Mail won't correct spelling

This question may have been posted before but I can find no trace of it. In Mail>Edit>Spelling and Grammer the Correct Spelling Automatically is greyed. The wretched app carefully points out spelling errors but will not correct them.
Am I missing something here?
Beth

Yes, I have those selections checked in Mail>Prefereces>Composing.
It seems to have nothing to do with Mail>Edit>Spelling and Grammer. The Automatically Correct Spelling is always greyed.
I've been putting up with this flaw in Mail for a few years, but my irritation with it hit some kind of a limit and I am now trying to find, if not a solution to the problem, at least a reason for it.
All I can tell you, again, is that the Mail>Spelling and Grammer>CORRECT SPELLING AUTOMATICALLY is greyed. (sorry about the capitals but I am still searching out how to add emphasis to what I write.)
It seems strange that I am the only Mac user to have this problem, but my search of Discussions found no one else who else who either experience it or cared to complain about it.
Thanks for being intested in my small problem. I am eager to see if you have found the source - not to mention the cure, for it.
Beth
Beth

Similar Messages

Mail doesn't correct spelling

I'm running the latest Mavericks.
When I compose an email, misspelled words do not automatically correct (as they do in TextEdit and other apps).
I have gone into Mail Preferences:Composing and chosen "Check spelling as I type". It doesn't.
I've also gone into Mail's Edit menu:Spelling & Grammar:Check Spelling and and select "As I type". It will underline in red a misspelled word, but it won't correct it.
How do I get Auto-Correct to work in Mail?

Yes, I have those selections checked in Mail>Prefereces>Composing.
It seems to have nothing to do with Mail>Edit>Spelling and Grammer. The Automatically Correct Spelling is always greyed.
I've been putting up with this flaw in Mail for a few years, but my irritation with it hit some kind of a limit and I am now trying to find, if not a solution to the problem, at least a reason for it.
All I can tell you, again, is that the Mail>Spelling and Grammer>CORRECT SPELLING AUTOMATICALLY is greyed. (sorry about the capitals but I am still searching out how to add emphasis to what I write.)
It seems strange that I am the only Mac user to have this problem, but my search of Discussions found no one else who else who either experience it or cared to complain about it.
Thanks for being intested in my small problem. I am eager to see if you have found the source - not to mention the cure, for it.
Beth
Beth

Can't get mail to stop correcting spelling

This has changed recently. I have set Spellchecking in Mail > Preferences to Never but it still corrects what it thinks are mistakes as I press space after a word. For example, ppi (pixels per inch) is always changed to pip.
I know that CMND + ; will do a spell check (which is how I want Mail to work, manually). I have restarted my iMac, pulled the mains plug, waited for 20 seconds then restarted. No cure.
Should I delete Mail and re-install? If so, where do I get Mail?
This fault is making Mail unusable.

On the Text tab. Sorry, I should have mentioned that >_<
The page you want looks like this:

My mail won't load via iCloud on my desktop. It comes up with the message "Missing resources". How do I correct this?

My mail won't load via iCloudonmy desktop. It comes up with the message "Missing resources". My network is working properly and I've checked Apple's reporting system to see if any systems are down (they are not). I am asked to submit the report to Apple (which I have)...but how do I correct this error sothat I can access my mail via iCloud on my desktop iMac?

Here is the error message information: DOES THIS HELP ANYONE FIGURE OUT WHAT IS HAPPENING? All other iCloud Services work.
IS FATAL
true
APPLICATION NAME
mail
TITLE
Mail could not be loaded
MESSAGE
There was a problem loading the application due to a possible network error or missing resources. Please try again.
LOG
Tue, 17 Mar 2015 15:35:30 GMT: DEBUG: MAIL in main()
Tue, 17 Mar 2015 15:35:30 GMT: DEBUG: Creating local CK.User object
Tue, 17 Mar 2015 15:35:30 GMT: DEBUG: Creating local CK.AccountPreferences object
Tue, 17 Mar 2015 15:35:30 GMT: DEBUG: --> Request 1:   POST to https://p04-mailws.icloud.com:443/wm/preference?clientBuildNumber=15B.9bb3ce9&cl ientId=548F3122-7920-4BB0-8988-1F5BFD99D289&dsid=1018646875, headers: Content-Type=text/plain, body: (omitted)
Tue, 17 Mar 2015 15:35:30 GMT: DEBUG: ----------------> Request out: /wm/preference-list-->1426606530328/1
wmsid: null
params: {"locale":"en-us","timeZone":"US/Eastern"}
Tue, 17 Mar 2015 15:35:30 GMT: DEBUG: SC.Object:sc1473:dispatch('load content')
Tue, 17 Mar 2015 15:35:30 GMT: DEBUG: "2.0 Waiting for Content" handled event 'load content' (no transition)
Tue, 17 Mar 2015 15:35:30 GMT: DEBUG: SC.Object:sc2647:dispatch('noContent')
Tue, 17 Mar 2015 15:35:30 GMT: DEBUG:   "6.2 pop up View" handled event 'noContent' with a transition to "6.2.2 No Content"
Tue, 17 Mar 2015 15:35:30 GMT: DEBUG:     -> entering "6.2.2 No Content"
Tue, 17 Mar 2015 15:35:30 GMT: WARN: REJECTING SERVER RESPONSE CoreMail.MailRequest.willReceive:
Status:0
Request:/wm/preference
Wmsid:null
Redirect Count:1
Timeout Redirect Count:1
ResponseText:
Tue, 17 Mar 2015 15:35:30 GMT: DEBUG: --> Request 2:   POST to https://p04-mailws.icloud.com:443/wm/preference?clientBuildNumber=15B.9bb3ce9&cl ientId=548F3122-7920-4BB0-8988-1F5BFD99D289&dsid=1018646875, headers: Content-Type=text/plain, body: (omitted)
Tue, 17 Mar 2015 15:35:30 GMT: DEBUG: ----------------> Request out: /wm/preference-list-->1426606530328/1
wmsid: null
params: {"locale":"en-us","timeZone":"US/Eastern"}
Tue, 17 Mar 2015 15:35:30 GMT: ERROR: GIVING UP ON RETRIES, CoreMail.MailRequest.willReceive:
responseText: ,
this._redirectCount: 1
Tue, 17 Mar 2015 15:35:30 GMT: DEBUG: <-- Response 2: 0 (84ms), headers:   body: (empty)
Tue, 17 Mar 2015 15:35:30 GMT: DEBUG: <---------------- Request in: /wm/preference-list-->1426606530328/1,httpStatus: 0,round trip time: 85ms, wmsid: null
Tue, 17 Mar 2015 15:35:30 GMT: ERROR: retrieveResponseError:
ServerPreferencesDataSource.retrieveResponse
error:-1/0
guid:serverPrefsGuid
Tue, 17 Mar 2015 15:35:30 GMT: ERROR: Bootstrap error: Preferences.RefreshError
TYPE
server
APP STATECHART
SC.Statechart:sc1031
initialized: true
name: cloudos-statechart
current-states: [
    active.application.displayingCurrentApp
state-transition:
    active: false
    suspended: false
handling-event: false
BUILD NUMBER
15B.169e9f7
TIME
Tue Mar 17 2015 11:35:32 GMT-0400 (EDT)        (1426606532298)
HOST
www.icloud.com
USER AGENT
Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_10_2) AppleWebKit/600.3.18 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/8.0.3 Safari/600.3.18
DSID
1018646875
ENVIRONMENT
PROD
RECENT LOG MESSAGES
Tue, 17 Mar 2015 15:35:30 GMT: DEBUG: MAIL in main()
Tue, 17 Mar 2015 15:35:30 GMT: DEBUG: Creating local CK.User object
Tue, 17 Mar 2015 15:35:30 GMT: DEBUG: Creating local CK.AccountPreferences object
Tue, 17 Mar 2015 15:35:30 GMT: DEBUG: --> Request 1:   POST to https://p04-mailws.icloud.com:443/wm/preference?clientBuildNumber=15B.9bb3ce9&cl ientId=548F3122-7920-4BB0-8988-1F5BFD99D289&dsid=1018646875, headers: Content-Type=text/plain, body: (omitted)
Tue, 17 Mar 2015 15:35:30 GMT: DEBUG: ----------------> Request out: /wm/preference-list-->1426606530328/1
wmsid: null
params: {"locale":"en-us","timeZone":"US/Eastern"}
Tue, 17 Mar 2015 15:35:30 GMT: DEBUG: SC.Object:sc1473:dispatch('load content')
Tue, 17 Mar 2015 15:35:30 GMT: DEBUG: "2.0 Waiting for Content" handled event 'load content' (no transition)
Tue, 17 Mar 2015 15:35:30 GMT: DEBUG: SC.Object:sc2647:dispatch('noContent')
Tue, 17 Mar 2015 15:35:30 GMT: DEBUG:   "6.2 pop up View" handled event 'noContent' with a transition to "6.2.2 No Content"
Tue, 17 Mar 2015 15:35:30 GMT: DEBUG:     -> entering "6.2.2 No Content"
Tue, 17 Mar 2015 15:35:30 GMT: WARN: REJECTING SERVER RESPONSE CoreMail.MailRequest.willReceive:
Status:0
Request:/wm/preference
Wmsid:null
Redirect Count:1
Timeout Redirect Count:1
ResponseText:
Tue, 17 Mar 2015 15:35:30 GMT: DEBUG: --> Request 2:   POST to https://p04-mailws.icloud.com:443/wm/preference?clientBuildNumber=15B.9bb3ce9&cl ientId=548F3122-7920-4BB0-8988-1F5BFD99D289&dsid=1018646875, headers: Content-Type=text/plain, body: (omitted)
Tue, 17 Mar 2015 15:35:30 GMT: DEBUG: ----------------> Request out: /wm/preference-list-->1426606530328/1
wmsid: null
params: {"locale":"en-us","timeZone":"US/Eastern"}
Tue, 17 Mar 2015 15:35:30 GMT: ERROR: GIVING UP ON RETRIES, CoreMail.MailRequest.willReceive:
responseText: ,
this._redirectCount: 1
Tue, 17 Mar 2015 15:35:30 GMT: DEBUG: <-- Response 2: 0 (84ms), headers:   body: (empty)
Tue, 17 Mar 2015 15:35:30 GMT: DEBUG: <---------------- Request in: /wm/preference-list-->1426606530328/1,httpStatus: 0,round trip time: 85ms, wmsid: null
Tue, 17 Mar 2015 15:35:30 GMT: ERROR: retrieveResponseError:
ServerPreferencesDataSource.retrieveResponse
error:-1/0
guid:serverPrefsGuid
Tue, 17 Mar 2015 15:35:30 GMT: ERROR: Bootstrap error: Preferences.RefreshError

Mail won't default to correct account

Quickbooks has an option for creating statements for customers via email, sending the outgoing email draft to mail. After installing Yosemite, the outgoing mail won't default to my professional email address, instead defaulting to my iCloud email address. I have checked mail preferences, and set the preference for outgoing mail to be my professional email account but this did not help. I have made the iCloud account inactive, and that worked, but when I made the iCloud account active again I had the same problem. At the suggestion of an apple guy, I did a restart with Cmmd-Opt-R-P, but that did not help. Any idea about how to get mail to function correctly?

Try using connection doctor utilities.

Mail: I have switched off "correct spelling" but Mail continues to make assumptions about words I type which it thinks it knows better. How do I tell it to just shut up. As a general rule I find that Lion's efforts at being helpful are misguided.

Mail: I have switched off "correct spelling" but Mail continues to make assumptions about words I type which it thinks it knows better, and offers another irrelevant word - or part of a word. How do I tell it to just shut up. As a general rule I find that Lion's efforts at being helpful are often misguided.
Eric

That was very quick, silver. Very many thanks.... still finding my way, as I use both English and French.
Will be back next time I get lost.
Eric

Does Mail auto correct spelling errors and typos?

I figured out how to get Mail to check my spelling & highlight errors as I go. But is there a way to get it to fix it my typos?
I have been using Entourage for a long time and finally decided to make the switch to Mail. One feature that Entourage had is that is fixes my typos as I type (such as capitalizing "I"). I've gotten pretty used to this and find it frustrating to have to go back all the time.
Thanks.

hi there,
thanks for bringing up this topic.
now, how can we make the apple wallahs to include the auto correct feature. i myself would like to go for years from Entourage to Mail. but being hooked to auto correct i cannot. auto correct makes my writing so much faster and easier.
could that be a real problem for them? has 'youknowwho' a patent on it?

Why won't Check Spelling work in TextEdit?

Since the last couple of updates to Mountain Lion OSX (v10.8.4) the TextEdit, Mail, Notes, and Stickies applications can't check spelling and grammar. The dialog box "Show Spelling & Grammar" won't open either. Check Spelling isn't working in this post I'm writing within Safari.
I verified that System Preferences "Language & Text" has correct spelling turned on. I double-checked the Edit>Spelling & Grammar choices were turned on in all the apps listed above.
Looking for some help or directions. My last OS Software on DVD is Snow Leopard and it wouldn't update the above applications or anything else. I posted a message to Apple Support earlier and am waiting for a reply.
Thanks
Also have MacBookPro, iphone, and ipad with all software up-to-date.

I reinstalled OSX 10.8.4. Spell check still doesn't work for mail, textedit, stickies, or Notes. I also enabled Language & Text in the System Preferences.
Spell check works in this reply when I click the green check mark above.
Any other suggestions?
Thanks.
P.S. I have 1.5 Mbps speed. I can get 7 Mbps if I pay an extra $15 per month and buy a new modem for $100 ...NOT.

"Mail" won't show my Yahoo mails...

Hello,
I'm using three boxes, all Yahoo. Had a minor problem with one of them and the Yahoo people told me they had switched the account to another server to solve the problem (which was actually solved).
But since then, "Mail" won't show the incoming mail. The activity indicator shows "x" mails having been collected but they don't show either on he screen or next to the account name...
One exception: as I tried to cancel then re-create the faulty account, it does collect messages the first time it opens...but then afterwards nothing shows although mails are showed to have been collected.
The other two boxes I use with Yahoo are collected without any problem.
Yahoo can't or won't help...
Anybody with an idea ??? Could the problem be linked with changing the server ? But then how is it hat mails are shown to have been collected by he activity counter even if they don't appear on he screen or next to he account name ?
Many thanks and greetings from southern France.
JP/

no one knew why i couldn't get my messages from the pop server at att/yahoo into my mail on my mac. there were no answered questions to the support topic why can i see mail activity....messages on the server, but not coming into the mail box? sending is fine, but for some reason, it suddenly stopped 3 days ago and for 3 days i searched for a fix. the only way i found this was a mail access error on the web mail thru att.yahoo where my messages showed up (they were also showing up on the i phone, not the mac)...had to verify the email....and while waiting, i found the att yahoo help page that cleared the whole problem
not removing files and putting them back in while opening and shutting mac....all the ports and ssls were checked and correct
apparently you have to clean your cache
totally all att's fault
Web Mail - How do I clear my browser's cache?
It's true, a clogged cache can slow down and even stop your browser. Who wants that? Not us. Let's get to work clearing your cache. Which browser are you using? Instructions are included below for each of these:
Firefox 2.x for Windows or Mac
1. For Windows or Mac, click Tools and select Clear Private Data.
2. In the window that opens, select whichever items you'd like to clear. When you're done, click Clear Private Data Now.
Safari 3 for Mac
1. In the Safari menu, click Empty Cache. That's it!
2. To also clear the History, click the History menu and click Clear History (at the bottom).

TS3899 iPad 2 mail won't launch with newly installed iOS 8.3. Help please.

I Upgraded to iOS 8.3 and now mail won't start on my iPad 2

I Am having similar issues with both IPad Air 2 and IPhone 6 since 8.3 upgrade
i also have a hotmail.co.uk email address
i also have issues with outlook iOS app version 1.1.4 since this update
prior to update I would get mails to both Apple Mail app and also Outlook App and could manage them in either and the files would delete or move in the opposite app.
since 8.3 I am definitely having sync issues with what I want to do.
it is either a hotmail issue or an 8.3 issue however the fact my gmail app and apple mail app still sync correctly I am leaning toward it being a Microsoft mail issue but I could be wrong.
I Have uninstalled and reinstalled outlook app and have deleted hotmail address and reinstalled but made no difference.
the only thing left would be to reset iPad and iPhone but hoping I won't have to do that.

Mail won't autofill when sending to Company!

I have discovered a weird problem, auto fill is working fine on all my contacts, but when I start typing a Company Name mail won't auto fill it from the Address Book.
Any Ideas!

Yes Matt, you are correct. It will change the way it's displayed in the list.
Actually, it should work either way if filled in with a company name also. Seems though that something in the way the contact fields are entered would be the problem.
After checking mine and changing an address with a company involved every way I could think of, mine will autofill by person name or company name no matter how I arrange it.
And, it does autofill with only a company name in that field without a first and last name. With only a company name, the company name field automatically defaults to being checked when saved. And, it does autofill. At least it does for me.

Apple Mail won't connect to GoDaddy pop server

Hi all,
I have entered all the correct server information to connect to GoDaddy's pop server but Mail won't connect. I can connect to the smtp server without a problem. The same settings work perfectly in Entourage, so my information is correct. Has anyone else experienced this issue and fixed it?
Here are the settings:
POP: pop.secureserver.net
AUTHENTICATION: password
Thanks,
John

Mine stopped wotking on the 9th, under the mail app on the left hand side, if you have triangles with ! marks in them, perform a left click and start "Mail Connection Doctor" This may help pinpoing the issue.
Mine is failing at trying to connect on port 143.
This worked for me, go the accounts settings window and in each gmail account enter the following info
Advanced Tab
IMAP Path Prefix enter [Gmail]
If you then tick "Use SSL" this should make the port 993
Authentication shold be set to "password"
Then save these settings, finally email is received, hope this helps.
Let is know how you get on.

Mail won't Check emails

All of the sudden, and for no apparent reason, MAIL won't check emails. It says that it does, it turns the wheel, but nothing comes through and it reads UPDATED YESTERDAY.   it has been like this for six hours, both on 3G and wifi. Any Ideas! it is a 5s iPhone running on 8.0.2.   Thank you!

Hey Tif,
Thanks for the question. I understand you are experiencing issues with mail on your iPhone. The following article may help to resolve your issue:
iOS: Troubleshooting Mail
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3899
Try these basic troubleshooting steps first
1. Tap Safari and attempt to load a webpage (try any webpage). If you can load a webpage, then your device has Internet access. If you are unable to load a webpage, follow these troubleshooting steps.
          - Try to use an alternate Internet connection if available:
                    1. Try a different Wi-Fi connection
                    2. If your iOS device has an active cellular data plan, tap Settings > Wi-Fi and turn off Wi-Fi.
                    3. If the affected email account is provided by your Internet provider, see if your issue is resolved while connected to your home Wi-Fi network.*
2. Log in to your email provider's website to ensure that the account is active and the password is correct.
3. Restart your iOS device.
4. Delete the affected email account from your device.
          - Tap Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars.
          - Choose the affected email account, then tap Delete Account.
          - Add your account again.
* If you are only able to use your email account while connected to your home network, this may be a limitation put in place by your email service provider. For further support, please contact your email service provider directly.
Thanks,
Matt M.

Apple Mail won't send invitations when initially closed

I just started using iCal to send invitations for appointments through Apple Mail. When Apple Mail is opened already when I create the appointment and click Send in iCal, it works fine. The mail is sent and delivered to the appropriate address.
But if Apple Mail is closed initially, the application starts and the invitation is queued up in the Outbox but is never sent. I can manually open up each invitation in Mail and send them individually, but why is the behavior different? Whether Mail is opened or closed when I send an invitation, it ought to deliver the invitation automatically. By not being sent, I may not realize the invitation hasn't been delivered, making the process very error-prone. Is there a way to guarantee the invitation actually gets sent without having to check the Outbox every time?
Is this an iCal bug or an Apple Mail bug? I saw no settings in Apple Mail for sending messages at shutdown or any other setting like this. Instead, these invitations may end up being buried in my Outbox for a very long time before I notice and by then, it may be too late.

ronright wrote:
Since I bought a new modem/router (Netgear n600), my Apple mail won't send e-mails. It will receive. My ISP is AT&T & the email accounts are via yahoo. I have a Macbook Pro with a recent OSX.
The most recent OS is currently OS 10.8.3. Your system profile confirms you are still using Mac OS X (10.7.5). If this is incorrect, please correct your profile so that you will get the correct troubleshooting suggestions/solutions.
Also, post in the OS/Mail forum of whichever OS is currently installed on your MBP. It's where the OS/Mail expert helpers hang out at.

My mail won't send...

Hi,
My mail won't send on my laptop. There is spinning next to "Send" but the message remains in the outbox.
I deleted and readded all email accounts. This did not solve the problem.
I started a chat with Apple Express support and they said that Lion doesn't support Apple mail so they couldn't help.
I can send via webmail.
I can receive mail.
One error message I receive after it has tried to send the message for awhile is:
Connections to the server “mail.smtp.me” on the default ports timed out.
Select a different outgoing mail server from the list below or click Try Later to leave the message in your Outbox until it can be sent.
My password and username are correct; however, the following error message appears in the Connection Doctor window:
Trying to log in to this SMTP account failed. Verify that the username and password are correct.
Does anyone have a real fix for this issue-it doesn't happen all the time, but has been happening every day for the past week and I need a reliable program to send mail.
Thanks.
lsb

Becky,
Check your smtp server and check if your password is added. After ungrading Mail might have lost the password.

Mail won't correct spelling

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for