[rincebrain]

This feels like it's probably a stupid oversight chain like, keyboard layouts are user-specific data, so they're not decrypted before first unlock/set globally because the machine might have multiple users with different keyboard layouts.

[medvidek]

Even if it is, why is there no way to change the system-wide settings? All other operating systems that I know either have an explicit button "Apply settings to login screen" or do it automatically (I'm sure 99% of the consumer-level computers sold worldwide never have more than one user on them, moreso with different keyboard layouts).

[rincebrain]

Evidently you can, though in traditional macOS fashion, you exploit Apple secretly changing the setting for you if you do a magic dance.[1][2]

I've never had a reason to try it, but there's also a remark that 99% of the Macs sold probably don't need to change the system-wide keyboard layout defaults, either...

[1] - https://heylon.ca/how-to-permanently-switch-default-keyboard...

[2] - https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/change-the-system-l...