Language switching stops working using globe button button on MBP M1

Can you explain exactly what you are trying to do? By switching languages, do you mean changing the keyboard layout, or something else?

By the way, the Fn key by itself does nothing... what is exactly the shortcut you use for this?

I have this problem as well, got my MacBook Pro M1 the day before yesterday, English and Mandarin are equally important for me so I have to switch between these two languages very often. At first, everything seems ok using globe/fn key switching, but yesterday suddenly it stops working, what I mean by 'stop working' is it doesn't respond at all and I found caps key does the work but I didn't change the system preferences. I checked system preferences and found globe/fn key is still set to switch between languages. I tried to restart the laptop but nothing changes. A couple of hours later, it suddenly becomes ok, the globe/fn did the work again... and today morning it was ok but now same problem happens again... it is quite annoying, I am writing feedback to apple, hope they will contact me...

wchernikov wrote:

caps lock is an important key, so I woundn`t change it. if apple fix the key, I'll have to get used to the other key again

Understood. Though I'm curious what else you use caps lock for. To make individual capitals instead of the normal Shift?

The globe key has only been possible since November 12. Did you use Control Space before then?

I have the same problem.

Fn/globe key stops working.

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

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

Submitted feedback to Apple via links above, make sure you all do the same.

In the previous version, there was the checkbox like Use the Caps Lock key to switch to and from xxxx but it is gone. How can I use caps lock to change my keyboard on this version? Attached the current ver.

Hello from Greece. I have exactly the same issue with the language button. After some time it stops working and the only way to fix it is to restart MBP. Did you find any solution? I sent it as an issue to  support btw.

Actually, new M1 chip MacBooks have a button for switching languages, without using any shortcuts. However that button stops working (stops changing keyboard input) after some time. I also have this problem, and thinking it might be some software bug, maybe?

I have exactly the same problem on THREE different M1 devices: a MacBook Pro M1 and the same bug with 2 different Macbooks Air which one of them I had to bring back after the Apple support couldn't help me anymore with various problems such as no bluetooth connection on one side, an uneven aluminum case that let the device wobble while writing on it and the worst, after updating the whole system and later erasing the SSD and installing Big Sur together with the Apple support, it wouldn't let me create a user account (for the second time on a MacBook Air, I had already two bad devices with this error)...

Thank you very much for this alternative, I am using three different keyboards every day. However, the world key at the bottom left should should actually work but unfortunately it doesn't. The latest update to 11.2 didn't help either.

@redhead101

The latest update to 11.2 didn't help either. The world key just stop working after a while. I am using different desktops for about a few hours until the key just stops working. Dude, this is the very first time I am experiencing a "dead" key that supposed to work. This is my fourth Macbook, two MacBook Air had other serious problems, the third Air and my Pro have still way too many bugs. The good side though is the battery life. However @Apple This is a very bad user experience!!!

@Luis the control-shift-space combination isn't really an option for me. I'd prefer to just use one single button rather than hitting three at the same time. Let's see if they will fix the issue some day, I am sure there is a long list this time

t1gra0 wrote:

@Luis the control-shift-space combination isn't really an option for me. I'd prefer to just use one single button rather than hitting three at the same time. Let's see if they will fix the issue some day, I am sure there is a long list this time

Well, I cannot fix that problem, but you can at least reduce it from three to two keys. Just choose another shortcut in here:

This is no solution to the problem, just another way of changing the language with a key combination. Apple has to fix the problem, first time that a key doesn't work and I won't admit any restarts to make it work again

The very same thing happens to me on MBAir. Fn function for switching languages just stops working after a while for no apparent reason. Updating OS to 11.2 did not solve the issue. Waiting for the solution.

Hi All.

I have the same problem on MBP M1 with Big Sur 11.2.1 when I switch the language in WhatsApp Desktop ver. 2.2104.8 for Mac and when I connected to my work Windows computer via Citrix Workspace ver.21.01.0.21.