Disable the automatic capitalization of words while typing in your Apple apps.

By default, your Mac will automatically capitalize certain words (such as at the beginning of a sentence, a technical term, or a city's name). While this is usually helpful, there are times when automatic capitalization is inaccurate and becomes annoying to fix. Below, we'll cover how to turn off automatic capitalization on your Mac.
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How to Turn Off Auto-Capitalization on Mac
For more handy Mac tips, sign up for our free Tip of the Day Newsletter. Now, why would you turn off auto-caps? Perhaps you're authoring a technical document, or you speak German and want to type essen (to eat) without it becoming the northwestern city of Essen. For either case, here's how to turn off auto-capitalization in System Preferences on your Mac. Once disabled, this auto-correct capitalization feature will be disabled for all native Apple Apps on your device.
- Click the Apple icon in the top-left corner of your screen.
- Select System Preferences.
- Click Keyboard.
- Click the Text tab at the top of the window.
- Click to deselect the box next to Capitalize words automatically.
Once you disable this setting, you will need to manually capitalize the words you type in any Apple app on your device. If you ever want to re-enable automatic capitalization, just follow the steps above to enable the function. It's important to note that this feature will not disable automatic capitalization for third-party software, such as Microsoft Word, and this will need to be disabled separately.