MacBook Air random periods.

MacBook. air is typing random periods - there is no "system preferences" to search, only system settings

Posted on Dec 5, 2022 8:51 AM

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Community Specialist

Posted on Dec 8, 2022 11:14 AM

Hey Jeff Wagner,

Let's see if this happens in other accounts to isolate this. Follow this article to set up a new user and see if the issue continues: Add a user or group on Mac - Apple Support

Cheers!

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Random periods I'm quoting from a previous user with the same issue: "I've been experiencing an issue whenever . I type . on my . macbook pro--random . periods . show up between words and sometimes new . sentences . start". This is the help that was offered that was useful at that time to that user: Apple menu > System Preferences > Keyboard > Text (at top of preference window) > Add Period with double-space. However, that user posted in 2019 and my issue has only recently arisen in 2023. Running Ventura 13.2.1. My "system preferences" are now "system settings" and clicking on them gives a different box with no "text" at the top of the keyboard page. Therefore, I'm having trouble applying the help that was provided for the use in 2019 because I'm not seeing any reference to options for periods. Suggestions, please?
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merlinapple

Community Specialist

Dec 8, 2022 11:14 AM in response to gallinacanyon

Hey Jeff Wagner,

Let's see if this happens in other accounts to isolate this. Follow this article to set up a new user and see if the issue continues: Add a user or group on Mac - Apple Support

Cheers!

Jeff_W.

Community Specialist

Dec 7, 2022 12:03 PM in response to gallinacanyon

Hey gallinacanyon,

In System Settings, tap Keyboard > Auto-Punctuation. If it is enabled, disable it and test to see if the issue continues. This will help us to isolate the issue further and determine what is causing it.

Take care.

Dec 8, 2022 4:52 AM in response to Jeff_W.

No luck. Turned off the punctuations. Periods continue. Thanks for the suggestion.

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MacBook Air random periods.