#How to change mac language to english how to
#How to change mac language to english password

Drag your preferred language back to the top of the list again.

Try to add a third language to the list, and restart the System Preferences app. The Gear button only appears when the preferred language is different from the currently configured language. I’ve received several emails from readers who’ve had problems with the Gear button not appearing.

Click the new Gear button that appeared on the bottom bar when you rearranged the language list, and choose Apply To Login Window.

Drag the new language to the top of the list.

You’ll remove it later so just add any language.

Temporarily add a second language to the list using the Plus button.

Go to System Preferences: Language and Region: General: Preferred languages.

(Toggle it on if it wasn’t already enabled.)

Toggle the “Show Input menu in login window” option off and on again.

Go to System Preferences: Users and Groups: Login Options.

Remove any unwanted languages from the list.

Start by going to System Preferences: Keyboard: Input Sources, and make sure your preferred language is included in the list.

#How to change mac language to english how to

Here is how to get your Mac to remember your preferred login keyboard layout: This setting won’t always persist and sometimes automatically changes to either the ABC Extended keyboard layout (default when no layout is set), or the wrong keyboard layout in a bilingual setup.

This can be a serious problem if you don’t realize what has happen, why your Mac won’t accept your password, and you don’t know what to do about it. You can change the keyboard layout from the input selector in the top left corner of the screen.

#How to change mac language to english password

However, if your password is dependent on a specific keyboard layout then you need to have the right keyboard layout set on the login screen. You may have this issue and not even realize it depending on what characters you use in your password. I’ve had problems with my Mac not remembering my keyboard layout in the start-up login window.