# macOS keyboard layout fixer menu bar app

7 Hacker News commenters recommended macOS keyboard layout fixer menu bar app and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free menu bar app that fixes text typed in the wrong keyboard layout, so people stop switching layouts by hand. Caveat: some report it doesn't work in iTerm2.

## Why people recommend it

- Removes manual layout switching (2 comments): "Forgotten how convenient that it is to not think about switching layouts." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48578647)) "always wanted this, happens to me all the time" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48577558))
- Solves a frequent annoyance (2 comments): "always wanted this, happens to me all the time" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48577558)) "Glad that someone finally made it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48580005))

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "macOS keyboard layout fixer menu bar app", https://hackerapproved.com/p/free-macos-menu-bar-keyboard-layout-fixer-app/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).