Use TypeIt4Me for password storage and retrieval

Feb 04, '04 09:55:00AM

Contributed by: Anonymous

Riccardo Ettore's TypeIt4me is the ultimate password storage application. Not only will it change the way you type forever by saving thousands of keystrokes in all applications, TypeIt4Me is also the most handy method for retreiving usernames, passwords, credit card numbers, etc. anything you want to recall without having to look it up. I have used it since its inception, prior to OS X, when it was on everyone's Top 10 Utilities List. The OS X version for some reason does not get the hype, yet it is easily the equal of it's OS 9 brother.

For those not familiar with TypeIt4Me, it is similar to the MS Word glossary function on steroids. It works in all programs, data entry fields, etc. and is simple to use. All you do is type some text that you frequently type in any document, copy that text to the clipboard, tell TypeIt4Me (which appears as an Icon with a drop menu on the OS X menu bar) you have a new entry, assign it a keystroke or series of keystrokes, and you are done. TypeIt4Me has a user-settable global expansion key.

For example, rather than type out "Respectfully Yours," in each letter or email I type "ry=". Immediately "Respectfully Yours," will appear in the document. You could copy the entire Old testament from the Bible in to TypeIt4me if you desire and in a moment retrieve it with a keystroke such as ot=. It comes with presets for dates and time; for example, type dtl= and "Wednesday, February 4, 2004" is inserted in your document or type dts= and "2/04/04" is inserted wherever the cursor is located.

Here's how I use it for username, password, etc. When I go on Ebay, I type Ebay= in the user name field and my user name is inserted. For the password, I type Ebayp= and my password is entered. When I place an order for my business, I type mb= in the credit card field and my MasterCard business credit card number appears. I use mp= for my personal MasterCard. By using standard conventions, I never ever have to go look up names, numbers, etc. Since TypeIt4Me uses a text file to store the data and the expansion keys it is easy to encrypt.

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