If you are experiencing this issue as I did — the?Dictionary/definition keeps popping up when you type or use the mouse, here’s the solution for you.
The problem appeared on my MacBook from yesterday, which I had no idea what I did. I was just typing on Google docs and some words got automatically highlighted, followed by a Dictionary app showed up that provided a definition of the word the mouse pointed at (see this screenshot). The weirdest?thing was that my screen sometimes enlarged itself.
At first, I thought it was due to that I haven’t updated system to latest OS — so I went ahead and upgraded OS. But the issue still persisted.
The real solution
It’s actually quite simple. All you need to do is disable an option via in the trackpad setting.
Step 1: on your Mac, open System Preferences.
Step 2: click Trackpad.
Step 3: under Point & Click tab, uncheck “Look up & data detectors”.
That’s it. Quite simple, right?
Not sure how I messed up and checked this option. My guess is that I might have mis-clicked it while I was cleaning my Mac screen and keyboard.
Anyway, hope this tip has helped you out.
Thank you! I’ve been trying to find a solution to this irritation for a while!!
Nice to not have this annoying feature constantly coming up!!
Glad you found the solution helpful, Jeff. I too, found it annoying 🙂 Thanks for your comment anyway.
My god this was driving me insane. I really cant thank you enough.
You’re very welcome, Ed.
Yes, can’t thank you enough. It was so frustrating trying to finish a report with the constant pop-ups
OH MY GOD THANK YOU…. I was about to throw the damn thing out the window!
Thank you! This was driving me crazy.
Thank you. I think the default must have been an unchecked ?Look up & data detectors?. Bad Apple.
Holy crap, thank you so much! I was losing my mind!
you have saved my sanity! thank you!
THANK you!!
THANK YOU!! MAN that has been annoying.
This is a game-changer!! I can finally highlight, thanks so much!
Thank you so much!!!!! This was driving me CRAZY!
thank you so much