
Here’s how to turn it off and forget about it. How to turn off autocorrectīefore we go any further, let’s briefly deal with those of us who simply don’t want anything to do with autocorrect. You want ‘aapl’ to turn into the Apple logo), text replacement’s where to head. But if you specifically want a construction like ‘addr1’ to expand to your home address (or if For example, your Mac, iPhone or iPad will correct ‘helllo’ to ‘hello’. This is in similar territory to autocorrection, but is based around triggers and phrases defined by you, rather than whatever’s in Apple’s dictionary. Type in an uppercase "I" for the phrase, and a lowercase "i" as the replacement.Furthermore, related text replacement functionality also sits at the heart of macOS and iOS. To do this, go to Settings > General > Keyboard > Text Replacement. Update: Apple's support staff is recommending customers affected by this bug use text replacement as a temporary workaround. One MacRumors reader who got in touch with Apple Support about the issue was told that Apple is aware of the problem and working on a fix. Resetting the keyboard dictionary does not appear to fix the issue, nor does a device restart or reset. Turning off predictive text is a reliable way of putting an end to the issue, as is using a third-party keyboard, but neither of these options are long term solutions for customers who want to use the full-featured built-in keyboard.

The problem seems to be affecting devices running both iOS 11.0.3 and iOS 11.1, and some users are also seeing the odd predictive text show up on Macs, too, as predictive text is available on all devices via iCloud. It may potentially be linked to emoji, as a strange "I" character also appears under the frequently used emoji for some customers who are affected.

Not everyone is affected, though, and we have been unable to replicate the issue on our own devices. It's not clear what's causing the bug, but a fair number of MacRumors readers and Twitter users seem to be experiencing the problem. It seems some users are seeing "A" as the first recommended predictive text word when using the iOS keyboard, and whenever "I" is typed, it autocorrects to A. A growing number of iOS 11 users have been encountering a strange predictive text bug over the course of the last few days, with the problem outlined on the MacRumors forums.
