Autocorrect and Spelling (Disable)

[dusk007]

How can I just completely turn of autocorrect and spelling.
I already disabled
- Correct spelling automatically
- Capitalise words automatically

I find Apple Spelling super annoying as it just changes words without me telling it too while one types. And it is not good at understanding that 3+ mistyped characters actually means I know what I am doing and it is not mistyped at all just a different word. Like a character flip to correct fine. But it often switches words which are just words it does not know instead of leaving them as it.

This is super annoying in notes, writing technical jargon. How can I just disable the whole feature completely?

 

[840quadra]

Did you do this just in the Notes application or within the global settings for your Mac?

System Preferences > Keyboard > Text
Within that you can also disable the two items that are bothering you

 

[Boyd01]

System Preferences > Keyboard > Text
Within that you can also disable the two items that are bothering you

First thing that I do when getting a new Mac!

 

[dusk007]

Did you do this just in the Notes application or within the global settings for your Mac?

System Preferences > Keyboard > Text
Within that you can also disable the two items that are bothering you

I did it in the global settings as I cannot find any setting in the notes app related to this. I don't think there is.


I am on Ventura so maybe a bit different layout but shouldn't that be disabled?

 

[Boyd01]

I am on Monterey and it does look different, but the options are basically the same. Our spelling settings are the same although I have the auto period and smart quotes disabled. I haven't used Notes in years, but just opened it and no autocorrect is happening. I couldn't find an autocorrect preference in Notes either.