Re:Apple Keyboard has a blacklist of phrases you can't swipe
by kenferry on Saturday November 07, 2026 @08:11PM
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I worked at Apple, and my understanding is that this hasn't been true since very, very early versions of the keyboard. Specifically because it made it actually impossible to type certain words (I remember "flickr" could not be typed). Nowadays the hit targets are not modified at all, but there is a statistical model based on dictionaries and grammar that's going to include the possibility that you missed.
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Re:Apple Keyboard has a blacklist of phrases you can't swipe
by madeofpalk on Saturday November 07, 2026 @09:53PM
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Right. It seems like a very 2008 solution, whereas now in 2026 instead we have advanced ML algorithms to frustrate you instead.
Re:Apple Keyboard has a blacklist of phrases you can't swipe
by kenferry on Saturday November 07, 2026 @10:35PM
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You can turn off spell correction if you don't like it. If you do like it, it's going to change what you type occasionally by definition.
I also feel like it could be better, but this thread seems a little over the top. Censorship because it avoids autocompleting things that might embarrass you?? And as was just posted a couple days ago, if you intentionally use words and phrases, it will learn that you do and will go ahead and suggest them https://helgesver.re/articles/macos-vulgar-word-flags .