Toggle OSX autocorrect

[leplatdujour]

Hi folks, 

 

Although quite useful in itself, sometimes OSX' autocorrect drives me batty, especially in input fields on some apparently badly designed websites when Yggdrasil -- my Macbook -- insists my e-mail address needs a space in it or something like that. Is there any way I can create a workflow to toggle the autocorrect setting? It's in Settings > Keyboard > Text tab > Correct spelling automatically. However, although I've been an Alfred user for a long time, I haven't the foggiest how to go about this, so any pointers would be appreciated. 

 

Thanks!

[deanishe]

However, although I've been an Alfred user for a long time, I haven't the foggiest how to go about this, so any pointers would be appreciated.

 

Well, it doesn't really have anything to do with Alfred. It's an OS X question.

 

You can turn Autocorrect on and off from the command line like this:

# Check setting
defaults read -g NSAutomaticSpellingCorrectionEnabled

# Turn autocorrect on
defaults write -g NSAutomaticSpellingCorrectionEnabled -bool true

# Turn autocorrect off
defaults write -g NSAutomaticSpellingCorrectionEnabled -bool false

 

Put the relevant command in a Run Script action with Language = /bin/bash then connect it to your Keyword or Hotkey or whatever.

[leplatdujour]

Well, thanks to deanishe that turned out to be rather easier than I thought it'd be -- just in case someone else is running into the same thing, here's the workflow I managed to cobble together:

 

https://db.tt/8JZZE12o

 

If you don't find it useful, at least you advanced lot can have a laugh at it 

[uroscadez]

Hi, thanks for sharing this. It is exactly what I need too, however I am unable to get any software react to these changes in settings. I have tried both the Alfred workflow from DB and the Terminal commands. 

 

Any ideas ?  I'm running OSX Sierra 10.12.3.

 

Best regards, Uros