How to disable autocomplete on macOS but not iOS?
Explanation

The text replacements in System Preferences &gt; Keyboard &gt; Text (macOS) and Settings &gt; General &gt; Keyboard &gt; Text Replacement (iOS) are tightly integrated into iCloud.

In fact, both sync using iCloud and are stored in your iCloud Drive (com.apple.TextInput). This is an invisible folder.



Disable text replacements on macOS

In order to disable them on your Mac, you have two options:


iOS: In Settings &gt; iCloud &gt; iCloud disable 'iCloud Drive'.
macOS: In System Preferences &gt; iCloud &gt; iCloud Drive (Options) disable 'System Preferences'.


Now you need to delete your text replacements from your Mac. You may create a backup of them by selecting all (CMD+A) and dragging them on your Desktop.

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