How to disable the yellow notepad on MacOS Mojave and older versions?

Does a yellow notepad appear when you use your tablet on your Mac computer? If so, this is Mac's operating system program called "Ink". Here's how you can turn this feature off:

  1. Go to your System Preferences and open the "Ink" app. 
  2. Turn of the "Handwriting recognition" as seen below:
  3. Uncheck"Allow me to Ink in any application" under the "Settings" tab.

NOTE: The "Ink" setting is only available on MacOS Mojave and older MacOS versions and is no longer available from MacOS Catalina and later versions.

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