The folks at MacBundler are offering a 1-year subscription to TextExpander again for only $19.98 which is half the regular price of $39.96 or $49.99 (depending on where you purchase). Even better, I confirmed with the MacBundlers that this is for BOTH old AND new subscribers – so if you already have a subscription to TextExpander then this will give you a coupon code that you use to extend your subscription in the Billing page of your TextExpander account (although this is for a single-user-license so make sure that’s what you have).

This is my affiliate link to the site or you can visit www.macbundler.com on your own and search for TextExpander. This is the best price I’ve seen for TextExpander, equivalent to the upgrade pricing if you owned an older version of TextExpander.

The subscription is good for Mac, Windows, and iOS since TextExpander now works across ALL of those platforms. Plus the subscription syncs all of your snippets across devices.

If you don’t have TextExpander yet, I strongly recommend picking up a 1-year subscription from MacBundler. And then start with something simple like your e-mail address. My “official” e-mail address is burney@burneyconsultants.com but I never, NEVER type it all out – it’s not very long but it takes a few extra seconds each time to type that repeatedly throughout the day. I simply type “bc@” (without the quotes) and it IMMEDIATELY expands out my full e-mail address. Start as simple as that, then add your office phone number, your office address, etc.

And for a Pro Tip look into the “inline search” function which is wonderful when you start getting too many snippets to remember all the time.

Let me know if you have any questions – always happy to talk about TextExpander!

Two really nice deals today:

First, Lit Software has put their “Ultimate Litigation Bundle” on sale which includes all three of their fantastic apps: TrialPad, TranscriptPad, and DocReviewPad. All three apps on their own cost $309.97, but limited-time sale price is $249.00 which saves you $60.97. It’s a rare sale and completely worth the investment if you have an iPad.

Second, while we all know Readdle for their iOS apps like PDF Expert, Documents 5 (my review), Scanner Pro (my review), PDF Converter, and more, they have also been developing PDF Expert for the Mac which was recently updated. I’ve been watching and using PDF Expert for several months. And while I think there are still some tweaks that need to be made for lawyers, it is quickly becoming a strong competitor to PDFpen Pro and Adobe Acrobat. It’s definitely worth having on your Mac if nothing else for the “Reduce File Size” feature that’s prominent in the File menu with an adjustable slider (see screenshot below). I LOVE that!

Readdle sells PDF Expert for Mac for $59.99. That’s an amazing price and extremely competitive with Adobe Acrobat.

But for the next few days, MacBundler has it for 50% OFF! You can purchase PDF Expert for Mac through my affiliate link at MacBundler, or just visit www.macbundler.com on your own.

I recommend picking up PDF Expert for Mac just so you have it in your toolbox for when you need a little more PDF power.

One utility that I use E-VE-RY-DAY on all my Macs is TextExpander. I can’t live without it. It’s built-in muscle memory now.

Anytime I need to type out my e-mail address, or name, or the current date, or an e-mail signature … I save valuable seconds by using a TextExpander Snippet.

If you’re not using TextExpander, you are wasting valuable time.

Regular price is $44.95 but Mac App Deals has it for only $22 until December 9. That’s 51% OFF! I paid full price and would do it again in a heartbeat. So it’s a no-brainer at $22.

Also, congrats to Smile Software (developers of TextExpander) for their website refresh – looks fantastic!

Lastly, if you want to watch how I use TextExpander Tomasz Stasiuk recorded I presentation I gave on TextExpander at the MILOfest 2012 Conference and posted it on YouTube (entitled “TextExpander: Newbie to Ninja”). Part 2 and Part 3. Thank you Tomasz!

I’ve been a big fan of the Felt App and consider it one of the most innovative apps on the iPad.

Who doesn’t like to receive a handwritten note in these days of impersonal digital communications? But I don’t have time to run to the store and buy a card.

Open the Felt App, find the card design you like or create one yourself, and use a stylus to handwrite your note. You can even hand-address the envelope. Pay $4 (or 4 credits) and Felt will print the card on beautiful physical paper just as you wrote it and send it to your snail-mail recipient.

It’s a great way to send personal or business thank-you cards.

The Felt App is free to download but you’ll need a credit card to purchase cards or credits inside the app. They’re running a special 30% off credits for Labor Day which is a great deal.

Quick Tip: The Felt App does offer “wrist protection” when writing a card but it’s not very obvious – just simply swipe up from the bottom of the screen and you’ll have a place where you set your palm down without “writing” anything.