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Grammarian Pro for Mac

Spelling, grammar, dictionary, and more.

$49.99
In English
3.9
Based on 25 user rates

Grammarian Pro overview

Grammarian contains an arsenal of professional writing tools to combat those embarrassing writing errors that everyone tends to make, a universal interactive spelling checking, grammar checking, dictionary, thesaurus, autocorrect, and autotype tool that works with virtually every program on your computer.

What’s new in version 3.5.4

Fixed:
  • macOS Sonoma compatibility fixes.
  • Sonoma no longer supports common Input menu hidden menu attributes. We removed all hidden attributes from the menu.
  • Fixed AutoType under Sonoma.
  • Readability reading ease accuracy.
  • A Spelling Document Check Window hang.
  • Other macOS Sonoma general bug fixes.
Known issues:
  • The Apple Ventura and Sonoma macOS system Spelling/Grammar Service (server) is broken whereas all 3rd party macOS service grammar checking is not functional.
  • Sonoma Input menu submenu selections are nonfunctional under Sonoma. Use the Pencil Menu instead.
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Grammarian Pro for Mac

$49.99
In English
Version 3.5.4
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3.9

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Derekcurrie
Derekcurrie
Oct 11 2023
3.5.4
3.0
Oct 11 2023
3.0
Version: 3.5.4
Somehow, the MU interface freaks out if I type in emojis, dumping the rest of the comment post. That's not nice. It's an MU bug.
Derekcurrie
Derekcurrie
Oct 11 2023
3.5.4
3.0
Oct 11 2023
3.0
Version: 3.5.4
(0_o) *shaking head*
Derekcurrie
Derekcurrie
Apr 11 2023
3.5.3
3.0
Apr 11 2023
3.0
Version: 3.5.3
The final version of v3.5.3 has a couple minor bugs. I reported them to the developer and was promised that fixes were imminent. The minor bugs are: (1) Don't do the "Security Setup" because clicking on the app icon in the interface will bomb the app. [In fact, the Grammarian menu is itself touchy and may occasionally bomb the app if you've accessed it.]. (2) The 'Check for Updates' gives the wrong installed version as 3.5.2 when in fact you have 3.5.3 installed. - - The developer was quite responsive. Keep an eye out for the fix update.
Derekcurrie
Derekcurrie
Mar 29 2023
3.5.1
3.0
Mar 29 2023
3.0
Version: 3.5.1
3.5.3 BETA is available as of today at the developer's download page. [https://linguisoft.com/downloads/downloads] - - NOTE: That Apple has still not fixed the relevant macOS grammar check bug as of macOS 13.3 (*grumble*lazy*Apple*). - - So far, here are the beta's RELEASE NOTES: - Fixed: 1. Updated links to online dictionary lookup. 2. Resized Document Check window command-key alignment. 3. Fixed Unicode formatting offsets with RTFD clipboard checking. 4. New preference settings for clipboard types. 5. Fixed the minimum macOS system version requirements for several resources. The resources wouldn't load under older systems. 6. Fixed Input menu autocomplete character commit. QuarkXPress and FireFox cause IMK blocking when the commit text length is zero under El Capitan. 7. Fixed AutoType Styled Paste expansions. - New: 1. Document Check Window Option (from Options menu) Select first indexed default suggestion: When ON: The default suggestion selection is the first actual suggestion. The error is shown as it will be replaced in the sentence. The user can then click "Correct" or "Next". When OFF: The default suggestion selection is the first index position. The error is shown as it actually is in the sentence. The user must arrow down or click the appropriate suggestion to click "Correct". Grammarian PRO3 Ventura Ready - Known issues: The macOS Spelling/Grammar Services are broken in Ventura 13.2 whereas macOS grammar check is not functional. This is a new Apple bug (only in Ventura). We reported this to Apple, and this still hasn't been fixed as of macOS 13.3.
Derekcurrie
Derekcurrie
Mar 29 2023
3.5.1
3.0
Mar 29 2023
3.0
Version: 3.5.1
3.5.2 is the current version. It was updated 2023-12-07. RELEASE NOTES: Fixed: 1. The Document Check Edit window is now resizable: Document Edit Window is resizable. 2. Fixed out-of-bounds error on Document sentence edit. 3. Document Check Window positional changes are now saved (split views, etc.). Apple broke this in Monterey. Now, this works again. 4. Error detection accuracy with the RTFD Clipboard format (Scrivener, Pages, etc.) 5. Paste Changes stopped working on old macOS systems (High Sierra, etc.). It still worked under newer macOS systems. 6. Crash on Install-Success window. 7. Crash on closing Writing Rules window. 8. Reenabling of Writing Rules Window ADD functionality. - - Known issues: macOS Spelling/Grammar Services are broken in Ventura 13.1. macOS grammar check is not functional. We filed a bug report with Apple to fix this.
Derekcurrie
Derekcurrie
Jan 19 2024
3.5.4
3.0
Jan 19 2024
3.0
Version: 3.5.4
ausklang
ausklang
May 2 2020
3.0
May 2 2020
3.0
Version: null
steph-2
steph-2
Nov 14 2019
5.0
Nov 14 2019
5.0
Version: null
Macott
Macott
Nov 2 2019
1.0
Nov 2 2019
1.0
Version: null
Andrewrodney
Andrewrodney
Oct 11 2019
5.0
Oct 11 2019
5.0
Version: null
Spudboy
Spudboy
Oct 10 2019
5.0
Oct 10 2019
5.0
Version: null
scott.salbo
scott.salbo
Jul 18 2019
5.0
Jul 18 2019
5.0
Version: null
poetcsw-1
poetcsw-1
Sep 8 2018
5.0
Sep 8 2018
5.0
Version: null
PRjohnson
PRjohnson
May 17 2018
5.0
May 17 2018
5.0
Version: null
jeff-38
jeff-38
Sep 27 2016
5.0
Sep 27 2016
5.0
Version: null
djebarin-1
djebarin-1
May 23 2015
1.0
May 23 2015
1.0
Version: null
Sgginc
Sgginc
Apr 25 2015
2.0
Apr 25 2015
2.0
Version: null
carlbhancock
carlbhancock
Oct 18 2014
5.0
Oct 18 2014
5.0
Version: null
Gantzerc
Gantzerc
Feb 3 2011
5.0
Feb 3 2011
5.0
Version: null
Callitho
Callitho
Jan 14 2011
4.0
Jan 14 2011
4.0
Version: null
Prestonmays
Prestonmays
Mar 20 2010
5.0
Mar 20 2010
5.0
Version: null
stupidass
stupidass
Oct 5 2009
5.0
Oct 5 2009
5.0
Version: null
Sampler
Sampler
Nov 25 2008
3.0
Nov 25 2008
3.0
Version: null
Steven-Goodheart
Steven-Goodheart
Jan 9 2008
5.0
Jan 9 2008
5.0
Version: null
Andy-Hewitt
Andy-Hewitt
May 5 2007
3.0
May 5 2007
3.0
Version: null
St00pid-M0nk3y
St00pid-M0nk3y
Jul 21 2006
4.8
Jul 21 2006
4.8
Version: null
Fredb7
Fredb7
Feb 28 2006
1.0
Feb 28 2006
1.0
Version: null
Pirx
Pirx
Nov 5 2005
2.8
Nov 5 2005
2.8
Version: null
Guest
Guest
Jun 11 2005
5.0
Jun 11 2005
5.0
Version: null
Jack-Foster-Mancilla
Jack-Foster-Mancilla
Apr 21 2005
5.0
Apr 21 2005
5.0
Version: null