Macworld - UK (2022-01)

January 2022 • Macworld 79

When the Input menu appears at login, you can select the layout you want to use
when you log in.

screen. To do this, you need to have
administrator rights. Users can still
change the layout in the Keyboard
system preferences after logging in.
Here’s how to set it.

1. While logged in to an administrator
   account on your Mac, go to System
   Preferences > Users & Groups.


2. Click on the padlock on the lower
   left corner to unlock the settings and
   enter an administrator’s username
   and password.


3. Click Login Options in the bottom
   of the left column.


4. In the right section, check the box
   for Show Input menu at login window.


5. Click the lock and exit.

With that option on, the Keyboard
icon appears in the upper right of the
login screen. Click it and select the

keyboard layout you want, and then

log in to the Mac.

CHANGE THE DEFAULT

KEYBOARD LAYOUT IN

THE TERMINAL

If you use multiple keyboard layouts

and want to change the one that

is the default, you have to do that

in the Terminal, the command-line

interface for the Mac. The Terminal

is located in Applications > Utilities.

Here are the instructions.

1. Set macOS to the keyboard layout
   you want to use as your default.


2. In the Finder, hold down the Option
   key, and select Go > Library.


3. In the Library window that appears,
   open the Preferences folder.


4. Look for the file called ‘com.apple.
   HIToolbox.plist’ and then select it and