How come I can spellcheck e.g. Latvian language on my iPhone and iPad but can't do so on my MacBook with the latest OS installed everywhere? I mean, I get that OS is different, but the proofing tools are there already. Is there a way I get them to work on macOS as well? Why won't Apple enable this by default on macOS?
MacBook Pro Retina
Nobody in these forums has any info about why Apple has not yet provided the feature you want, but you can ask for it via
In the meantime, spellcheckers can be added to MacOS
https://m10lmac.blogspot.com/2020/08/macos-extra-spellcheck-dictionaries.html
That did the trick, I even managed to find newer dictionary files. Added the dictionary files to ~/Library/Spelling and it's showing suggestions and corrections when hovering, in the context menu and in the spellcheck window. Weirdly enough, it doesn't correct automatically, but at least it's there now.
I would appreciate any tips on how to make the autocorrect working, tho.
In any case, thanks a lot for your help! Much appreciated!
floopex wrote:
I would appreciate any tips on how to make the autocorrect working, tho.
Unfortunately 3rd party dictionaries don't work with autocorrect or multilingual spellcheck. as far as I know. So it is still good to ask Apple to add its own.
If you click on Automatic, there's a list of supported languages, but Latvian is not on it, which is the problem
Spellcheck on iOS vs macOS
