I hope rants are allowed on r/apple… didn’t see anything about it in the rules.

My iOS keyboard has new behavior since a few days ago. I have most of the QOL features turned off because I sometimes mix different languages, use abbreviations and sometimes need to communicate scientific names/concepts that aren’t saved in dictionaries. I do like the “predictive” option because it saves me from typing commonly used words. Apparently there is now an auto-fill feature that is grouped with the predictive keyboard option. So, if I type “Backe” (german for cheek) but iOS thinks the most likely word I am writing is “backed” it will automatically add a “d” when I hit space.

I

HATE

THIS

Please for the love of god put all the auto-correct / auto-format / auto-fill / auto-bulls*** options separately from the other QOL options. Predictive text options IS NOT the same as typing things automatically for me. It should never be combined.

Anybody else experiencing this frustration? Does anybody have a workaround? I have never really experimented with custom keyboards before but maybe I should.

  • megas88@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I don’t know what I have to turn off but both QuickPath typing and literally typing out entire words without using anything else results in words I do not type. QuickPath never fuckin learns the words should, it’s, and more I can’t think at at the moment but they’re really common words to type. Couple that with the fact that simply typing specific words somehow triggers some kind of autocorrect I had turned off and I have never been more frustrated at the iOS keyboard in my life.

    Really hope Apple fixes this mess soon. I’ve been journaling like crazy and hate having to proofread every entry just to make sure it looks the way I typed it out in the first place.