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Check your spelling in Māori

Maori placenames are marked as potentially incorrect.

Kiwis now have a free spellchecker they can use that will recognise New Zealand placenames and check spelling in Māori. Here’s what it is and how to get it.

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Choose your language with care or spellcheck may bite

Set your Autocorrect Language in System Preferences.

Some of us can be quite pedantic about spelling: is it ‘color’ or ‘colour’ for example? If your Mac is constantly bugging you about your (correct) spelling then perhaps you need to tune up your spellcheck settings. Guest author Alan Macdougall brings us an extremely handy Tip.

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Make your iPhone speak its auto corrections

Auto-Correction in action.

Autocorrect on the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch can be a blessing or a nightmare. Here’s a clever trick to have the device alert you to the changes it makes.

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Escape from typing

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In Mac OS X you can sometimes press the Escape key to finish typing a word for you.

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