refreshed statistics display, including new “Top snippets used in last month”
• Supports JavaScript snippets that also operate on iOS, or JavaScript for Automation on Mac only
• Updated for Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite (required)

March 31, 2015

• Adds Run script snippets (AppleScript, shell scripts) option in Expansion preferences
• Minor fixes and improvements

January 6, 2015

• Adds Russian localization
• Other minor fixes and improvements

October 14, 2014

• Adds support for dark mode on Yosemite
• Fixes 12-hour date formats issue when 24-hour time is set
• Resolves case where TextExpander Helper doesn’t appear in the Accessibility list
• Other minor fixes and improvements

September 8, 2014

• Fixes to prepare for upcoming releases of OS X
• Other fixes and improvements

July 8, 2014

• Resolves long delay before expansion on Mavericks when TextExpander is hidden
• Resolves issue with fill-ins losing user settings
• Fixes crash when Add Group from URL fails
• Fixes crash when repeatedly deleting snippets
• Displays statistics properly
• No longer shows error message when enabling Dropbox sync
• Fixes failure to copy and paste snippets in the snippets list
• No longer shows warning when deleting a blank snippet
• Other fixes and improvements

May 28, 2014

• Fixes hang when launching with no TextExpander settings

May 27, 2014

• Improves performance when searching
• Resolves issue with non-PNG image links disappearing
• Improves cursor positioning accuracy
• Fixes case where Return no longer works as a delimiter
• Resolves issue with expansion in Slack (by waiting for shift key to be released)
• Fixes auto-capitalization error involving accented characters
• Other fixes and improvements

January 14, 2014

• Resolves excessive CPU use which occurred on some systems after several expansions
• Resolves a timing issue (race condition) in 4.2 which can cause crashes upon expansion on certain systems
• Pre-fills URL field if Add Group from URL is selected with a URL on the pasteboard
• Other fixes and improvements

December 5, 2013

• Improves expansion in Google Documents in Safari
• Improves interaction with Fast User Switching
• Improves handling of accented letters in Search Snippets and Suggest Matching Abbreviation
• Presents currently-running apps first when choosing app-specific expansion
• Displays URL or file path of external Snippet Groups when selected
• Fixes tabbing in fill-in windows without text fields
• Works around Mavericks issue which allows Smart Quotes despite our setting to the contrary
• Numerous additional fixes and enhancements

September 25, 2013

• Prepares for Mavericks (OS X 10.9), including issues with the new Security & Privacy settings
• Adds Emoji snippet group
• Offers to convert existing snippets when changing default snippet type
• Allows typing Command+Return to complete the fill-in window
• Improves performance with snippets containing multiple embedded images
• Makes Suggest Matching Abbreviation more forgiving of spaces before invocation, and allows multiple words to narrow the search
• Allows capitalization correction in applications such as Mellel
• Includes paragraph style information with HTML data for snippets that contain line breaks, and AppleScript-able setting to control this behavior
• Fixes case where Romaji input method with Dvorak key layout resulted in no expansion
• Updates the automatic update system to fix some crashes while updating or checking for updates
• Allows capitalization correction in "AXScrollArea", which allows it to function in applications which don’t fully implement the Accessibility Protocol
• Slightly delays appearance of fill-in window to fix cases where snippet abbreviation was not fully erased
• Improves detection of focus switch (eg. Spotlight search hotkey) and reduce Accessibility Protocol and bundle information calls to focused applications
• Fixes issue with erasing Suggested snippet abbreviations in sandboxed Save panels
• Allows CPU to idle 30 seconds after an expansion or capitalization correction
• Fixes issue where capitalization correction state was sometimes incorrect after a %key: snippet
• Fixes possible crash when placing a %key:% macro in an optional %fillpart:% that was not included
• Caches results of embedded snippets so that embedded script snippets execute only once per expansion. Adds AppleScript-able setting to avoid this if desired.
• Adds notification which results in expanding properly in Fantastical 1.3.8 and later
• Makes delimiters panel appear on Preferences window, and allows dragging multiple delimiters at one time
• Makes Hide Dock icon confirmation alert appear on Preferences window
• Improves appearance of an optional text fill-in with no name and only a single-line of text
• Provides notification on OS X 10.8 and later if a user-prompted Backup is successful
• Automatically adds Backup Now and Restore controls to toolbar when relaunching after hiding the Dock icon
• Offers to open Backup Preferences if no backup files are found when trying to Restore
• Script snippets that don’t compile now expand to an error message instead of just empty text
• Restores Content Type of Shell Script and AppleScript snippets reporting their type as “Plain Text” after Dropbox Sync with TEtouch 2.0 and 2.0.1
• Fixes issue which prevented setting a snippet’s type to Shell Script and AppleScript via AppleScript
• Fixes issue with settings not being saved when Duplicating items via the context menu in the snippets list

September 25, 2013

• Adds Emoji snippet group
• Prepares for Mavericks
• Expands properly in Fantastical 1.3.8 and later
• Offers to convert existing snippets when changing default snippet type
• Improves performance with snippets containing multiple embedded images
• Makes Suggest Matching Abbreviation more forgiving of spaces before and while narrowing the search
• Allows capitalization correction in specific types of applications, such as Mellel
• Includes paragraph style information with HTML data for snippets which contain line breaks
• Expands properly when using a Romaji input method with Dvorak key layout
• Many other fixes and improvements

December 18, 2012

• Fix potential ordering issue with snippets containing %key:tab%
• Other minor fixes and improvements

December 11, 2012

• Supports Cut, Copy and Paste to manipulate snippets in the outline
• Adds popover to resolve snippet abbreviation conflicts
• Duplicate snippets are drawn with blue abbreviation (vs. orange for conflicts)
• Adds “expand abbreviation ‘’” syntax to AppleScript expand command
• Restores support for %j day-of-year macro
• Other fixes and improvements

November 14, 2012

• Fixes issue with TextExpander icon appearing twice in the Dock on restart
• Applies per-application restrictions when expanding snippets within the fill-in window
• Adds “expand” command to AppleScript vocabulary, allowing scripts to trigger expansion of a snippet
• Other minor fixes and improvements
• Don’t confirm Delete of an empty snippet
• Fixes an issue where ‘%%’ did not get mapped to ‘%’
• Fixes a crash where snippets marked as formatted but not containing any formatted text data could cause snippets to disappear at launch

October 10, 2012

• Avoids expanding “extra” line breaks when optional parts of a fill-in are not checked
• Restores ability to click to expand snippets found by Suggest Matching Abbreviation
• Fixes expansion of formatted snippets containing keypresses into Mail messages
• Other minor fixes and improvements
• Fixes issue when %key:return% or %key:enter% appear at the end of a snippet

August 7, 2012

• Restores transparency to menu bar icon
• Makes checkbox label clickable for optional section fill-ins
• Equality abbreviations in Symbol group now end with == (e.g. >==, <==)
• Updates Japanese and Italian help
• Many other minor fixes and improvements

June 21, 2012

• Adds new fill-in types:
• Multiple line text fields
• Popup menus
• Optional text sections
• Supports default values for text and popup fill-ins
• Edit fill-ins and options with popup interface
• Expand snippets while using fill-ins
• Switch apps while using fill-ins
• Improves statistics with graphical display
• Introduces hands-on tutorial for new users
• Adds support for table expansion
• Adds contextual menus to snippet editor and snippet list
• Adds appearance preference to show main window at launch
• Updates appearance for Lion and Mountain Lion
• Adds support for high-resolution Retina displays
• Adds French and German autocorrect groups
• Many other minor fixes and improvements

March 9, 2012

• Fixes Sort by Content
• Fixes issue with embedded AppleScript snippets that don’t return strings
• Adds “restore clipboard regardless” property to AppleScript for TextMate 1.5.10 users
• Other fixes and improvements to memory use

February 28, 2012

• Signed with Gatekeeper-friendly Developer ID from Apple
• Improves expansion reliability, especially in iWork applications
• Solves many cases of transposed letters
• Adds Sort by Most Used
• Adds “last used time” and “use count” properties to AppleScript support
• Better respects hide setting when TextExpander is a Login Item
• Several minor fixes and improvements

November 29, 2011

• Adds “Sharing Snippet Groups with Your Team” help section
• Adds Tweet My Stats button to the Statistics window
• Supports selecting local Dropbox folder for Dropbox 1.2 and later
• Allows selecting “Other…” application when specifying applications
• Improves double-click behavior for .textexpander files
• Adds QuickLook support for .textexpander files
• Other fixes and improvements

October 18, 2011

• Fixes issue with updating snippets and settings via Dropbox
• Nested plain text snippets now take formatting from the snippet in which they are nested
• Fixes various interface display issues
• Suppresses expansion when using input methods which combine keystrokes
• Fixes font sizing issue when key presses are used
• Improved handling when Dropbox folder is not in Home folder
• Other minor fixes and improvements

September 20, 2011

• Fixed font size mismatch in Mail
• Fixed issue with formatted text fill-ins
• Fixed issue with disabled expansion after using Mission Control
• Fixed issue expanding in some file dialogs (e.g. Preview, TextEdit)
• Added additional logging to help diagnose outstanding issues
• Other fixes and improvements

August 9, 2011

• Fixes delimiter handling in Safari 5.1 on Lion and Snow Leopard
• Fixes key press handling in Safari 5.1 on Lion and Snow Leopard
• Fixes cursor handling in Safari 5.1 on Lion and Snow Leopard
• Retains proper font size when expanding into Microsoft Word
• Other minor fixes and improvements
• Note: Expanding into password fields on Safari 5.1 does not function properly

May 13, 2011

• Fixed problem with Dock hiding in Mac App Store version

April 20, 2011

• Introduces AppleScript support
• Adds Backup Now, Restore, and Logging as customizable toolbar items
• Adds support for guillemets «» as delimiter characters
• Allows keypress macros (tab, return, esc, enter) to be nested in fill-in snippets
• Automatic capitalization at sentence start now works with contractions of “I” (I’m, I’ll, I’d, etc.)
• Other fixes and improvements

February 22, 2011

• New and improved HTML & CSS snippet group
• Adds display font setting for plain text snippets
• Adds default font setting for formatted text snippets
• Makes secure input warning less intrusive and less frequent

February 3, 2011

• Adds Spanish localization
• Adds option to eliminate double caps at the start of words
• Adds warning info when secure event input is enabled
• Improves compatibility with VoiceOver
• Other fixes and improvements

December 14, 2010

• Improves automatic capitalization
• Adds options for as few as 5 backup files
• Improved handling of Dropbox syncing
• Other minor fixes and improvements

November 20, 2010

• Adds “Launch at Login” to Appearance preferences
• Adds new welcome window
• Submitted to Mac App Store, not released

October 26, 2010

• Adds backup and restore
• Adds preference for automatic backup
• Adds keyboard shortcuts to expand top search results
• Fixes some problems with establishing Dropbox sync
• Other fixes and improvements

August 26, 2010

• Fixed problem with starting to expand after login
• Fixed problem locating Dropbox folder in some cases

August 11, 2010

• Fixed Adapt to Case when selected as default case sensitivity
• Fixed potential crash on quit
• Fixed at least one instance of disappearing snippets
• Other fixes and improvements

June 2, 2010

• Added hotkeys to activate TextExpander and to open the Search Snippets function
• Allows hiding Dock icon without showing TextExpander in the menu bar
• Improved search by highlighting matched text and searching snippet label text
• Supports typing by mouse with Keyboard Viewer or Virtual Keyboard
• Improved cursor position handling in Google Chrome and Firefox
• Other fixes and improvements

May 7, 2010

• Fixes crash when “Expand abbreviations” is set to “at delimiter (keep delimiter)”
• Stops passing along up and down arrows when used to navigate suggestions

May 4, 2010

• Improved performance
• Supports Unicode line endings for import
• Switched to FastSpring for in-product purchases
• Fixes hang in FileMaker Pro modal dialogs
• Other fixes and improvements

April 14, 2010

• Expands properly in other applications’ quick entry windows and Spotlight
• Improved performance
• Capitalization options can exclude applications
• Fixes double expansion in LaunchBar
• “Suggest Abbreviations” Snippet Group preference functions properly
• No longer attempts to expand in VMWare Fusion
• Other fixes and improvements

March 18, 2010

• Fill-in window now supports Cut, Copy, Paste, and Select All keyboard equivalents
• Formatted snippets can now be created using the quick entry window
• Dates can now be used in snippets with fill-ins
• Key presses can now be used in snippets with nested snippets and dates
• Check Updates interval is retained and respected
• Fixed menu performance problem with large Snippet Groups
• Fixed hang within TextExpander when “Capitalize new sentences” is on
• Fixed problem with drag-and-drop reordering of snippets
• Fixed occasional problem with Dropbox setting in Sync preferences
• Fixed occasional problem with unwanted selection when positioning cursor
• Fixed upgrade reminder; added 30 day delay

March 10, 2010

• Converted from preference pane to application
• Specify multiple blank fields in snippets for variable content to be filled in manually
• Search snippets from the menu bar
• Insert Tab and Return in snippets
• Create new snippets quickly via hotkey
• Edit the last-expanded snippet via hotkey
• Built-in support for synchronization via Dropbox
• Correct double caps; ensure initial caps at the beginning of a sentence
• Automatic updates within the application (Sparkle)
• Other fixes and improvements

December 18, 2009

• Fixes cursor position at beginning of snippet
• Snippets respect sort order for drag and drop
• Other minor fixes and improvements

December 3, 2009

• Use rich text snippets in web apps (for example, signatures in Gmail)
• Revised purchase reminder alert
• Make a selection using % in conjunction with %’ cursor positioning
• Other minor fixes and improvements

October 21, 2009

• Imports Spell Catcher shorthand files (exported in XML format)
• Supports plain text snippets nested in AppleScript and shell script snippets
• Fixed some problems with Mobile Me synchronization
• Fixed split view slider in Snippets tab for Snow Leopard
• Fixed memory leak / performance problem with large clipboards
• Fixed cursor positioning at end of snippet (%<, %>, %/, %v)
• Fixed problem when Key Repeat Delay is set to None

August 24, 2009

• Share snippet groups with TextExpander for iPhone and iPad for the iPhone, to be released August 26
• Fixes occasional stalling under Snow Leopard
• Other fixes and improvements

July 15, 2009

• Added Sort by Label
• Fixed dead key handling (e.g., use ä or Polyphonic Greek characters as abbreviations)
• Made improvements in preparation for Snow Leopard
• Minor fixes and improvements

May 20, 2009

• Improved menu performance on Leopard (10.5)
• Reduced memory usage on Leopard
• Fixed rich text import
• Other minor fixes and improvements

March 26, 2009

• Fix problem with Adapt to Case

March 25, 2009

• Per-group expansion options for greater flexibility:
• Expand after whitespace (default)
• Expand after anything but letters & numbers
• Expand after any character
• Setting for clipboard restore delay
• WPM setting for more accurate statistics
• Fixes problem where formatted text was pasted for some plain text snippets
• Other minor fixes and improvements

February 18, 2009

• Shell script snippets, which expand to the result of the script
• Respects default formatting when creating snippets from clipboard or selection
• Fixed problem with updating URL Snippet Groups
• Other minor fixes and improvements

January 28, 2009

• AppleScript results are pasted in plain text so that they adopt the current formatting
• Nested AppleScript snippets now function properly
• Snippet list retains outline expansion and selection better (no more collapsing unexpectedly)
• Fixed hanging problem when used with PopChar X

October 29, 2008

• Date math (add or subtract years, months, days, hours, minutes, seconds from current time)
• Internet productivity Group (shorten URLs, etc.)
• Symbols Group (command, option, copyright, trademark, Euro, Pound, etc.)
• Fixed %- and %+ to abandon or keep delimiter on a per-snippet basis
• Other fixes and improvements

August 14, 2008

• Fix problem with “ignore case” setting for abbreviations

August 12, 2008

• Menu bar icon responds instantly regardless of snippet count
• Menu bar menu is navigable by keyboard
• Snippet groups show contents in add Snippet submenu of snippet editor
• Fixed memory leak which could lead to poor performance
• Fixed potential system hang if key is pressed while viewing menu bar menu
• Fixed broken link for predefined Autocorrect Snippet Group
• Fixed “Play sound” checkbox target area

July 23, 2008

• Added “Accented Words” snippet group
• Expands to fit wider System Preferences window on Leopard
• Fixed filtering of abbreviations and snippets
• Fixed some case-sensitivity problems on Tiger
• Other minor fixes and improvements

May 20, 2008

• Adds predefined Snippet Group for CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
• Limits “Adapt to Case” to lowercase snippets
• Limits “Adapt to Case” to abbreviations with two or more characters
• Disables expansion when shift-space is typed
• Works properly with MacSpeech Dictate

April 29, 2008

• Fixes post-expansion cursor positioning
• Handles delimiters using the shift key properly
• Supports fully empty snippet list
• Minor fixes and improvements

April 22, 2008

• Improves performance and reliability for fast typists
• Remembers open Snippet Groups in Preference pane
• Preserves format when creating snippets from selection or Clipboard
• Allows single character abbreviations
• Fixes problem expanding when there are multiple nested snippets
• Minor fixes and improvements

February 5, 2008

• Fixed registration
• Fixed Dvorak layout (both Dvorak and Dvorak-QWERTY work properly)
• Fixed double launch on upgrade

January 10, 2008

• Fixed problem with Dvorak-Qwerty keyboard layout
• Fixed problem with snppet type failing to apply

October 25, 2007

• Leopard compatible
• Respects default snippet type setting
• Fixed potential problem with specifying delimiters

October 17, 2007

• Abandon delimiter is fixed
• Cursor positioning (left, right, up, down) is fixed
• Works properly with non-US keyboards and layouts
• Problems updating from older versions are fixed
• Scroll performance with large numbers of snippets is fixed
• Excluding Microsoft Word is fixed
• Import handles snippet labels properly
• Other minor fixes

October 16, 2007

• Snippet groups
• Add snippet groups from external files
• Add snippet groups from URLs (including password-protected URLs with Keychain support)
• Synchronize snippet groups using MobileMe Synchronization
• Print snippets
• Hotkeys to enable / disable and to create snippets from selection or clipboard
• Enable or disable Snippet Groups on a per-application basis
• AppleScript snippets, which expand to the result of the script
• More options for sounds
• Sound settings on a per-group basis
• Update snippet groups from URLs and external files at regular intervals
• Improved performance with large numbers of snippets
• User interface improvements
• Additional improvements too numerous to mention

September 5, 2006

• Abbreviations with characters requiring the Option key are fixed
• Named delimiters (space, tab, return, esc) appear in other languages
• Other minor fixes

August 15, 2006

• User-specified delimiters (“Set Delimiters…” button in Preferences tab)
• Import comma- and tab-delimited text, RTF, and RTFD files
• Choose TextExpander or Textpander style menu bar icon in Preferences
• Sort snippets by date created (helps when locating import Snippet Groups)
• Sort snippets by date modified (helps when tracking recent changes)
• Mac OS X 10.4 required

June 6, 2006

• Dramatically improved performance for large snippet libraries
• Option to insert snippets using cross-platform compatible image format (PNG)
• Fixed crashing bug when using date / time in formatted text

May 23, 2006

• Refer to other snippets as variables via “%snippet:[abbreviation]%” …
• You can now create snippets directly from selected text by means of the TextExpander Service.
• TextExpander’s preference pane can now be resized vertically.
• Abbreviations can now be corrected during typing with the backspace key.
• Fixed a bug where TextExpander did not insert snippets correctly while a hybrid keyboard layout (e.g., Dvorak Querty) was active.
• Added initial Japanese localization by Akira Ikeda.
• Available Languages: English, French, German, Japanese.

March 6, 2006

• Fixes problem saving when “Use additional snippets” is checked

January 19, 2006

• Both Textpander’s preference pane and the background process are universal binaries now. This means that Textpander runs natively on both PowerPC and Intel-based Macs.
• Available Languages: English, French, German.

December 9, 2005

• The snippets list now supports copy & paste. In addition to the obvious purpose of duplicating snippets (which was already possible by doing an [option]-drag, by the way), you can also create new snippets by pasting text to the snippets list. Moreover, copying from the snippets list populates your clipboard with a list of the selected snippets and their respective abbreviations. Paste that into a text file and apply your formatting to create a snippets cheat sheet.
• Textpander now works with iTerm.
• Available Languages: English, French, German.

October 28, 2005

• Fixed a bug in Textpander’s external snippets parser. This will solve most problems experienced by users who have imported or subscribed to their TypeIt4Me snippets. (You don’t have to re-import those. Textpander fixes corrupted snippets automatically.)
• You can now add a clipboard placeholder (%clipboard) to have Textpander insert the current clipboard content into a snippet on expansion. (Only the clipboard’s plain text representation is used here.)
• Textpander can now import or subscribe to “nlang” files from Nisus Writer.
• Textpander Help should now work on Mac OS X 10.3.9.
• Added a French localization by Hervé Roth.
• Available Languages: English, French, German.

August 29, 2005

• If you have configured Textpander to “Expand automatically when… a delimiter character has been typed after an abbreviation”, you can now choose whether the delimiter character that triggered the expansion should vanish on expansion (“keep delimiter”/”abandon delimiter”). To override this setting for a specific snippet, add a “Keep delimiter” specifier (“%+”, without the surrounding quotation marks) or an “Abandon delimiter” specifier (“%-“) to the very end of your snippet.
• You can now use your own local snippets collection and subscribe to a remote snippets file at the same time.
• Improved Textpander’s compatibility with the Terminal and other applications that don’t behave like standard OS X text editors.
• Available Languages: English, German.

August 22, 2005

• Initial release.
• Available Languages: English, German.