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Switch from TypeIt4Me
TypeIt4Me keeps each set in a .typeit4me file. Shorthand reads it directly, with dates, date math, the clipboard, and keys converted.
Step by step
1
Find the set file
In TypeIt4Me, hover over a set in the sidebar, click its action button, and choose Reveal in Finder.
2
Import it
In Shorthand, choose File ▸ Import Snippets… (⇧⌘I), click Choose File…, and pick the .typeit4me file. The set becomes a group with the same name.
3
Turn off TypeIt4Me
Quit TypeIt4Me, or pause its expansion, so snippets don’t expand twice.
What gets converted
In the other app
In Shorthand
What it does
%A, %B %e, %Y
%A, %B %e, %Y
Date codes are the same in both apps
…@@@1209600
%@+14D…
Date math (here, two weeks ahead)
⌘
%clipboard
The clipboard
⇥ ⏎ ⌫
%key:tab% …
Tab, Return, and Delete keys
%|
%|
Where the cursor ends up
℁ (AppleScript)
AppleScript snippet
Runs as a script
✄ autocue
Kept as text
No direct equivalent
Good to know
Formatted snippets come across as plain text, and pictures inside them are left out.
Text after %⚑% is kept exactly as typed.
Not yet confirmed: Tested with real TypeIt4Me 6 sets (2,506 snippets). Files saved by TypeIt4Me 7 haven’t been tested; its new fill-in fields may not come across. If something doesn’t come across, email support@shorthandexpander.com.
Shorthand is a text expander for Mac. Your TypeIt4Me files stay exactly as they are.