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Subject: Re: Yosemite or how to make OSX look like iOS  :(
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2014 15:58:19 +0000 (UTC)
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FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> writes about disabling auto-correct:

> It doesn't work.  I've had it unchecked all along, so ignorance of the 
> menu item wasn't the problem.
> 
> It still autocorrects, unless I de-select it each time I'm typing in 
> each message.
> 
> That's why I'm assuming that there may be a global setting in the OS.

There is, and then some programs (Safari, Text Edit, Pages, probably
others) ignore what's set in System Preferences, and have their own
switches.

Billy Y..
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