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Review: TextExpander is autocorrect on steroids, usable across Mac, iPad, and iPhone

<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/textexpander-dldf2.png?w=1000&h=500)</div><p>Autocorrect can be a mixed blessing. We’ve all experienced times where it’s a hindrance rather than a help, insisting on turning our perfectly valid words into something entirely unrelated – so much so that <a href="http://www.damnyouautocorrect.com/category/best-of-dyac/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">entire websites[/url] have been devoted to its <a href="http://twentytwowords.com/times-autocorrect-made-conversations-hilarious/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">alleged failings[/url] (even if most of them are made up).</p>
<p>But one of its real strengths is the ability to save typing effort. We can create our own abbreviations that then expand out into the full phrase or sentence. TextExpander is a cloud-based service that uses the same concept, but is, to borrow a phrase, insanely powerful …</p>
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