Predictive text uses AI to fill in words and whole sentences for you. If you don't find this option useful you might want to disable it.
Create a new email. Make sure you are editing the message body. Go to Edit menu, then the Spelling and Grammar sub-menu. Then set the "Show Text Predictions" option to OFF.
Note: This works with version 16.99.1 for Mac. Other versions might differ.
I usually write a blog post about once a week. The latest post can be viewed here: This is War!: I think it is a surface indicator of a deeper issue. (posted 2025-07-29 at 13:01:23). I do podcasts too!. You can listen to my latest podcast, here: OJB's Podcast 2025-07-18 Too Many Road Cones: I think it is clear, there are too many road cones!.