adamstacsaidthis

In defense of some of the negative comments here...

I have saved tons of time using this app. It does an AWESOME job of helping me set keystroke commands for VERY simple "i don't wanna have to think about this" tasks, and then some.

A few examples: Typing...

ttime = the current time [2:31 PM]
dmdy = day - month day, year [Saturday - October 27, 2007]

I've also got long blocks of boiler plate text tucked away in there, as well as email addresses that I enter often. It would suck top have manually enter them when I can just set a shorten version of them up in TextExpander and save time, and reduce the chance of error.

Not to mention, the interface and functionality was just updated with the latest version (2.0.2) making it an even better app!

I have nothing but great things to say about TextExpander, and I love the time that it's saved me.

Fantastic Product which is getting a lot of hate on here from cheap cats who obviously don't use it properly or enough for it to be worthy of $30.

I made my money back on this app after a week of using it. If you code regularly - it is damn near essential for shaving off a LOT of tedium.

Love the product - great support - regularly updated.

I just switching from Windows and was a huge fan of the fabulous (and free) AutoHotKey. TextExpander lacks most of the features of AutoHotKey but the really irritating part is that so far it won't even do text expansion properly. I type my hotstring and nothing happens. I backspace and try again, still nothing. I hit backspace and try again, ahh, now it works, but I could have typed it myself faster. If it starts working I may pay for it as it's a feature I really like. For what it does though it should be in the $10-15 range. If develops the full feature set of AutoHotKey then it'll be worth $30 or $40.

As far as I can tell, Butler does all that TextExpander does -- as a bonus to its amazing app launcher/navigation/clipboard organizer uses. And its freeware/donationware. Go with Butler.

I tried TextExpander and TypeIt4Me (which I actually purchased) and Typinator wipes the floor with them. It expands fast in all apps I've tried (unlike TypeIt4Me), it has lots of options as to expansion (i.e., per-abbreviation space options), and the full size interface is much more useable than the prefpanes of the other two. It also has nice per-app and per-abbreviation exclusion capabilities.

TextExpander is good, but more limited in my opinion (plus more expensive). Before you settle on this app, take a look at Typinator.

Someone should tag this with 'Preference Pane'.

ALL WEB DEVELOPERS NEED A COPY OF THIS APP!

Before I began to use TextSoap, text that wasn't "web friendly" would always creep its way onto the page rendering out to the user unrecognizable "Hieroglyphics". For those of you who have experienced this, you know all to well what a pain it is to "manually" clean up text.

I now "clean" all text with TextSoap, whether it's for the web or just plain copying and pasting from one app to another. Don't me wrong, I'm not a text cleaning fanatic, but when I know that I want to copy and paste "clean text", I run it through TextSoap and I know it's going to be stripped of all formatting, leaving behind just plain old text and that's it.

The app is a little pricey. However, the "time" it has saved me and the "peace of mind" it has given me knowing that my text is "clean", TextSoap has paid for itself and then some!

Path Finder is simply the best! Like "poncelet" said below "Few programs extend the usability of the Mac to such a degree that I can't imagine using one without it.", and I completely agree.

The reason I am commenting is to mention a feature that most may not take advantage of. With Path Finder (Whether it's launched or not) you can completely hide Finder's desktop giving you an always clean desktop.

Apps like DeskShade and Desktopple do this. But if you're a Path Finder user there's no need to have one more app using resources when the fundamental task of those apps can be done by Path Finder regardless if you have it launched or not.

I also use a Quicksilver "Trigger" (the F1 key) to bring Path Finder into view. If it's not launched yet, it will be launched, otherwise it just brings the already open Path Finder window to the front. This in combination with Path Finder's setting "Hides on Deactivate" (under the "Window" menu item) allows for unobtrusive usage. When in use, it's there, otherwise Path Finder gets hidden when not in use.

Too expensive. I miss my "don't show the windows when I click on the desktop", and I miss the "recent folders", and a tiny bit miss the tabs. Can't afford to buy it, though, so deleted after free trial.

does this tend to "unexpectedly quit" often for anyone else (running Intel MacBook Pro). It has been crashing at least 2-3 times a day, and I only started using it last night :(

nevermind--didn't mean to diss this app--I love it!

I had a disk error involving the header files, so once that was repaired my machine has been running better.

It's a great app, but there is a problem with the Command-F8 feature. It only locates apps in the "Applications" folder. I put apps for my account only in a folder called "MyApps". Path Finder doesn't let me point the app to my applications folder for it to index that list of apps too.

The 4.7 update is locking up pretty regularly for me. Reverting to 4.6.1. And I actually do like how the bottom-pane preview window works, so that is missed. The 3-column view is just too boring and unadjustable. Maybe by 5.0 they'll have it worked out to at least give us the choice.

As a recent convert from the Evil Empire, I missed the Windows Explorer function, and the Mac Finder is a bit dysfunctional. Pathfinder has been my salvation - I give it 5ive stars easily, although it is a tad pricey. It's never caused me any problems on my iMac 20" (3 GB RAM / dual core Intel / v 10.4.10). It seems some others have had problems, but I highly recommend trying it out for yourself. This app hasn't failed me yet at getting to the far recesses of those buried files - like the "empty trash" sound file I wanted to change (heh heh).

WARNING: Path Finder doesn't support Spotlight comments properly, eg: if you move a folder that has a comment, it loses its comment. (But gets it back if you put it back to where it was.)
This is a bad surprise, since Path Finder is aware of Spotlight comments: it shows them in the info pane (doesn't show them in a column though).

An advantage of using Path Finder vs. other alternative finders, is that apps like Butler or Quicksilver allow to call Path Finder instead of Finder when opening folders.

I don't think I could live without this, it is everything the finder should of been.

I was surprised to see Path Finder crash on my Intel MacBook. Also seemed to be responsible for sluggishness when many apps are open, as the problem went away when I stopped launching Path Finder at startup. Quicksilver will have to do for me.

I really wanted to like this app since the feature-set is good but every time I try using it, I see how it's still much slower to refresh than the Finder when navigating folders and previewing files. Should be lighting-fast if it's so much better than the Finder.

"Reveal in Path Finder" and QuickLook Support do not save the Path Finder from looking like an old ass from the past century once you found out about Leap.

In 10.4 almost everyone's choice went for the path over the original finder, but with the few improvements in Leopard and the adding of spotlight... with the success of quicksilver and again Leap... there's a hole left in the wall where Path Finder stood. I'm still looking out for improvements or a straight rebuild of the ideas... but then again even muCommander seems to be more effective right now.

i found that i deleted the app and am UNusing it right now, hoping that some dev's wake up from wintersleep and gain some ideas.