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
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.
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.
See if this from another forum is related
Hebrew US keyboard (~ on the top left of the keyboard next to the 1, not near the left shift key)
AlonB5 wrote:
Not sure what you mean by that. I use the normal Hebrew keyboard.
Apple provides 3 different layouts for Hebrew: Hebrew, Hebrew PC, and Hebrew Qwerty. Do you use the one called Hebrew?
Are you using Caps Lock to switch between Hebrew and US, or do you type English with the Hebrew layout still the active one?
Do you see the same problem if you use Control Space to switch keyboards between Hebrew and US instead of Caps Lock?
AlonB5 wrote:
I think I use the one called Hebrew. And I use caps lock the switch between the languages. Never used control space so I can't answer that..
Please go to system settings > keyboard > text input > edit and
+tell me what items you have on the list of all input sources
+if not already done, turn on "show input menu in menu bar"
+tell me whether you have "use caps lock key to switch to and from..." turned on or not
Thanks!
Try turning off the "use caps lock key to switch..." item. Then, when the Hebrew input source is active, turn on caps lock. You should still see the Hebrew input source icon at the top right of the screen, but you can type English. This is a special feature of the Hebrew layout. Does that work ok for you?
If you prefer to still actually switch between Hebrew and ABC, go to system settings > keyboard > ״press globe key to״ and set that to change input sources. Also go to system settings > keyboard > keyboard shortcuts > input sources and check the box for "select the previous input source". When that is done, either Globe key or Control Space should switch between Hebrew and ABC, and they may work better than Caps Lock.
AlonB5 wrote:
I also tried the "press globe" thing, it does switch the inputs - but the problem still there of the first letter being in English instead of Hebrew.
Could that be a bug of the operation system? This is so frustrating..
Also try Control Space and let us know if the first letter problem is still there. That is the oldest and often most reliable MacOS keyboard switching system.
It's possible the behavior you see with Caps Lock and Globe is a bug, but in that case you would normally see a lot of complaints about it with various languages.
The place to report buggy behavior is
AlonB5 wrote:
Hi Roni,
What's a custom layout keys, and how do you switch to that?
The problem may be fixable via a custom layout as mentioned here:
Alon,
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).
roniger wrote:
Hebrew US keyboard (~ on the top left of the keyboard next to the 1, not near the left shift key)
Thanks!
Do you mean your MacBook has the US type ANSI keyboard (horizontal enter key, longer left shift key with no extra letter there) with Hebrew printed on the keys? I didn't think Apple made those. But normally a custom layout should adjust to it with no problem.
Or do you mean that you have the normal European type ISO keyboard (vertical enter key, extra key next to left shift) with Hebrew printing, but the custom layout doesn't match the printing? That might be fixable.
Perhaps post a photo of the keyboard.
What Hebrew keyboard layout/input source are you using? How are you switching input sources between English and Hebrew?
Does this happen in all apps, including Safari, Mail, messages, pages?
Yes it does technically work, but the text is from right-to-left rather than left-to-right (so if I want to go back to correct a word, I need to use the right arrow and not the left). So it is not ideal at all..
I also tried the "press globe" thing, it does switch the inputs - but the problem still there of the first letter being in English instead of Hebrew.
Could that be a bug of the operation system? This is so frustrating..
Still happens in Tahoe and it's frustrating.
This is not right after switching languages, but just randomly after a few sentences.
When I type fast it is every other sentence, usually in WhatsApp when trying to detect the language and switch direction.
Yes, saw that and there are a couple of issues.
Yes, US type ANSI keyboard - we got a few like this one from Amirim (you could buy a US layout if you wanted to).
I switched the custom layout keys manually and it works well. Thank you!
If the issue recurs with the custom layout, I will update
First letter automatically in the wrong language
