Predictive Text on MacBook Pro TouchBar not working in Messages App

Predictive text works everywhere besides the Messages app. I've turned predictive text off and back on, rebooted everything, and I'm at a loss as to what else to try. Any thoughts?

macOS 11.1

MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 11.1

Posted on Jan 25, 2021 11:52 AM

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Posted on Jan 27, 2021 1:19 PM

Hey there, dthlss1.


We understand that you aren't seeing predictive text suggestions in the Touch Bar of your MacBook Pro running macOS Big Sur 11.1. We'd like to try give you some steps to try to help isolate this issue further. First, you can see if this same issue happens in a temporary administrator test user: Set up users, guests, and groups on Mac This can tell us if the issue is only happening in your user or in all users on your MacBook Pro.


You can also see if this happens in safe mode as well: How to use safe mode on your Mac This stops certain software from loading and can help isolate what might be causing this.


We look forward to your results. Take care!

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Jan 27, 2021 1:19 PM in response to dthlss1

Hey there, dthlss1.


We understand that you aren't seeing predictive text suggestions in the Touch Bar of your MacBook Pro running macOS Big Sur 11.1. We'd like to try give you some steps to try to help isolate this issue further. First, you can see if this same issue happens in a temporary administrator test user: Set up users, guests, and groups on Mac This can tell us if the issue is only happening in your user or in all users on your MacBook Pro.


You can also see if this happens in safe mode as well: How to use safe mode on your Mac This stops certain software from loading and can help isolate what might be causing this.


We look forward to your results. Take care!

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