My MacBook does not recognize French language anymore (as second language)

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My MacBook does not recognize French language anymore (as second language)

Hi,

I am French but I spend a lot of time abroad... Then, I bought a MacBook Pro 15" equipped with a QWERTY keyboard.

I write in English and in French.

To write without too much difficulties in both languages, I selected the US international - PC language for keyboard input. For having the French dictionary, I selected the CH language because it's the only French formatted with QWERTY)

This worked quite well, without the need to change the keyboard input, the US International - PC allowing me to write the subtleties of French (accents, cedilla, etc.)

Recently, I installed the 13.4 version of Ventura, and since French looks to have disappeared.

Each French word (or almost) is systematically auto-corrected by an English word. Yes, with the ESC key I can cancel this auto-correction, but it slows down the writing considerably, and honestly, stopping at every word is simply impossible. Then, it ends with incomprehensible sentences.

I went to the keyboard settings, but I can't find a way to fix it. Every attempt is a failure.

I'll send you screenshots about my current settings.

Thank you in advance for your help.

Posted on Jun 21, 2023 2:19 PM

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Answer 1

Tom Gewecke

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Jun 22, 2023 2:20 AM in response to hypersix

The thing you have to look at for spellcheck/autocorrect is not the Input Source setting but the Spelling setting: See the end of this page.

Check spelling and grammar on Mac - Apple Support

What do you have there?

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hypersix Author

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Jun 22, 2023 12:28 PM in response to Tom Gewecke

Hi Tom,

Thanks for your time to give me an answer.

The < Correcting spelling automatically > is set ON.

And the US English and French languages are set.

I also check the User/Spelling folder in the Library. I do not have any English or French .dic or .aff file…? [Screenshot below]

By the way, English is the main (system) language of my Mac.

I am lost.

Thanks.

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Answer 3

Tom Gewecke

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Jun 22, 2023 1:31 PM in response to hypersix

hypersix wrote:

I also check the User/Spelling folder in the Library. I do not have any English or French .dic or .aff file…?

No, you can't see the stuff which Apple provides, you will only see .dic or .aff if you add a third party dictionary downloaded from the internet.

Does it work OK if you set Spelling to just French instead of Automatic as below.

If you are talking about Word, everything different, so let me know if that is the case.

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hypersix Author

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Jun 22, 2023 1:53 PM in response to Tom Gewecke

Thanks Tom.

Yes, I know it is different for MS office. So that is not what I am talking about here (word works spelling works fine, so far).

Non, French works perfectly if set to Automatic.

So, I understand the solution is to keep French (as a second language) set to Automatic?

By the way, I have a different pop-up window. I do not have the command: < Automatically switch to a document's input source >

Sorry, I cannot insert the screenshot. I tried in JPEG, in PGN, TIFF... cannot upload.

Thanks again for your time and patience Tom.

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Answer 5

Tom Gewecke

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Jun 22, 2023 2:13 PM in response to hypersix

hypersix wrote:

So, I understand the solution is to keep French (as a second language) set to Automatic?

Yes, if that works for you.

I just notice something is wrong in the screenshot you sent earlier. You have CH Swiss French on your list of Input Sources. But the keyboard picture there is wrong, because Swiss French is QWERTZ and not AZERTY. But it should not matter since you actually use US International PC, you can remove Swiss French if you want.

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