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Hundreds of iPhone Users Complain About the Word 'It' Autocorrecting to 'I.T' on iOS 11 and Later

At least a few hundred iPhone users and counting have complained about the word "it" autocorrecting to "I.T" on iOS 11 and later.





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When affected users type the word "it" into a text field, the keyboard first shows "I.T" as a QuickType suggestion. After tapping the space key, the word "it" automatically changes to "I.T" without actually tapping the predictive suggestion.





A growing number of iPhone users have voiced their frustrations about the issue on the MacRumors discussion forums (https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/new-weird-autocorrect-bug.2090295/), Twitter (https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=default&mr&q=it%20i.t.%20apple&src=typd), and other discussion platforms on the web since shortly after iOS 11 was released (https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/reset-keyboard-issue.2070774/) in late September.





MacRumors reader Tim shared a video that appears to indicate the issue can cause the word "is" to be autocorrected to "I.S" (https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/autocorrect-bug-not-i-to-a-please-help.2085049/) as well.





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Many users claim the apparent autocorrect bug persists even after rebooting the device and performing other basic troubleshooting.





A temporary workaround is to tap Settings > General > Keyboard > Text Replacement and enter "it" as both the phrase and shortcut, but some users insist this solution does not solve the problem.





A less ideal workaround is to toggle off auto-correction and/or predictive suggestions completely under Settings > General > Keyboard.





The issue is notable given Apple just recently addressed a similar bug that caused the letter "i" to autocorrect to "A[?]" (https://www.macrumors.com/2017/11/09/apple-releases-ios-11-1-1-update/) on iOS 11 and later. The fix was included in iOS 11.1.1 (https://www.macrumors.com/2017/11/09/apple-releases-ios-11-1-1-update/), publicly released in early November.





This similar "it" to "I.T" issue does not appear to be fixed in iOS 11.1.1 and later. It's unclear if a future software update will be required to address the problem, which MacRumors hasn't been able to reproduce. Apple did not respond to multiple requests for comment about this particular issue.

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Source: Hundreds of iPhone Users Complain About the Word 'It' Autocorrecting to 'I.T' on iOS 11 and Later (https://www.macrumors.com/2017/11/27/ios-11-autocorrect-issue-it-to-i-t/)