Since upgrading to to Apple OS 10.7, the interactive feature of Spell Catcher 10.4 has not worked. The familiar yellow arrow does not appear as an available input resource in the Language & Text preference; also, I'm no longer able to paste changes and corrections from Spell Catcher.
What's happening? I was communicating via email with Mr. Gross regarding the input problem, but suddenly I stopped receiving messages. From curiosity, I installed a trial copy of Grammarian Pro on my iMac (3.06 GHz Intel Core 13), and had same input problem. Would someone please update me on what's going on: Does the problem stem from Apple OS 10.7 or Spell Catcher 10.4; is anything being done by Apple or Spell Catcher to fix it; and will the problem be solved in the near future, or ever? Are third-party applications like Spell Catcher being replaced permanently by in-app and system checkers like the Spelling-Grammar tool in MS Word and Apple's Dictionary? Frankly, I hope not. Spell Catcher is a real "confidence maker" - words readily checked and corrected, pasted, and defined in a seemingly endless list of text files.
There have to be other Mac users with the same interactive-input problem. I can't imagine that I'm the only person in the world having a problem after updating my system software. Strangely, I see no mention of the problem in Apple or Spell Catcher forums. Here is another question: Does the input problem occur just in certain Apple computers?
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Julius Lee
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Spell Catcher 10.4's Input Missing in Apple OS 10.7
Started by juliusl2, Aug 15 2011 06:02 PM
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Posted 16 August 2011 - 03:52 PM
juliusl2, on 15 August 2011 - 06:02 PM, said:
Since upgrading to to Apple OS 10.7, the interactive feature of Spell Catcher 10.4 has not worked. The familiar yellow arrow does not appear as an available input resource in the Language & Text preference; also, I'm no longer able to paste changes and corrections from Spell Catcher.
What's happening? I was communicating via email with Mr. Gross regarding the input problem, but suddenly I stopped receiving messages.
What's happening? I was communicating via email with Mr. Gross regarding the input problem, but suddenly I stopped receiving messages.
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From curiosity, I installed a trial copy of Grammarian Pro on my iMac (3.06 GHz Intel Core 13), and had same input problem. Would someone please update me on what's going on: Does the problem stem from Apple OS 10.7 or Spell Catcher 10.4; is anything being done by Apple or Spell Catcher to fix it; and will the problem be solved in the near future, or ever? Are third-party applications like Spell Catcher being replaced permanently by in-app and system checkers like the Spelling-Grammar tool in MS Word and Apple's Dictionary? Frankly, I hope not. Spell Catcher is a real "confidence maker" - words readily checked and corrected, pasted, and defined in a seemingly endless list of text files.
There have to be other Mac users with the same interactive-input problem. I can't imagine that I'm the only person in the world having a problem after updating my system software. Strangely, I see no mention of the problem in Apple or Spell Catcher forums. Here is another question: Does the input problem occur just in certain Apple computers?
Thanks,
Julius Lee
There have to be other Mac users with the same interactive-input problem. I can't imagine that I'm the only person in the world having a problem after updating my system software. Strangely, I see no mention of the problem in Apple or Spell Catcher forums. Here is another question: Does the input problem occur just in certain Apple computers?
Thanks,
Julius Lee
There are some known bugs in Lion regarding the Input menu and input methods (confirmed by Apple). However they aren't generally insurmountable - more of the "annoying" variety.
Usually trashing the preferences file that holds the Input menu configuration and restarting (at least temporarily) solves the problem.
Specifically, you would navigate in the Finder to your (home) ~/Library/Preferences/ByHost folder, trash any files named like "com.apple.HIToolbox.###################.plist", restart immediately, Empty the Trash once you're logged in again, then open Language & Text System Preferences and reconfigure your Input menu.
I likely suggested this to you - have you tried it? If not, please do.
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Posted 16 August 2011 - 05:32 PM
Evan Gross, on 16 August 2011 - 03:52 PM, said:
It looks like I was waiting for you to get back to me on one of my responses…
There are some known bugs in Lion regarding the Input menu and input methods (confirmed by Apple). However they aren't generally insurmountable - more of the "annoying" variety.
Usually trashing the preferences file that holds the Input menu configuration and restarting (at least temporarily) solves the problem.
Specifically, you would navigate in the Finder to your (home) ~/Library/Preferences/ByHost folder, trash any files named like "com.apple.HIToolbox.###################.plist", restart immediately, Empty the Trash once you're logged in again, then open Language & Text System Preferences and reconfigure your Input menu.
I likely suggested this to you - have you tried it? If not, please do.
There are some known bugs in Lion regarding the Input menu and input methods (confirmed by Apple). However they aren't generally insurmountable - more of the "annoying" variety.
Usually trashing the preferences file that holds the Input menu configuration and restarting (at least temporarily) solves the problem.
Specifically, you would navigate in the Finder to your (home) ~/Library/Preferences/ByHost folder, trash any files named like "com.apple.HIToolbox.###################.plist", restart immediately, Empty the Trash once you're logged in again, then open Language & Text System Preferences and reconfigure your Input menu.
I likely suggested this to you - have you tried it? If not, please do.
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Posted 16 August 2011 - 05:45 PM
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Posted 16 August 2011 - 05:47 PM
Hi,
I attempted to reply to your messages. Maybe, unintentionally, I missed one of your messages.
At any rate, I'm happy to now have some attention to my input problem.
Yes, I followed your suggestion by trashing certain preference files (com.apple.HIToolbox.plist). After rebooting, trashing files and trying to reconfigure Language and Text, nothing changed.
FYI: I have the app "SpellCatcherIM.app" in my Library/Input Method folder. For some reason, the input method does not load.
I attempted to reply to your messages. Maybe, unintentionally, I missed one of your messages.
At any rate, I'm happy to now have some attention to my input problem.
Yes, I followed your suggestion by trashing certain preference files (com.apple.HIToolbox.plist). After rebooting, trashing files and trying to reconfigure Language and Text, nothing changed.
FYI: I have the app "SpellCatcherIM.app" in my Library/Input Method folder. For some reason, the input method does not load.
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Posted 16 August 2011 - 06:09 PM
juliusl2, on 16 August 2011 - 05:47 PM, said:
Hi,
I attempted to reply to your messages. Maybe, unintentionally, I missed one of your messages.
At any rate, I'm happy to now have some attention to my input problem.
Yes, I followed your suggestion by trashing certain preference files (com.apple.HIToolbox.plist). After rebooting, trashing files and trying to reconfigure Language and Text, nothing changed.
FYI: I have the app "SpellCatcherIM.app" in my Library/Input Method folder. For some reason, the input method does not load.
I attempted to reply to your messages. Maybe, unintentionally, I missed one of your messages.
At any rate, I'm happy to now have some attention to my input problem.
Yes, I followed your suggestion by trashing certain preference files (com.apple.HIToolbox.plist). After rebooting, trashing files and trying to reconfigure Language and Text, nothing changed.
FYI: I have the app "SpellCatcherIM.app" in my Library/Input Method folder. For some reason, the input method does not load.
Make sure it was the file named like "com.apple.HIToolbox.###################.plist" that was in your (home) ~/Library/Preferences/ByHost folder. Any file named (exactly) com.apple.HIToolbox.plist won't make any difference. Only the one named like it (with the host UUID in the name) in ~/Library/ByHost matters.
Also, do a Get Info on the SpellCatcherIM.app in the Finder. What's the file size in bytes?
