Can't login due to input source issue

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ppseprus Author

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Can't login due to input source issue

Hi!

I'm using my MBP (Yosemite) with a hungarian input source, however, my login password was in english.

Yesterday, I've changed it. Now, it contains hungarian characters.

I was able to use that password for logging in as long as the Mac just went to sleep.

This morning, however, I rebooted my MBP and now I'm unable to login.

It seems like the default input source is english, while in my profile, it is hungarian.

I've never had that problem before. And I'd really need my mac back, so that I could work.

Does anyone have any solution in mind?

Thanks,

Peter

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Nov 23, 2014 3:27 AM

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Answer 1

Linc Davis

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Nov 23, 2014 8:13 PM in response to ppseprus

At the login screen, you can select one of the available layouts by choosing from the flag menu in the upper right corner, or cycle through them by pressing the key combination command-space or command-option-space. See this support article.

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Answer 2

Eric Root

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Nov 24, 2014 10:29 AM in response to ppseprus

Log-in Window Keyboard – How to Change

Log-in Window Language – How to Change

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Answer 3

ppseprus Author

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Nov 24, 2014 8:45 AM in response to Linc Davis

Not by default. If you set a password with non-english characters and you log out, you're not able to log back in.

You have to enable "Show Input menu in login window" in preferences right after you change your password.

I had to use Recovery mode, create an image of my currently running disk. Save that image on an external drive. Go back with Time Machine. Make the image Read/Write-able and replace the com.apple.loginwindow.plist file, containing the above option. Save the image and then, in Recovery mode, restore my drive from the updated image file.

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Answer 4

ppseprus Author

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Nov 24, 2014 8:47 AM in response to ppseprus

Also.. the keyboard short cut is disabled by default as well.

I'm guessing, it has something to do with a non-clean install of the Yosemite. Altough, I've never changed these settings. And my brother has a MBP as well, and he has the same settings. (And he is not a tech savy, so probably hasn't changed a thing in the preferences..)

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Answer 5

ppseprus Author

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Nov 24, 2014 10:35 AM in response to Eric Root

Thanks! Altough, I've already did it 😉

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Answer 6

Eric Root

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Nov 24, 2014 1:39 PM in response to ppseprus

You are welcome.

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