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It really works pretty well, and I found tagging the songs was really interesting -- it makes you reflect on what the song is.

Wow, this is way more fun than I had expected. Too bad my music collection is so big!

it really is WAY too cool!
just love it. Would very much appreciate if , in the autotag function, the song could be played at 2' minutes in, if it's a song say, over 3.50 minutes long, or start playing at 1min if it's a 2 minutes song. Aboute halfway in the track, would be great. Otherwise, just plain cool and very useful... too bad my library is so huge...:-)

Anyone that thinks this is even remotely good should check out 'The Filter' - and prepare to get your minds blown by the playlists it creates.

chilli, it doesn't seem like you're exactly neutral in this matter...

I can't believe I'm saying this - but there used to be a really neat program called MoodLogic on Windows Winblows, which had like a central database of tagged music, and in essence did the same thing, so it would automagically recognise (most of) your music, and you choose mixes based on your mood.

It think it would be nifty if the developer could implement something like that, cause with 100gb+ of music, tagging it manually isn't really an option!

I really like this app. The other apps that automatically create playlists never seem to suit my tastes, and always seem bloated. I like the control Moody gives, and its simplicity.

For those of you not wanting to tag your thousands of songs, I recommend starting slow with the songs you listen to most: make a smart playlist of highly rated songs, or songs with a playcount over a certain number, then go through and tag that playlist only. You can work on the rest when you feel like it.

Perfect way to upload to ImageShack.

I've been using this for years now, but just replaced it with this: http://osx.iusethis.com/app/imageuploadwidget

Correct link for the Image Upload widget: http://osx.iusethis.com/app/imageupload

Still holding on to the free Textpander -- the good old days. Works great!

anyone know where they can find the free version?

Would have paid $10 for it, will not pay $30.

@arne: Exactly. 30$ is ridiculous.

TextExpander 1.4.2 has a little bug: it breaks the shortcut that hides/shows the Dock (command-option-d), even if the shortcut is changed to something else.
Instead of toggling between hiding and showing the Dock, the Dock is hidden only when the keyboard shortcut is pressed and comes back immediately when the keys are released.

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.