Apple offers temporary workaround for iOS 11 bug autocorrecting 'it' to 'I.T'

Apple is currently coping with hundreds of complaints about an autocorrect bug in iOS 11, causing the word "it" to be autocorrected to "I.T."

While only some people are being affected, those that are are finding themselves having to manually select "it" as a QuickType suggestion, or else backspace to retype. In some cases, complaints appear to stretch back to September.

The fix was first discovered by MacRumors.

Apple is said to be recommending that people reset their keyboard dictionaries by going into the iOS Settings app, then tapping General, Reset, and "Reset Keyboard Dictionary." After a reboot the glitch may disappear, but not everyone has had success with this method.

The next best solution likely involves turning off autocorrection, but that can be problematic for people typing on an iPhone, particularly smaller models like the 8 or SE.

Apple is presumably planning to patch the bug in a forthcoming update. Earlier this month the company released iOS 11.1.1 to fix another autocorrect bug, which was causing the letter "i" to be changed into an "A" and a question mark. The issue was widespread enough that it was briefly spoofed in pop culture.

29 Comments

Soli 9 Years · 9981 comments

About 7 years ago

Another keyboard bug? At least this one is easier for me to understand than the letter 'I' issue.

zroger73 13 Years · 787 comments

When I write about the Honda Civic Si, it annoys me when my Macs autocorrect "Si" to "is". I've even added "Si" to the dictionary, yet the autocorrection persists. Very annoying!

zroger73 said:

When I write about the Honda Civic Si, it annoys me when my Macs autocorrect "Si" to "is". I've even added "Si" to the dictionary, yet the autocorrection persists. Very annoying!

One solution that I think will work is to create a keyboard shortcut so that typing 'sii' will switch to 'Si'. Or, you could even save more time by having 'hcs' switch to 'Honda Civic Si'.PS: One great thing about this feature is that it's synced through iCloud so you can also set it up on a Mac. The benefit of this is that you can create very complex replacements with carriage returns. For example, if you post to this forum you may like to use certain HTML formatting to make your comments more readable but don't want to spend the time writing out the same HTML code on either your Mac or iDevice. With a few atypical letter combinations (usually the same letter repeated) I can have that populated instantly.