iPhone user shares game-changing autocorrect trick that makes typing 100x easier
How did we not know this?
An iPhone user has made our lives a little easier when it comes to insistent autocorrect suggestions.
If you've already changed your life by making shortcuts for your email addresses, changed your TikTok scrolling habits, and applied the insider tips from an ex-Apple employee, then fret not, there is still more to learn about your handheld devices.
We've all been there when you're typing out a message, you slightly misspell a word, and just as you’re about to tap the correct suggestion, Apple throws in a totally irrelevant replacement.
Suddenly, you're thrown way off what you were doing and you have to navigate around Apple's sometimes not-so-helpful technology.
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Well, thanks to a tip from a fellow iPhone user, there may be a way to stop the weird autocorrect suggestions.
Reddit user LennysArtt posted on the iPhone subreddit: "Try This If Your Autocorrect is Abysmal!".
According to the post, iPhone users can go to: "Settings - General - Dictionary - Turn OFF Apple Dictionary - Turn ON English (US) Oxford American Writer’s Thesaurus and English (US) New Oxford American Dictionary".
The post had an attached screenshot to show the settings that should be clicked and those that should be turned off.
It seems the simple switch of turning off Apple Dictionary and letting the official US thesaurus and dictionary do the work clears up the autocorrect replacements that Apple believes are 'correcting' for you.
The post was met with a mix of reactions from fellow iPhone users.
Some were thrilled and thanked the Reddit poster for their tip, writing: "Never even looked at this. Found that Dutch, Spanish and Apple were all turned on. Turned them off, we'll see how it goes. Thanks for the tip."
Another commenter replied: "This explains so much…" next to a screenshot of their own settings, realising they had three different languages selected which could be causing autocorrect chaos.
But sometimes recommendations don't work for everyone and other iPhone users were sceptical.
"What would this change exactly? Like what issues did it resolve for you? Might be helpful for some people," one pointed out.
Another said: "I seriously doubt if it works this way. [...] As I understand it, dictionaries should have nothing to do with autocorrections at all. They are just for looking up definitions of words and phrases."
Of course, some couldn’t resist poking fun at autocorrect itself: "Thanks for sharing. Very frustration. I reelized that the ducking dictionary doesn't work we'll."