I often misspell words. macOS will show me that I've misspelled a word, but it does a bad job of guessing what I was trying to spell.
This macOS Service menu item simply searches for a highlighted word online – so that you can (hopefully) copy the correct spelling from google.
![Screenshot 2024-07-03 at 17 25 27](https://private-user-images.githubusercontent.com/1469659/345627830-df37d7ed-7c26-4462-a7c2-0d485bb74240.png?jwt=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.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.CjmvrKxvDBe_pI9P1-MNAqtdWtMOe5ecLOpvOKvkG7o)
- Clone/download it
- Open
SpellCheckService.xcodeproj
in Xcode - Build and run (cmd+R) the app once in Xcode to register the service with macOS
- Quit the running app/quit Xcode
- Restart your Mac
- See the screenshot above for how to use it