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Apple Mail: Auto Correction stopped working

Hello

Since a couple of days my auto correction stopped working. The option that mistyped works will be automaticly replaced by the correct word stopped working. I changed nothing in the preferences of the Mail Program.

Strange is that the correction in Textedit still working.

Also the Symbol & Text Substitution defined in the System Preferences still works in mail.

Is it possible that a plist ist damaged?

Any Help?

Regards

gérard

MacBook Pro 17, Mac OS X (10.6.8), 8 Gb RAM, 750Gb HD

Posted on Aug 2, 2011 10:41 PM

55 replies

Gerard Dirks Author

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Nov 13, 2011 3:39 AM in response to Gerard Dirks

"culprit" ?!?

What is a culprit. I can't find such a file?

Lexiepex

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Nov 13, 2011 10:47 AM in response to Gerard Dirks

Mijn Hemel Gerard.

If you think that the plist you mentioned in your earlier post is the "culprit" (boosdoener).... etcetera

Gerard Dirks Author

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Nov 13, 2011 11:23 AM in response to Gerard Dirks

Hello LexSchellings

I deleted that plist. I had afterwards a clean Apple Mail and need to add all my accounts. No problem. But the problem is still not solved.

The Submenu "Correc .... Automaticly" ist still not checkmarked. If Apple doesn't fix it I will wait another 2 -3 months before I switch to 10.7.4. No interest of being an early adapter 😮 and debugging Apple Mistakes.

Regards

Gerard

ps. never heard of culprit before, misschien was VWO leraar was niet goed genoeg, of ik had andere interesse als idioom bunkeren. Ben 25 jaar weg uit nederland en spreekt helaas beter deutsch als engels ;-). Met iets moeite heb ik de uitdruking in de Duden gevonden. Een dikke van Dale hebt sinds 25 jaar niet meer in die handen gehad 😉

Lexiepex

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Nov 14, 2011 12:56 AM in response to Gerard Dirks

Hallo Gerard, culprit is niet zo'n ongebruikelijk woord, dacht ik. Maar kom aan we weten het nu.

Ik had de opmerking over het deleten van de plist gemaakt, niet omdat ik dacht dat het de oorzaak was van het probleem, maar omdat ik dacht dat jij dacht dat het de oplossing was. Zo'n plist kan je meestal gewoon weggooien, er wordt dan bij opstarten weer een nieuwe aangemaakt. In Windows is dat niet altijd zo, daar moet je wat voorzichtiger zijn.😝

Overigens ik weet nog steeds niet hoe dit probleem opgelost moet worden. Als je de oplossing een keer hebt, meld het dan hier, dan kunnen de anderen (en ik) nog wat leren.

Lex

Gerard Dirks Author

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Nov 28, 2011 4:34 PM in response to Lexiepex

Problem Solved

Switched to 10.7.2 :-(

No I have other strange behaviors but at least one other (the grammar) is solved ;-)

Gérard

viknyc

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Jan 11, 2012 9:42 PM in response to Yuri Zakalyuzhny

Hello

I am also using Mac OS 10.6.8 and I have pretty much the same issue, but in my case its a bit more broad based:

Before i upgraded to this version the 'Auto Correct' feature ( which I love as I type fast and make a lot of mistakes) was working in mail, in my safari browsers and text editor.

Now its not working anywhere. In a browser text window or a text editor window when I right click and select 'Correct spellings automatically' it allows me to check it but then unchecks it by itself...??

Very annoying, can somebody give some color on 'when' this will be fixed....

Much appreciated.

Jan 12, 2012 7:04 AM in response to viknyc

I'm not counting on that they will ever fix it, although I hope they do. People have speculated that a 10.6.9 update will come out at some point for iCloud access on snow leopard and perhaps IF that happens, they will fix the situation in that version. I miss it too.

Gerard Dirks Author

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Jan 12, 2012 7:35 AM in response to ArtWindows

I don't thing they fix it. In 10.7.2 the bug is fixed

But I think all the programmers are working on the lion because Lion and Lion Server have so many bugs it is a crime when they don't fix it.

Ferther I am sure Apple doesn't do something with the information we share here. But I am not intessting to send a feedback to every it bug i sorted out. For apple it should much easier to check here, beacuse then they see all the clients with the same issue

Regards

Gérard

viknyc

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Jan 22, 2012 10:02 PM in response to viknyc

Hello, I am reposting my request. Does anyone have any ideas.., thanks in advance!

I am also using Mac OS 10.6.8 and I have pretty much the same issue, but in my case its a bit more broad based:

Before i upgraded to this version the 'Auto Correct' feature ( which I love as I type fast and make a lot of mistakes) was working in mail, in my safari browsers and text editor.

Very annoying, can somebody give some color on 'when' this will be fixed....

Much appreciated.

Apr 27, 2012 10:35 AM in response to Iainsmummy

Thanks. That solved my problem. Although I never "unchecked" the edit/substitutions/text replacement.

Apple Mail: Auto Correction stopped working