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How can I eliminate words the computer chooses instead of what I want to say

I want to eliminate the words the computer thinks I want. What do I need to do?

MacBook Air

Posted on Dec 26, 2020 6:50 AM

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Posted on Dec 26, 2020 7:25 AM

System Preferences > Keyboard, then the Text tab.


Uncheck all three boxes:



The system will still put squiggly red lines under misspelled or unknown words, but will not try to autocorrect anything.

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How can I eliminate words the computer chooses instead of what I want to say

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