

macOS Sierra Update Hangups
#21
Posted 23 September 2016 - 01:49 PM
#23
Posted 23 September 2016 - 06:07 PM
Cougar, on 23 September 2016 - 02:58 PM, said:
Thanks, I'll try it first but if it's as bad as the other iOS stuff reworked for desktop, I'll disable it with extreme prejudice. Wish to hell I could disable the uber annoying auto correct spelling "feature" without going to non-apple software products such as Textwrangler. A simple red underline is the most time saving form of correction for me. I misspell words on purpose a lot, plus I use words that just aren't in your one-size-fits-all Apple vocabulary and it irks me no end that it grabs the keyboard out of my hand and tries to finish the word for me forcing me to take corrective actions when none are needed. It actually squashes the creative process out of me at times.
the Battle Cat
#24
Posted 23 September 2016 - 06:44 PM
the Battle Cat, on 23 September 2016 - 06:07 PM, said:
I 2nd this. It's so annoying and so unnecessary.
#25
Posted 23 September 2016 - 08:08 PM
the Battle Cat, on 23 September 2016 - 06:07 PM, said:
ipickert55, on 23 September 2016 - 06:44 PM, said:
Well, good news: You've been able to turn this off since it became a feature, actually.

Go to System Preferences. Click Keyboard. Click Text. Uncheck "Correct Spelling Automatically" and "Capitalize words automatically." It'll go back to the old behavior of just having a red underline.
Iridium (MacBook Pro Mid-2012) – 2.7 GHz i7 3820QM / 16GB RAM / 4TB Samsung 860 Pro / GeForce GT 650M 1GB
When there's a multiplayer version, I'm going to be on Frost's team. Well, except he doesn't seem to actually need a team...I mean, what's the point? "Hey look, it's Frost and His Merry Gang of Useless Hangers-On!" Or something.
#26
Posted 23 September 2016 - 08:28 PM
the Battle Cat
#27
Posted 24 September 2016 - 06:25 AM
the Battle Cat, on 23 September 2016 - 08:28 PM, said:
Ah, right, capitalization is a new Sierra feature. Regardless, if autocorrect was unchecked, it shouldn't be autocorrecting your typing at all, just adding red underlines... something must be seriously messed up with the install if it's doing that, or some third party software is causing it to misbehave.
Iridium (MacBook Pro Mid-2012) – 2.7 GHz i7 3820QM / 16GB RAM / 4TB Samsung 860 Pro / GeForce GT 650M 1GB
When there's a multiplayer version, I'm going to be on Frost's team. Well, except he doesn't seem to actually need a team...I mean, what's the point? "Hey look, it's Frost and His Merry Gang of Useless Hangers-On!" Or something.
#28
Posted 24 September 2016 - 09:25 AM
Frost, on 24 September 2016 - 06:25 AM, said:
What program(s) are we talking about specifically? Maybe your editor/browser/utility has its own spellcheck settings? Might be worth checking.
Even TextEdit seems to have its own preference setting for auto-correct.
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#29
Posted 24 September 2016 - 10:19 AM
the Battle Cat
#30
Posted 24 September 2016 - 05:57 PM
Also keep in mind that if you have anything in "Replace X with Y" in your Keyboard panel, that will still work even if you have autocorrect off.
AutoSave is the most useful feature to grace OS X in recent years, IMO...you know you can go to Revert...and restore an old version, and even browse versions in a Time Machine interface?
#31
Posted 25 September 2016 - 11:19 PM
the Battle Cat, on 24 September 2016 - 10:19 AM, said:
the Battle Cat, on 24 September 2016 - 10:19 AM, said:
#32
Posted 26 September 2016 - 09:44 AM
I have my own backup system, I don't use Time Machine. If I've thrown it in the trash I want it to stay gone, not be recoverable forever in one form or another. Think I'll continue to boycott TextEdit.
the Battle Cat
#33
Posted 26 September 2016 - 12:26 PM
#34
Posted 26 September 2016 - 03:40 PM
the Battle Cat
#35
Posted 26 September 2016 - 05:04 PM
the Battle Cat, on 26 September 2016 - 03:40 PM, said:
If you worked where I work you would realize that actually most people need the helmet. And pads. And possibly that bubble for immune deficiencies.
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#36
Posted 26 September 2016 - 10:56 PM
the Battle Cat, on 26 September 2016 - 03:40 PM, said:
You can assert your dominance by deleting a file, and then recovering it by using a disk recovery program...because nothing is truly deleted unless you run it over with zeroes.
#37
Posted 27 September 2016 - 12:03 AM

#38
Posted 27 September 2016 - 08:59 AM
Cougar, on 26 September 2016 - 10:56 PM, said:
It is deleted enough for me in that it's not taking up disk space anywhere in some protected area of the disk to keep it from being overwritten by ones and zeros. I come from the days of the OS, app, and data file all needing to occupy the same floppy drive. Oh what a blessing finally getting a second floppy drive was. OMG years latter getting an HHD was so sweet, even a dinky one like the 20MB HHD I had. So yeah, it's my disk space and I'll decide what I want to store on it, not someone who has never seen me and knows nothing about me to drive their decision making process on how to "care for me".
And Macdude, I know you have a special instance at your medical center consisting of users needing to be saved from themselves. But here it is just me and it is all on my shoulders, with no potential catastrophic consequences such as ruined careers, lawsuits, and loss of lives.
the Battle Cat
#39
Posted 27 September 2016 - 09:23 AM

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#40
Posted 28 September 2016 - 09:52 PM
Synapse is causing Kernel panics and other issues, including most of their keyboards simply not functioning at all. Good times.