keyboard viewer is missing in imac osx El Captain

I have tried all the instructions to bring the keyboard viewer back, but failed

anybody have had the same problem?

How it was solved

Posted on Sep 7, 2020 10:45 AM

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2 replies

Chris_C1

Community Specialist

Sep 8, 2020 8:28 AM in response to sonmon

Hi sonmon,

Thanks for your post! We understand keyboard viewer is missing. Have you tried setting up another user to see if the issue persists?

Set up users, guests, and groups on Mac

Let us know what you find out!

Take care!

Eau Rouge

Level 8

42,656 points

Sep 8, 2020 10:58 AM in response to sonmon

Have you definitely tried System Preferences> Keyboard> Input Menu

and checked the box for Show Input Sources in the menu bar.

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