Make a mac type like an iphone?

[Ravich]

My mom just asked me how to do this. That is, she wants auto-correct and automatically putting a period in if she does 2 spaces on her macbook. Why? I dont know, but she wants it.


Is there a way to do this?

 

[roadbloc]

OS X Lion (10.7.x) has the feature if I'm not mistaken. Check her OS version apple: -> About This Mac).

If she doesn't have Lion she can upgrade from the Mac App Store (Snow Leopard only) if she has 2GB or more of RAM and a Core 2 Duo processor or above. If she has the requirements but no Snow Leopard she can buy an install USB stick off the Apple website.

If she has Lion... she is missing something.

 

[r0k]

My mom just asked me how to do this. That is, she wants auto-correct and automatically putting a period in if she does 2 spaces on her macbook. Why? I dont know, but she wants it.


Is there a way to do this?

I don't think there is. At least I didn't stumble across it yet.

OS X Lion (10.7.x) has the feature if I'm not mistaken. Check her OS version apple: -> About This Mac).

If she doesn't have Lion she can upgrade from the Mac App Store (Snow Leopard only) if she has 2GB or more of RAM and a Core 2 Duo processor or above. If she has the requirements but no Snow Leopard she can buy an install USB stick off the Apple website.

If she has Lion... she is missing something.

This does not work for me in LibreOffice, Pages or Textedit. There is no option (I can find) to enable or disable it in system preferences including the "secrets" prefs pane. It doesn't show up in tinkertool either. So Apple may be bringing iOS to OS X but they aren't letting us type multiple blanks to get a period. And yes I tried it during this post in Chrome. It doesn't work here either.

 

[Mal]

I don't think there is. At least I didn't stumble across it yet.



This does not work for me in LibreOffice, Pages or Textedit. There is no option (I can find) to enable or disable it in system preferences including the "secrets" prefs pane. It doesn't show up in tinkertool either. So Apple may be bringing iOS to OS X but they aren't letting us type multiple blanks to get a period. And yes I tried it during this post in Chrome. It doesn't work here either.

I just tested this out. Go to System Preferences -> Language & Text, then click on the Text tab. Click the plus button at the bottom to add a new substitution, and tell it to replace two spaces with a period then the space (just type those into the two fields). It's a bit delayed, but once you move on, it will insert the period.

jW

 

[yayitsezekiel]

Lion has iOS like auto-correct, but it doesn't have the double-space period feature.