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Aug 21, 2012 4:54 PM in response to waitey1234by sberman,In Mail, use the menu to go to:
Edit > Spelling and Grammar and click on "Check Spelling Automatically"
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Aug 21, 2012 4:57 PM in response to sbermanby waitey1234,i have that turned on. it has a check mark at the side of it. i also have it turned on in mail preferences and in system preferences. safari will correct the spelling as i type, as will outlook. it's just mail that won't.
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Aug 21, 2012 4:58 PM in response to waitey1234by sberman,Sorry, that's "Correct Spelling Automatically".
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Aug 21, 2012 5:12 PM in response to sbermanby waitey1234,i've solved the problem. i trashed my mail preferences file and set it back up again. it works. i guess it must have been corrupted or something.
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Aug 21, 2012 7:52 PM in response to waitey1234by mnachbar,I'm having the same problem. How'd you delete the preferences file and set it up again??
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Aug 22, 2012 12:26 AM in response to mnachbarby waitey1234,in the finder select go from the menu holding the alt/option key down and then select the library option.
inside there is a folder called preferences and inside that was a file called com.apple.mail.plist
i deleted that, rebooted mail, set my accounts up again and then the spell correcting worked.
it does delete all your exisiting accounts and things though but it restored the functionality of the spell correcting.
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Feb 20, 2013 8:25 AM in response to waitey1234by CarisaC,I finally got my mac mail to autocorrect as I type. To do it, reply to any message in your inbox. Then go to Edit/Spelling and Grammar and click on "Correct Spelling Automatically." If you don't have a message open, this option will be grayed out. But once you've checked this option for one message, it'll autocorrect in every message you send.
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Feb 27, 2013 5:53 PM in response to CarisaCby BeverlyCA,I also noticed that you have to click to the right of the word not on it! Thank you CarisaC!
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Jun 22, 2015 10:07 PM in response to CarisaCby Mark K9,CarisaC,
You are a genius. I have been struggling with this failure to auto correct for months now and your solution worked perfectly, without the need to kill the plist and reset up all the accounts.
Thanks so much for your post!!!
Mark
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Jun 24, 2016 7:52 AM in response to CarisaCby tammyfromva,Brilliant! Works perfectly, couldnt figure out why it was grayed out!
Thanks so much!