Switch to a Chinese or Cantonese input source on Mac
After you set up the input sources you want to use on your Mac, you can easily switch between them.
On your Mac, do any of the following:
Use the Input menu: Click the Input menu in the menu bar, then choose an input source. If the input source is dimmed, the current app doesn’t support it.
You can also press Option-Control-Space bar to select the next input source in the Input menu, or Control-Space bar to select the previous input source.
Use the Caps Lock key: If you set an option in Input Sources preferences to change input sources by using the Caps Lock key or a dedicated language switching key (for example, “中 / 英” on Chinese – Pinyin and Chinese – Zhuyin keyboards), press the key to switch to the input source you want to use.
To check your settings in Input Sources preferences, choose Apple menu
, then click Input Sources.Use the Fn key or
: If you set an option in Keyboard preferences to change input sources by using the Fn key or (if available on the keyboard), press the key to display a list of your input sources, then continue pressing the key until the input source you want to use is selected. The list disappears automatically.To check your settings in Keyboard preferences, choose Apple menu > System Preferences, click Keyboard, then click Keyboard.
Use the Touch Bar: If your Mac has a Touch Bar, and you customized the Control Strip by adding the Input Sources button
, the Handwriting button 
, or both, tap a button, then tap the input source you want to use. To learn how to change the Control Strip, see Customize the Touch Bar.
