AI: CLAUDE and TEXTEXPANDER don’t seem to work well together

Sunday, July 19, 2026

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TextExpander note:
– TextExpander works in the Claude app/claude.ai input, since it operates at the OS/keyboard level.

Test message logged (2026-06Jun-14 0248):
“Test Book of Faces. 2026-06Jun-14 0248 idk IDK IDIDK GEIW FEIE FWIW fwiw Mother NatureSOME DONT WORK” – appears to be a TextExpander snippet test where some abbreviations did not expand.

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Time to be an “unpaid ALPHA tester” for the nice folks at TEXTEXPANDER

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AI: CLAUDE doesn’t have access to Google Maps or your saved places

Saturday, July 18, 2026

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User: Print it

Claude explained it does not have the ability to send documents to a physical
printer, and suggested the user open the file from Google Drive or download it
to print locally.

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Well that’s annoying.

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AI: CLAUDE doesn’t have access to Google Maps or your saved places

Friday, July 17, 2026

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Dialogue – June 28, 2026

USER: Delete all New Jersey saved places in Google Maps

CLAUDE: I don’t have access to Google Maps or your saved places — there’s no Google Maps connector available to me.

To delete saved places in Google Maps yourself:

1. Open Google Maps and tap your profile icon
2. Go to Saved → Your lists
3. Open each list, find NJ places, tap the three dots on each, and select “Remove from list”

Or on desktop at maps.google.com, go to Saved in the left menu and manage from there. Unfortunately there’s no bulk-delete option in Google Maps — it has to be done one by one.

USER: Create text file and save in Google Drive Claudia folder

CLAUDE: What would you like the text file to contain?

USER: The previous dialogue

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Sure AI and machines are going to take over the world?

Argh!

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AI: A conversation with CLAUDE IA that I call CLAUDIA

Friday, June 12, 2026

My input:

How can I “write” a note on the back of a digital JPEG photo like I sometimes did on a real photo print?

CLAUDIA:

CONVERSATION TRANSCRIPT
Generated: 2026-06-12
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USER: new topic

CLAUDE: Ready when you are — what’s on your mind?

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USER: How can I “write” a note on the back of a digital JPEG photo like I sometimes did on a real photo print?

CLAUDE: Options discussed:
1. EXIF/Metadata “Description” field — invisible metadata baked into the file. Windows: right-click > Properties > Details > Comments. Mac: Preview > Tools > Show Inspector > Exif tab.
2. Add text directly onto the image — permanently burns note into the visible photo (Paint, Preview, Snapseed). Not reversible.
3. Rename the file — short notes like dates or names in the filename.
4. Sidecar file — plain .txt file with the same name alongside the photo.
5. Google Photos / Apple Photos “description” — caption lives in the app, not the file.
Best match for “writing on the back”: EXIF Description/Comment field.

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USER: yes [build a drag-and-drop EXIF note tool]

CLAUDE: Built an interactive browser-based widget allowing drag-and-drop of a JPEG, entry of Note/Description, Author/Photographer, Date taken, and Copyright fields, then download of the photo with metadata embedded.

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USER: Error writing metadata: ‘pack’ error. Got invalid type argument

CLAUDE: Fixed the error — XPTitle and XPComment fields require UTF-16 byte arrays, not plain strings. Dropped XPTitle, rewrote XPComment encoding. ImageDescription and Artist fields carry the note reliably.

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USER: How do i see it on mac osx

CLAUDE: On Mac:
– Quickest: Right-click photo > Get Info (Cmd+I) > More Info section
– Photos app: Import photo, press Cmd+I for info panel
– Preview app (best): Open in Preview > Tools > Show Inspector (Cmd+I) > Exif tab — shows ImageDescription and Artist fields exactly as written
– Finder: Can show Comments column but that is Spotlight comment, not EXIF data

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USER: jpeg

CLAUDE: The widget runs in the browser — Claude cannot rename the download directly. User can rename the downloaded file in Finder: select file, press Return, type new name. Offered to update the widget to produce a filename with !!! baked in.

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USER: download that edited picture with a filename “xyz.jpeg”

CLAUDE: The widget only runs in the browser — Claude cannot access or download files from it. Instructions to rename on Mac: find file in Downloads, click once to select, press Return to edit name, type xyz.jpeg and press Return.

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USER: capture the conversation in a text file

CLAUDE: Created this transcript file: conversation_transcript.txt

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Bottom line: It didn’t work.  I’m now very confused.

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