I am an ordinary QWERTZ
keyboard user. Now, when I setup my mac, I neglected the Keyboard Layout setting (I thought it would default to the usual). But, the layout was set to ABC - Extended
.
I can change it back to QWERTZ
, but every time I restart my mac it reverts back to the ABC setting.
My keyboard does not look like this (But part of me does wish it did).
How can I permanently change the setting of the keyboard layout at the login screen?
After updating to macOS Mojave I still have this problem, so the setting must have slipped back in through my TimeMachine backup.
The screen in macOS Mojave. There are some weird UI issues with Dvorak - QUERTY ⌘
.
This are my Language and Region settings:
The problem persisted after I have updated to macOS Catalina.
These are my keyboard settings:
Update:
I could shed some light onto this issue. The ctrl.blog, which was mentioned in the comments mentions that FileVault might plays a role in this. So these are the steps I did follow:
- Reboot
- "ABC - Extended" is chosen as the language at the login dialog
- Choose German and sign in
- Reboot
- "ABC - Extended" is chosen as the language at the login dialog
- Change the language and sign in
- Disable FileVault and wait for it's completion
- Reboot
- The Loginscreen looks a bit different now, I'm able to scroll with the mouse wheel and I'm able to choose "Remove current from list" in the language menu.
- Sign in and Reboot
- FINALLY: The language is now still set to German.
- Enable FileVault again (hoping that the currently set language will be used as the new Default).
- Wait until FileVault is activated (another few hours)
- Reboot
- There we go again: ABC is again set as the default
I did submit this Feedback to Apple as of November 13 2019.