First letter automatically in the wrong language

Whenever I type in Hebrew, the first letter is almost always in English. So every time I start writing in Hebrew, I need to replace the first letter of the sentence back to Hebrew. I tried to uncheck the auto-switch of the document's input, and also unchecked the auto-capitalising of words, but nothing works.

MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 15.6

Posted on Sep 9, 2025 1:53 AM

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Posted on Oct 17, 2025 11:01 AM

Super annoying bug.


I was able to fix this without installing 3rd party layouts, by replacing the layout from "Hebrew" to "Hebrew - PC"


Settings → Keyboard → Click on Edit under "Text Input"

Click the + button at the bottom, choose Hebrew from the list on the left, then "Hebrew - PC" from the list on the right and click on Add.

Now remove the previous layout - select "Hebrew" from the sidebar and click on the minus (-) sign at the bottom.

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Oct 17, 2025 1:43 AM in response to Tom Gewecke

Update --- Sorry Tom. Replies to the wrong thread


Custom layout is simply a mapping file that maps key codes (in this case Hebrew) with the keyboard keys.

After downloading the custom keyboard file you place it your Library/Keyboard Layouts folder and then in the System Settings you head to Keyboard Layouts (you can search it in the settings or go to Keyboard and click the Edit button in the Inputs section) and add it (bottom + sign).


First letter automatically in the wrong language

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