Textexpander not working in Parallels 7

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IanF23

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Hi,
In Parallels 7 I have just found that TextExpander on the Mac side is not working. It tells me that Secure Input was recently enabled by Parallels Desktop. This was not the case in previous versions.

Can someone tell me how to turn it off so I can get TextExpander working again. I don't want to have to turn off Parallels just to get this enabled again.

Thanks,
Ian
 
Keyboard code in PD6 and in PD7 is effectively the same. Is there any other difference in between former (working) and current (non-working) systems?
 
I simply installed the upgrade today. Nothing changed, and all previous version of Parallels did not stop TextExpander. This is the first time it has happened. BTW, I am using Lion, and to confirm Parallels 6.0 in Lion this morning was working fine.

Thanks,
Ian
 
Whatever the last version was including all updates. I believe the last update was 21Jul, US-6.0.12094.676494.dmg.

Note, all versions, all upgrades were fine, prior to today's upgrade to 7.0.
 
"Expansion Disabled (Parallels Desktop)"

I can't seem to get TextExpander to work either. Running Parallels 7 with latest version of Snow Leopard (10.6.8) on iMac 11,1. Icon in menu bar has a triangular yellow "!" caution symbol over the top of the TextExpander icon. Clicking on it reveals the message, "Expansion Disabled (Parallels Desktop)." Never had this problem with Parallels 6. There doesn't seem to be a way to turn TextExpander back on. Any solutions?
 
Hi,
I did a complete reboot for my mac and then when I restated Parallels 7 the textexpander issue not working is currently "cured". I am not sure if there was a specific event that triggered the problem so I will keep an eye on this and try and note what causes the problem, if it does reappear.
Ian
 
It Took Two Rebbots But... So Far, So Good

I tried rebooting to see if the problem would correct itself. Rebooted the Mac for the second time and so far TextExpander is behaving properly.
 
I've rebooted and TextExpander is still not working in P7

Apparently P7 is killing TextExpander by enabling secure input. Is there any update to the P7 software or any setting that I can change to disable secure input?

I have the latest version of P7 Build 7.0.14920 (Revision 689535; August 30, 2011) and the latest version of TextExpander (3.3.2). I've rebooted the computer a couple of times and the problem is still there with P7.

Paul D. Bain
 
Rebooting won't solve the issue, it will only get things complicated and misunderstood.
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I'm not even getting the Secure Input Disabled message from TextExpander. It simply doesn't work at all in Windows apps on OS X 10.7.2 with Parallels 7.0.15052. When I try to use snippets Textexpander doesn't react at all.

Any ideas what I might be doing wrong?

I have Parallels running in Coherence Mode with Crystal enabled.
 
Well, I think I found the answer on the SmileOnMyMac FAQ for TextExpander
Does TextExpander work with Java, X11, and/or Parallels?

Not at this time. Mac OS X's assistive devices key logging does not support these environments. TextExpander relies on assistive devices key logging to capture keystrokes and so does not work in these environments. We continue to explore ways we might support these environments in a future version of TextExpander.
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Now, I see that the point of this thread was that Parallels was causing TextExpander to stop working on the Mac side with Secure Input Disabled. The thread title is misleading. It should be "TextExpander not working WITH Parallels 7".

I haven't had that problem. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

I hope they get TextExpander working in Parallels someday. It'd be awesome.
 
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