Language switching stops working using globe button button on MBP M1

Im just using the command + space to change the language.

iamtaras wrote:

Option+Shift+Space doesn't work, either.

Apple doesn't use that, it's Control Space. You turn it on and set it to what you want in system preferences/keyboard/shortcuts

setting "hold Caps Lock" to change language doesn't help, either.

That only works between Latin and non-Latin keyboards, like between English and Chinese.

This option appears or doesn't depending on what input sources are activated.

I don't have that Hiragana on my mac, I can only guess that is does not activate this.

Try adding Arabic or Japanese to the list (even if you don't use them), and see the "Use Caps Lock" appear:

This command restarts TextInputSwitcher which is responsible for the language switching with fn key. It helped me to make the fn key alive again without restarting MacBook. But it’s a temporary workaround.

jonnek wrote:

Caps Lock has its role which is locking the caps.

I can't remember wanting to type any text in all caps for decades. But using caps lock to switch keyboards (introduced in macOS Sierra and finally working right in High Sierra) has proven very useful. Definitely an improvement over the standard Control Space, which also still works.

Having the Fn/Globe key do this function as well was new last October in Big Sur, and clearly it is still a work in progress. Make sure to use the feedback channel to tell Apple how unhappy you are and urge that they give it priority in the bug fixing plans.

I've also encountered this problem. M1 MacBook Air. All of a sudden using the fn / globe button on the keyboard stops working as a way to toggle between different keyboard languages. I wasn't sure how to set up a different hotkey so I enabled the "CAPS LOCK" to change keyboards option, but this is still a bug.

Have the same problem (MacBook Pro m1). After a few hours after restart I can switch language using only language icon in menu bar. After restart switching with fn button works, but then the problem reappears.

Luis Sequeira1 wrote:

My mac doesn't even have the "world" key and Control-Shift-Space is not very hard to use...

The "world" on the key doesn't matter, as long as you are running Big Sur, the Fn key can be used to switch keyboards, at least for a while...

Choulios wrote:

First of all, the Control - Space shortcut ... been changed for a while now (even before last October) into showing or hiding the Spotlight.

That's mistaken. Spotlight is still Command Space.

The new shortcut to change between languages is ^ Space or ^⌥ Space.

That's correct, at least since El Capitan. And the symbol ^ stands for Control.

same problem. Only restart helps

wangingod wrote:

When can it be repaired?

When enough people bug Apple about it via

http://www.apple.com/feedback

It may get fixed in 11.2, we will have to see...

I have the same issue ; but as mentionned by another user, I added a new shortcut switching the keyboards. The shorcurt works and also the fn touch then :/ Weird!

I do have the same problem and it only solved when I restart my mac and then the fn key works as expected.

I think it's a software bug which apple needs to considering a bug fix for it

Hey!

have the same issue with the globe button. Only restarting Mac solves it. Meanwhile I am using caps lock button for switching a language.