How to turn off automatic period after typing a double space

In any OSX app: Pages, Mail, Keynote, when you type a double space it inserts a full stop, or period. You can turn this ‘feature’ off.

Here’s the setting you need to change:

You get there from here:

And then here:

Here’s a video of how to do it:

Written by Wayne Connor
Mac user since 1996
Helping people master their Macs since 2005

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