Without a doubt my single biggest problem with Apple by far. When I am thinking and typing I do not want spellcheck. Oh the fly it changes words and phrase meanings. It may shift back to a previous word or line. When I am creating, I don’t want my spelling and grammar corrected, it slows down the thoughts and often throws me off track completely. How hard would it be to have a toggle where the computer checks spelling when I tell it to rather than as it happens? It’s practically the only thing that makes me curse at my Macintosh.

ETA: It turns out there is a toggle in the Mac OS. It’s in Services. Highlight some text. Control-select. Go down to the Spelling and Grammer menu item. Uncheck “Correct Spelling Automatically.”

ETA: Originally on a seperate gripes page, moved to the Gripes category.

Resolved: OS X (soon to be macOS) spell check can be invoked by Command-;. I use this when I've finished a document. I can't stand the autospell.

Tags: Apple + spell check + macOS tips + autospell + resolved