Disable Spell Check

runbobbyrun wrote:

should I use this code in the Terminal?

defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSAutomaticSpellingCorrectionEnabled -bool NO

that looks right to me.

or you can do it this way:

I just wanted to prevent the underline of mis spelled words in pages... the sys pref method above didn't help that. But in pages under Edit/Spelling there is option to turn off "check spelling while typing"

I have this exact problem too. It's not about automatic 'correction' but about the underlining.

Basically, I use a lot of different languages and 'rare' words etc. in a document so that things get underlined (non of them mis-spelled).

It's confusing, distracting and just generally annoying that a company forces a - in this respect - stupid computer on me while I work.

As of now, I have to all the time go to Edit -> Spelling and Grammar to tell the respective program to be quiet. Underlining is automatically enabled again and again after coming back to an app. This costs a lot of time and nerve.

A Terminal command or the like would be appreciated.

(P.S. It is fine to spell-check a written document when I, as the user, invoke that feature).

Thank you! Apple spellcheck has been tweaked and refined way beyond its useful extent. It creates more errors than it solves and causes much more lost time.

But reasonably useful as long as yu have correct language setting! 🙂