Thursday! What a concept. After weeks of hard graft spent sweating our way through Operation Midnight Ham Sandwich Operation Bug Spray we can at last announce that TypeIt4Me 7.0.2 is available to download. Coming hot on the heels of last month’s update, this one contains a veritable cornucopia of bug fixes. You should also find that it’s generally more robust, performance-wise.

Release notes for TypeIt4Me 7.0.2 (171):

• Fixed more bugs that could cause CSV import problems. Also added support for a third column, for those who wish to import labels along with abbreviations and snippet content.
• Fixed a bug affecting German keyboards that would prevent expansion of abbreviations containing these characters: ^ ° ` ´ §
• The “All punctuation resets abbreviation” option in Expansion settings was not working correctly. Now it does.
• Fixed a bug that would cause problems attempting to save changes to snippets containing emoji.
• After you type something in the search filter above the snippet list, it’s now correctly cleared when you switch to another set.
• Fixed a bug that broke Pause / Resume in the TypeIt4Me menu.
• After selecting a file in Finder and pressing the Enter key to rename it, expansion now works as expected.
• Fixed a bug that would leave the first letter of an abbreviation behind after expanding a snippet in the Chrome URL bar.
• Usage metadata and statistics now update correctly for rich formatted snippets that contain dates and / or special TABs
• Fixed: the Add a Snippet window now correctly displays a warning again when you attempt to define an abbreviation that already exists. It once again gives the option to create a duplicate or overwrite the existing snippet.
• Fixed a bug in the text formatting popover menu that could cause the SF symbols on text alignment and hyperlink buttons to display as question marks.
• Rich snippets with abbreviations that involve holding the shift key or that begin with 2 numbers or more no longer expand in Unwanted Title Case.
• The app now prevents attempts to combine special function characters (e.g. ⌫⇥⇤⏎␊↓↑←→⎢) in a snippet with fill-in field options and / or pulldown menu prompts. Mixing these is not supported.
• The “Add a Snippet” window now does a better job of preserving rich formatting attributes when you select text and invoke it.
• Improved support for formatting and saving non-latin alphabet characters.
• Attempting to expand a snippet that contains an empty autocue placeholder no longer results in a crash.
• Fixed a bug that could cause a square symbol to be appended to the end of expanded snippets when using the esc key as a trigger.
• Numerous stability and performance improvements.

Once again, many thanks for your patience. There are of course further bugs still on our list of things to fix, as well as a number of requested features to add. We hope to be able to submit the next build to Apple for review in a couple of weeks.

Phew! It’s with great relief that we’re able to report the promised TypeIt4Me 7.0.1 bug fix update is at last available to download. Riccardo and I were growing a bit apprehensive: despite no major changes, it took nearly 3 weeks and 3 submissions for this update to get the nod from Apple’s review engineers.

In contrast, the initial 7.0 launch build was approved for release on the Mac App Store within hours of submission. We got there in the end, though and that’s what matters. It’s reassuring to know that Apple is vigilant when it comes to protecting its customers.

These are the release notes for TypeIt4Me 7.0.1 (143):

• Adding a word to ignore in AutoCorrect settings works as expected (no more crashes)
• The “starting with a capital” checkbox in AutoCorrect “ignore” settings is selectable again
• We fixed an issue where dragging a CSV file into the sidebar would not convert it correctly
• The AM / PM option in the “Add a time” menu works again
• The snippet list column now displays correct previews for snippets that contain a mixture of both dates and prompts
• Dates now correctly expand in the default system language when no language has been specified
• Stats and metadata now update correctly after expansion for snippets that contain prompts
• Date snippets in search window results no longer need to be clicked twice to be inserted
• This build now correctly prevents unsupported mixing of autocue placeholders and input field prompts in the same snippet
• Turning off accessibility permission while the app is running no longer causes lock-ups (it’s still best to quit the app before removing its permission altogether, though)
• This build corrects some minor localization omissions

Thank you for your patience. There are still more bugs that we are working to fix and we’re aiming to submit the next build for review in a week or so. Hopefully, future TypeIt4Me bug fix updates will go smoothly from this point on. We think we have a better grasp of reviewers’ chief concerns and how to address these up front.