Hi Anne,

I purchased this Mac about two months ago, and I am running Sierra.

I am rather nervous about reinitializing the PRAM on such a new unit.  However, 
if I decide to do so, how is this accomplished?

Best as always,

Mike

 
> On 11 Apr 2017, at 14:07, Anne Robertson <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hello Mike,
> 
> Thank you for your kind words.
> Have you reinitialised the PRAM lately? I find it often fixes anomalies. 
> Also, which level of Mac OS are you on? I recently installed Sierra and I’m 
> not having your problem.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Anne
> 
> 
> 
>> On 11 Apr 2017, at 14:01, Michael Busboom <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello Anne,
>> 
>> Unfortunately, it is not detecting those changes.  You know, this is the 
>> first time in all the years I’ve used the Mac where you didn’t have a 
>> solution for me.  You’re incredible, and I thank you for all the years of 
>> fantastic advice.  Perhaps someone else might have a solution.
>> 
>> My best as always, Anne,
>> 
>> Mike 
>>> On 11 Apr 2017, at 13:58, Anne Robertson <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello Mike,
>>> 
>>> Your Mac should automatically detect the language and use the appropriate 
>>> dictionary. I haven’t noticed any such problems switching between British 
>>> English and French.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> 
>>> Anne
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 11 Apr 2017, at 13:38, Michael Busboom <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hello everyone,
>>>> 
>>>> I’m embarrassed to ask this question since I’ve been using a Mac for over 
>>>> eight years and love it.
>>>> 
>>>> Here’s the problem:
>>>> I daily communicate in both German and English.  I have the German and US 
>>>> keyboards installed on my new MacBook Pro.  When writing in English, 
>>>> things work great.  I’m notified whenever I misspell words, just the way 
>>>> it should be.
>>>> 
>>>> When I switch to the German keyboard, however, things start going south.  
>>>> I can write German with no problem and obviously, when writing in German, 
>>>> I switch my output speech language to German.  However, whenever typing, I 
>>>> get a Word misspelled” notification after every word I type.  Where can I 
>>>> find the proper dictionary to download so that when writing in German, my 
>>>> MacBook Pro isn’t using a US dictionary?  Furthermore, is there a way to 
>>>> have my MacBook Pro automatically switch to the appropriate language when 
>>>> I select a typing input language?
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks so much!
>>>> 
>>>> Mike 
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