What is AppleSpell on Mac?
By Junaid, maker of Taskglass · Last reviewed
Checks spelling and grammar as you type, in every app that uses the system spell checker.
AppleSpell is the system spelling and grammar service. Apps send it text to check, and it returns suggestions and corrections. It's busier when you type a lot or open long documents with checking turned on.
- Category
- macOS system
- Made by
- Apple
- Safe to quit:
- With care
Shown in Activity Monitor as AppleSpell
Why is AppleSpell using so much CPU or memory?
- Long documents with spelling or grammar checking on
- Many languages enabled for automatic detection
- An app sending text to check over and over
What to do
- 1Wait for long documents to finish checking
- 2Turn off grammar checking in the app's Edit > Spelling and Grammar menu
- 3Force quit AppleSpell; it relaunches when needed
Safe to quit? With care.
It relaunches automatically; spell check pauses briefly.
Related processes
Part of the Taskglass Process Library