Try #2! On MacBook Pro/2012, using employer-mandated El Capitan, Japanese kb input has disappeared as an option. What happened??? Had been using it sometime every week for years.
MacBook Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11.6)
In system preferences/keyboard/input sources, use the + button to add Japanese to the list. Then click on Japanese and check the box for Hiragana. Then select Hiragana in the "flag" menu at the top right of the finder.
If that is not possible, create a new user account and see if you are able to activate it when logged into that.
In system preferences/keyboard/input sources, use the + button to add Japanese to the list. Then click on Japanese and check the box for Hiragana. Then select Hiragana in the "flag" menu at the top right of the finder.
If that is not possible, create a new user account and see if you are able to activate it when logged into that.
It's very unusual to be missing an input source. Something has gone wrong with the account or the OS. A reinstall of the OS may be required.
Hey, Tom - Thanks for answering...BUT..... that's the process I've been using for years on every one of my Macs...but in recent weeks, Japanese HAS DISAPPEARED as one of the language options; that's the problem.
Your second option.....since my problem is with my work MacBook Pro...unlocking Users/Groups to try that, for some reason, is not working for me today, which by itself is bothersome. So now I'm working on that!
But, does the fact that Japanese no longer even appears on the list tell you anything?
Dave Huntsman
Where did Japanese keyboard input go as an option?
