New Macbook Pro M3, all language settings are English, some characters in my system are Chinese?

Upon using my new Macbook Pro M3, I noticed on facetime that some of descriptions of my camera source had chinese characters in them. I then looked into my settings and found the same thing.


I've setup my computer as English and have never had this problem before.

For context, under Language & Region Settings I only have English as a preferred language and have no other languages downloaded under Translation Languages.


What it looks like:

Any ideas why this is happening? Super weird to me.

MacBook Pro (M3 Max, 2023)

Posted on Nov 16, 2023 9:23 AM

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New Macbook Pro M3, all language settings are English, some characters in my system are Chinese?

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