Do the other options mentioned here prompt you when you type a phrase that has an existing TE shortcut/snippet available for it?
I sometimes forget about the shortcuts/snippets I already have — and find the notification that pops up reminding me, to be very useful - as it helps to retrain me on remembering it for next time.
TE is getting increasingly laggy on my system. But this feature is really nice, and has me not looking too hard at the competition.
I’ve cancelled my subscription renewal for TE and am happy with what Keyboard Maestro provides did my needs. The point of subscription software is to incentivise development and it clearly didn’t.
Deleting the folder in ~/Library/WebKit seems to have resolved my crashing issues on my iMac, but sometimes the text expansion is s-l-o-w.
Since I only seem to use some basic features and have KM and Alfred as other options besides what’s built in to the O/S I think I’m going to follow suit and see if I can migrate away.
If I’m not using its features, it doesn’t perform consistently well and I have other options why have yet another subscription?
I just stopped having it open on log-in… as soon as things are up and running, then I will launch TE… so far, so good…
This crash is still occurring in 11.4… You can delete the folder but it will return and start crashing again.
I have had enough dealings with Smile Software to know that reporting this over and over will do no good. They don’t care what you think and if it gets fixed, it will be whenever they decide that it is time to fix it.
These crashes are driving me nuts - perhaps it is an M1 isolated issue. Although I think @anon85228692’s comment struck a chord with me. Since moving to subscription TE has offered me nothing but trouble and a reminder email once a month about how little I am using it anyway.
I wonder if KM can really replace the few snippets I am using regularly. My dream was real TE support across all my apple devices, but honestly I don’t see how that’s possible. TE on iOS is a joke (not that Smile is at fault, but the alternative keyboards are junk IMO)
Edit: I’ve deleted that folder twice now, but clearly there is a persistent problem that needs to be fixed. I’m honestly glad it has me questioning my subcription again.
I am sorry to say that, but: no. 
I have deleted the mentioned folder 5 to 7 times on my Intel Mac Mini. After all, I resolved the issue by deleting Text Expander. 
Alfred does the expansion job on my Macs now and it has not let me down once. No failed expansions, faster. It just works.
Having the same issues on my mid-2014 MacBook Pro.
Just switched to Typinator. It’s much faster and runs without problems.
Guess Smile is on the way out after selling PDFpen. Looks like no one wanted to buy TextExpander yet.
Typinator is absolutely superb software. I abandoned TextExpander the moment it went subscription and moved over to Typinator—so have been using it for years. The support is as superb as the software—even to the extent of helping with complex RegEx based expansions. I really can’t praise it highly enough and make use of it many times every day.
Stephen
There is one issue I havn’t resolved yet. How can make an extension work when it’s connected to a character?
I have an extension for m² and I have to type a space before. Anyone know if there is a way to avoid that i.e. expanding the snippet when connected to a character?
Would also like to switch to Typinator, but have two Macs and no Dropbox (Dropbox is also out of the question). Maybe someone can tell me if iCloud sync is also possible and works reliably?
Yes, absolutely. Have had no problem as long as, as always with iCloud, you make it store all files locally and forbid it to unload files to the cloud when disk space is low.
I had similar issues with TE crashing on my M1 MacBook Air. The issue seems to be resolved, but on iOS, some apps using TE, namely Drafts, and Fantastical for me, often freeze when I start typing. I’m not sure if these are related issues but made me wonder. OmniFocus on iOS will also often freeze for a moment.
I’ve not worked out the detail but, from existing abbreviations I use, I suspect you can do that using RegEx. For example. I use the following abbreviations:
RegEx: (\d{2})(F|C)
Expansion: $1°$2
Result example: 20°C (the expansion inserts the superscripted degree sign in the temperature)
RegEx: ([\d])(in)
Expansion: $1"{^}
Result example: 16" (the expansion substitutes non-smart quotation marks for smart ones and places the cursor after the inch sign)
Sorry I’ve not had time to look at your specific case in more detail but I suspect you could do something like those examples.
Stephen
Thanks for the tips guys - I have Alfred & KM - so I’m going to play around with those, but Typinator sounds like it could be a winner
I’ve looked again at what you want to do and this, in Typinator (making sure you’re using regular expressions), will do what you need:
Abbreviation: (m)(2)
Expansion: $1² {^}
Result (for example): com²
(Note I’ve placed the cursor after a space: you don’t need to do that, of course, and could delete the space in the expansion.)
Stephen
I have used TextExpander for many years and it is an integral part of my daily workflow. Up until recently, it has been very solid. It now crashes regularly. Deleting their folder in the WebKit folder generally works for a little while, but then the crashes start again. This is easily the most unstable version of TE that I have ever used. 
With that said, I am not prepared to jump ship to a competing product–yet. Based on my lengthy and very positive past history with TE, I am willing to give them some more time to sort things out. I am confident that they will fix the problem. Sooner would definitely be nice however!
Thanks, havn’t tried the regular expressions yet. This will help!!!
the newest version now causes a problem with Fill-In snippets (based on the posts here, I may be the only person here that uses Fill-Ins). The Fill-In pop up will no longer just appear when activated. You have to click on TextExpander in the dock, activating the main window, to get the fill-in box to appear. Really janky.
Is it wrong that my two favorite threads on MPU are TextExpander and Mail app threads?
My heart starts to palpitate… 