# ChatGPT Desktop: Issue with Apple's autocorrect on Mac **URL:** \ **Category:** Bugs\ **Tags:** chatgpt\ **Created:** [June 12, 2024, 10:04pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/chatgpt-desktop-issue-with-apples-autocorrect-on-mac/816139 "2024-06-12T22:04:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bxshaf](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/bxshaf/32/393014_2.png) [@bxshaf](https://community.openai.com/u/bxshaf)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 10:04pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/chatgpt-desktop-issue-with-apples-autocorrect-on-mac/816139/1 "2024-06-12T22:04:59Z")
**EDIT (June 22, 2024):** There is a **temporary** solution posted by @habedibubu - there is no official fix for this as of version 1.2024.163. * * * In the desktop Mac app for ChatGPT, sometimes when I write code, Apple will automatically adjust the spelling/capitalization stuff when I don’t want to. For instance, I _want_ to write: `What do these commands do: ffuf, curl ?` How Apple will autocorrect it: `What do these commands do: fluff, curl ?` It auto-corrects `ffuf` to `fluff`. Similar issues can be found with proper nouns. Want: `var name = "john"` Got: `var name = "John"` * * * FWIW: I disabled this setting in my System Setting’s already but the **setting doesn’t work at all.** ![Screenshot 2024-06-12 at 6.05.40 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/original/4X/d/6/9/d69010aa527c6b6594b3aca2487c8a0be017bb53.jpeg) Is there a way to mitigate this issue? * * * Thanks for any insight! ---
**Author:** ![if3lc](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/if3lc/32/399154_2.png) [@if3lc](https://community.openai.com/u/if3lc)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 11:17pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/chatgpt-desktop-issue-with-apples-autocorrect-on-mac/816139/2 "2024-06-12T23:17:15Z")
I am experiencing the same issue. Despite extensive research, I couldn’t find a solution. ---
**Author:** ![aipp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@aipp](https://community.openai.com/u/aipp)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 8:38am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/chatgpt-desktop-issue-with-apples-autocorrect-on-mac/816139/3 "2024-06-13T08:38:19Z")
Same over here… even in other languages like German or Swiss German for instance. ---
**Author:** ![Atair](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/atair/32/146453_2.png) [@Atair](https://community.openai.com/u/Atair)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 4:50am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/chatgpt-desktop-issue-with-apples-autocorrect-on-mac/816139/4 "2024-06-14T04:50:51Z")
same here - this should be considered a bug ---
**Author:** ![habedibubu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/habedibubu/32/448283_2.png) [@habedibubu](https://community.openai.com/u/habedibubu)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2024, 9:04pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/chatgpt-desktop-issue-with-apples-autocorrect-on-mac/816139/5 "2024-06-15T21:04:14Z")
That drove me nuts too. You can disable it by just rightclicking on a word you just typed in the text field and then under “Spelling and Grammar” untick “Correct Spelling Automatically” ---
**Author:** ![bxshaf](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/bxshaf/32/393014_2.png) [@bxshaf](https://community.openai.com/u/bxshaf)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2024, 1:18am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/chatgpt-desktop-issue-with-apples-autocorrect-on-mac/816139/6 "2024-06-16T01:18:31Z")
Thanks! This did the trick. ---
**Author:** ![anon28859636](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/90ced4/32.png) [@anon28859636](https://community.openai.com/u/anon28859636)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2024, 5:12pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/chatgpt-desktop-issue-with-apples-autocorrect-on-mac/816139/7 "2024-06-16T17:12:52Z")
Should these settings persist? ---
**Author:** ![if3lc](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/if3lc/32/399154_2.png) [@if3lc](https://community.openai.com/u/if3lc)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 1:32pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/chatgpt-desktop-issue-with-apples-autocorrect-on-mac/816139/8 "2024-06-18T13:32:36Z")
Thank you so much, I was about to lose my mind. ---
**Author:** ![digitalists](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/digitalists/32/405374_2.png) [@digitalists](https://community.openai.com/u/digitalists)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2024, 4:34pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/chatgpt-desktop-issue-with-apples-autocorrect-on-mac/816139/9 "2024-06-19T16:34:07Z")
Same problem here! Slovak / English language. Very bad user experience. ---
**Author:** ![kovacsdanielakos](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/kovacsdanielakos/32/407629_2.png) [@kovacsdanielakos](https://community.openai.com/u/kovacsdanielakos)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 12:01pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/chatgpt-desktop-issue-with-apples-autocorrect-on-mac/816139/10 "2024-06-22T12:01:30Z")
Same here, very annoying issue. ---
**Author:** ![mjuopperi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/mjuopperi/32/146670_2.png) [@mjuopperi](https://community.openai.com/u/mjuopperi)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2024, 12:18pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/chatgpt-desktop-issue-with-apples-autocorrect-on-mac/816139/11 "2024-06-24T12:18:50Z")
Same issue. Infuriating when trying to ask a question about anything with acronyms or other non-words. I started writing “aws appsync” and it autocorrected it to “was a–sync”. Correcting the autocorrections takes more time than writing the entire query.