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I have two active keyboard layouts - US english and russian. I have russian as my primary system language and the option "allow different input language for different documents" is active. But when I open any app keyboard automatically switches to russian, while I want it to be english by default. Is there any way to change the default keyboard layout without changing system language?

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  • What system are you on? On my Mac running Mavericks newly started apps just keep the keyboard layout that was selected before.
    – codingFriend1
    Feb 11, 2014 at 15:17

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Reset to default
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When I tried enabling the setting (Input source options: Allow a different one for each document), new windows seemed to just use the current input source.

Anyway, you could try running sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/Setup\ Assistant.app/Contents/MacOS/Setup\ Assistant and selecting US as the default input method. (You have to go through the steps of creating a new account, but you can delete it later.) It modifies at least /var/root/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.HIToolbox.*.plist.

If that doesn't work, try running sudo languagesetup and selecting English, or sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences.plist AppleLocale en_US and restarting.

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enter image description hereTry the option Use the same one in all documents and with a keyboard shortcut you can easily switch between different input methods, for example, Cmd + Space.

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    It's kind of difficult to understand what you propose to do here, especially the part between the ""
    – nohillside ♦
    Jan 31, 2013 at 19:01
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    With Monterey OS I do not have the option Use the same one in all documents
    – Timo
    Mar 24, 2022 at 14:09

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