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Record Online Meetings in Pear Note

While Pear Note is primarily geared toward recording notes in the physical world, it's possible to use it to record things in the virtual world as well. For instance, you can use it to record and take notes on Skype calls. To do this:

  1. Download Soundflower and install it (along with the Soundflowerbed app that comes with it).
  2. Download LineIn and install it.
  3. Start Soundflowerbed, and select Built-in Output (or whatever output you'd like to listen to the conversation on).
  4. Start LineIn, and select your microphone (e.g. Built-in Mic) as the input and Soundflower (2ch) as the output, then press Pass Thru.
  5. Open Pear Note Preferences, select Recording, and select Soundflower (2ch) as the audio device.
  6. Open Skype Preferences, select Audio, and select Soundflower (2ch) as the audio output and your microphone (e.g. Built-in Mic) as the audio input.
  7. Hit record in Pear Note and make your Skype call.

This will allow you to conduct your Skype call while Pear Note records both your audio and the other participant's.

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TextExpander 3.1.1

Smile - née SmileOnMyMac - has upgraded its typing shortcut utility TextExpander to version 3.1.1. The maintenance release fixes a couple of serious bugs, including a potential crash and an issue that could cause you to lose all your saved snippets (the customizable shortcuts that you type to trigger longer text strings). The update also includes a fix for the Adapt to Case option. ($34.95 new, free update, 4.4 MB)

 

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John Davis 2010-08-18 15:14
I've been using TypeIt4Me since System 7. It's the original of its kind. Even MS imitated it with "Autotype." It's still brilliant. The developer is very responsive and seems like a thoroughly nice guy.

It's no longer a system extension, but an application (though you wouldn't know this unless you looked hard). So it doesn't mess up anything in the system. The application is system wide, as always and works in every application, including the Finder, unless you specify otherwise.

Using this, I have built up a "shorthand system" that speeds up my typing enormously. I do a lot of typing, so this really helps.
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Drummond Reed2010-08-30 18:18
I use TextExpander religiously and now have 400+ snippets. I literally couldn't type without it. I love the fact that it works anywhere the OS touches and is very stable. My only complaint is that it sometimes results in strange Clipboard behavior, but that's a small price.
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