autocorrect
Photo of a man scrolling on his iPhone Reuters/File

There are advantages and disadvantages in using Auto Correct on your iOS device. Although the feature will automatically change words to ensure that you spell it correctly, you might later on get annoyed that the changes are not actually the words you wanted to use, especially if you sometimes include colloquial terms when text.

Here are the steps on how to turn off Auto Correct on your iOS device:

1. Begin by opening the Settings app on your iOS device.

2. Next, go to General then go to Keyboard.

3. Find Auto Correction then change the switch turn the feature off.

4. Exit Settings after turning the feature off.

5. If you wish to turn off Auto Correct, but keep spell checking active as well as maintaining the convenient Quick Type keyboard in iOS, you can do so. This allows you to stay notified of typographic errors without the automatic changes as well as have quick typing options available.

How to turn off Auto Correct on Mac:

The problem is generally not as big compared to using an iPhone or iPad, because you tend to use full or accurate terms when using a keyboard. Here are the steps on turning off the feature in OS X.

1. Begin by opening System Preferences. Select Apple first then System Preferences.

2. Next, select Keyboards then click on the Text tab.

3. Unselect the tick in Correct Spelling Automatically.

4. The change will be made and you may type on your Mac without words being automatically corrected. You can then spell and type words any way you want.

You might also consider turning the key click sounds to silent while making the changes on your keyboard. There are other approaches that will work to your advantage such as resetting the autocorrect dictionary so that the new words that your alleged mistyped terms are converted into are the ones you actually prefer to spell in whole. You may train Auto Correct handle specific words to avoid wrong suggestions in the future. This will speed up the entire texting process.

To contact the writer of this this story, send an email to v.doctor@ibtimes.com.au