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MacBook Pro running macOS Sequoia 15.6 randomly switches to German keyboard and language

On the upper right corner of the screen, it shows the German keyboard. This means I have to enter my password using that keyboard, which is different than the English one.

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Original Title: MacBook Pro M1 (OS Sequoia 15.6) has started restarting with German language although my system language (and the one I use 99% of the time) is English. What can I do?

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 15.6

Posted on Aug 15, 2025 01:11 AM

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Aug 15, 2025 07:48 AM in response to Pololi

Pololi wrote:

Thank you! That’s exactly what I’m doing. But I want to resolve the problem which appeared about a month ago out of the blue.

This may be hard to fix. See if this older discussion. is of any help

https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/393662/how-to-change-the-default-macos-login-window-keyboard-layout

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Aug 15, 2025 02:19 AM in response to Pololi

Can't you click on that icon in the upper right corner and choose an English keyboard instead?

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Aug 15, 2025 07:15 AM in response to Tom Gewecke

Thank you! That’s exactly what I’m doing. But I want to resolve the problem which appeared about a month ago out of the blue.

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MacBook Pro running macOS Sequoia 15.6 randomly switches to German keyboard and language

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