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Copy Text From Windows Popups

2:30AM January 13, 2012 | Whitson Gordon

Ordinarily, you can’t copy text from a Windows popup or error message. GetWindowText is a tiny portable app that will let you grab the text from any window so you can easily Google that message. More »


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PopClip Adds iOS-Like Copy And Paste To Mac

2:30AM November 30, 2011 | Thorin Klosowski

Mac: If you love the tap and copy functionality of iOS and want it on your home computer, PopClip is a simple app that adds similar functionality to your copying, pasting and other functions. More »


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FormatMatch For Mac Pastes Text Without Formatting

12:30AM November 30, 2011 | Alan Henry

Mac: We’ve mentioned before how Ctrl+Shift+V in Windows can strip the formatting from text and paste it in almost any application, but if you have a Mac, FormatMatch is the menubar utility for you. More »


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Why A Plain Text To-Do List Works

3:00AM November 16, 2011 | Whitson Gordon

Your to-do list is the hub of your personal productivity, so it makes sense that we’re attracted to to-do apps filled with bells, whistles and tassels. Then you realise you’re spending more time fiddling with your app than getting things done. Here’s why a simple text file will make your to-do lists fast, easy to manage and seamlessly integrate with everything else you use. More »


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GTText Extracts Text From Images For Easy Editing

11:30PM October 11, 2011 | Alan Henry

Windows: Unfortunately there are still some offices and organisations that send scanned documents as image files, instead of searchable PDF documents that you can highlight text in or copy/paste from. If you get one of those documents, GText is a new OCR utility that can help you scan text and extract it so you can copy it into another document. More »


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Boom Is A Badass Text Snippets Tool For The Command Line

3:40AM October 5, 2011 | Adam Pash

Boom is a command line tool that allows you to store and retrieve text snippets from your command line — sort of like Texter or TextExpander for your Terminal. More »


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The Best Text Expansion App For Android

3:30AM September 30, 2011 | Alan Henry

There’s a real lack of text expansion apps for Android, but we found that Textspansion for Android gets the job done nicely, especially if you’re not willing to install an entire keyboard replacement just to get text expansion. More »


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The Best Text Expansion App For iPhone

3:30AM September 29, 2011 | Adam Dachis

There aren’t many text expansion options for the iPhone, and none of them are perfect, but our top choice is TextExpander as it’s available for everyone and has pretty decent support across iPhone applications. More »


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The Best Text Expansion App For Windows

3:30AM September 28, 2011 | Whitson Gordon

Windows has a number of text expansion apps, but none of them are perfect. PhraseExpress is the best option we’ve found, though, due to its high configurability and low price. More »


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The Best Text Expansion App For Mac

3:30AM September 27, 2011 | Adam Dachis

Strangely, Mac OS X has a wide variety of great text expansion apps and every one does the job well. That said, TypeIt4Me is our favourite thanks to its comprehensive feature set, great performance and reasonable price. More »