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Spelling Errors are not underlined in Notes and Mail

When I misspell a word, e.g., in the Notes or Mail app, they are not underlined red.


I made sure that "Check Spelling while Typing" is enabled.


Does anyone have an idea how to resolve this?


MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 12.0

Posted on Jan 30, 2022 9:04 AM

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Posted on Mar 22, 2022 10:16 AM

I think this might be caused Grammarly. Grammarly will disbale macos spellcheck as shown in this discussion thread. Turn spell check back on after Grammarly … - Apple Community. It wont revert back to original setting even after you uninstall it.


Type in terminal: defaults write -g NSAllowContinuousSpellChecking -bool true


This should fix the issue.


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Mar 22, 2022 10:16 AM in response to pascalfromberlin

I think this might be caused Grammarly. Grammarly will disbale macos spellcheck as shown in this discussion thread. Turn spell check back on after Grammarly … - Apple Community. It wont revert back to original setting even after you uninstall it.


Type in terminal: defaults write -g NSAllowContinuousSpellChecking -bool true


This should fix the issue.


Feb 23, 2022 1:11 PM in response to PRP_53

Im having the exact same issue. Ive checked my mail preferences (same as the OP) and Ive checked the system prefrences as you have suggested. I'm still showing no spelling correction suggestion (red line). However, when I right click the mispelled word it does show the correct spelling. This tells me that the system is recognizing the misspelings its not indicated with the red line. In fact, this appears to be the case regardless of the program im using. For instance, it did not recognize the mispelled word, mispellings but it did make a popup suggection to correct it.


Thanks!

Spelling Errors are not underlined in Notes and Mail

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