I specifically turned off auto correct and check spelling etc. As of today - that feature cannot be turned off. It shows that it can - it is checked in my Edit section -- but now it is doing what I am asking it not to do. Artificial Intelligence ?
Apple -- please answer.
Thank you
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MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.4
Apple is not here on this forum. We are just other regular users who are volunteering our own personal time to assist people. If you want to speak with Apple directly, then you will need to use one of the other options under Support.
Auto-correct is tricky on macOS. There is a system wide setting in the Keyboard System Settings. You need to scroll down to the "Text Input" section and select the "Edit" button for the "Input Source" you are using (I only have one item here on my systems). You will see multiple auto-correct settings listed which you can disable.
Some apps may have their own auto-correct settings as well so you will need to check the particular app's settings to adjust those as well. I know for TextEdit, that I have to close the window & create a new window (or quit & relaunch the app) before TextEdit will utilize the updated settings. Other apps may or may not need to do this. I don't think I had to log out & back in for the Keyboard System Settings modifications to take affect, but you may want to do so if you are still having issues. Even a system reboot may be needed in case you have something else going on with your system where it just needs a bit of a cleanse.
Apple is not here on this forum. We are just other regular users who are volunteering our own personal time to assist people. If you want to speak with Apple directly, then you will need to use one of the other options under Support.
Auto-correct is tricky on macOS. There is a system wide setting in the Keyboard System Settings. You need to scroll down to the "Text Input" section and select the "Edit" button for the "Input Source" you are using (I only have one item here on my systems). You will see multiple auto-correct settings listed which you can disable.
Some apps may have their own auto-correct settings as well so you will need to check the particular app's settings to adjust those as well. I know for TextEdit, that I have to close the window & create a new window (or quit & relaunch the app) before TextEdit will utilize the updated settings. Other apps may or may not need to do this. I don't think I had to log out & back in for the Keyboard System Settings modifications to take affect, but you may want to do so if you are still having issues. Even a system reboot may be needed in case you have something else going on with your system where it just needs a bit of a cleanse.
Hold43Hr wrote:
I specifically turned off auto correct and check spelling etc. As of today - that feature cannot be turned off. It shows that it can - it is checked in my Edit section
What app are you talking about? Have you UN checked it in your Edit > Spelling and Grammar section?
Hi there - Thank you so much! I tried your solution and it worked! It's so weird because up until a few days ago it was not auto-correcting and hasn't since I unchecked it under Edit/Spelling etc. It just started. I tried checking and unchecking and it made no difference. I tried your solution and voila!
Thanks for your help!
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Hi - I did uncheck it but it made no difference. I used the keyboard setting/input source solution as above and it worked. Thank you!
Hold43Hr wrote:
Hi - I did uncheck it but it made no difference.
It's odd that the app would not obey that setting. Which app was it?
Unable to turnoff AutoCorrect on my MacBook Pro
