A Practical Guide to Apple’s Smart Writing Tool
Having a proofreading tool during the writing process can be incredibly helpful, especially when manual editing isn’t an option. Apple’s built-in writing tool stands out as a practical solution for enhancing your written content.
Features of Apple’s Smart Writing Tool
With Apple’s smart writing tool, you can enhance notes, emails, messages, and documents through the following capabilities:
- Rewrite: Revise sentences, paragraphs, or entire articles.
- Style Adjustment: Alter the writing style to be more friendly, professional, or concise.
- Proofreading: Automatically correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling errors.
- Key Points List: Generate essential takeaways from your text.
- Summarization: Condense lengthy texts into core ideas.
- Simplification: Convert long paragraphs into easily readable bullet points.
- Table Formatting: Rewrite and structure text in a table format.
Compatible Devices
Apple’s smart writing tool is available on the following devices, provided the language settings are set to American English:
- iPhone 15 Pro, 15 Pro Max, and later models
- iPads equipped with Apple Silicon chips (M1 and later)
- Macs featuring Apple Silicon chips such as MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, iMac, Mac mini, Mac Studio, or Mac Pro
Ensure that your device is updated to the latest iOS, iPadOS, or macOS version and activate Apple Intelligence in your settings.
Using the Writing Tool on iPhone and iPad
You can access the AI writing tool in almost any writing app. Here’s how to use it in the Notes app:
1. Open the app and select the text you want to rewrite or proofread.
2. Tap the Apple Intelligence icon above the keyboard.
3. Choose from the following options:
- Proofreading: Correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling while showing the reasons for changes.
- Rewrite: Allow Apple Intelligence to rephrase sentences; feel free to try multiple times for satisfactory results.
- Style Adjustment: Revise text to match a friendly, professional, or concise tone.
- Summarize: Express key ideas in fewer words, with an option to replace the original text.
- Key Points: Transform text into a bullet point list, highlighting important aspects.
- List: Convert paragraphs into bullet points without highlighted key points.
- Table: Organize text in a table format.
Using the Writing Tool on Mac
Follow these steps to use Apple’s smart writing tool on a Mac:
1. Select text in Pages, Notes, or other supported applications.
2. Right-click or Control-click, select “Writing Tool,” and then choose the relevant feature.
You can also access these functionalities through the top menu by selecting “Edit” “Writing Tools.”
Offline Usage
Apple’s smart writing tool may work offline in certain situations, though some errors may occur.
Accuracy Recommendations
When using the writing tool, keep in mind that rewritten text might lose context. Always carefully proofread AI-generated content. Additionally, manually edit key point lists and bullet points to ensure content accuracy.
Best Practices for AI-Assisted Text Rewriting
While Apple Intelligence and other AI tools can assist with writing and rewriting, it’s advisable to use them judiciously. Writing is a form of creative expression that should reflect your unique voice. Over-reliance on these tools may diminish your confidence in your own work and lead to assuming that AI-generated text is superior. Remember that educators and employers typically prefer original compositions, so maintain this principle while utilizing generative AI tools.
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