OS X :: Wrong Language In Spotlight
Mar 10, 2010
I've got a wired problem. I have MacJournal (from the recent MacHeist bundle), and whenever I type "MacJou..." into the Spotlight search box, MacJournal turns up with it's icon and three (asian looking) letters/signs next to it. Sure enough, the application's name in Finder is "MacJournal", and it's english when I launch it. I have English as main language in System Preferences.
Not really preventing me from doing anything with it, but it's strange. And who likes strange things on her/his computer? So: what can I do?
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Mar 7, 2012
I was writing an email in Russian when I had to leave my computer - so I locked it. When i came back, I tried to log back in. A shocking surprise: Mac was using a Russian layout and I have found no way to switch back to English to type my username and password (which are in English). I tried:Â
- resetting the PRAM (booting while holding option+Command+R+P)
- booting in single user mode and adding an admin user with empty username/password
- booting in single user mode and messing around with /var/log/CDIS/.custom (turned out it was set to "English" anyway)Â
I booted in a normal mode and started trying all random key combinations in hopes to switch to English. I frustration, I typed my password in the password box -- while using the Russian layout -- and voila - I was logged in. What happened was: when I added another layout, I had no idea that I needed to check a box to "Show input method on login screen" in a menu that is completely different from "Languages and Input" menu (in the Accounts-> Login Options). So when computer got locked, it wanted me to use the language I used last to login without providing an option of switching. I argue this is not user-friendly.Â
When I did select that box to show languages at login, I discovered something else: the username box wants you to use the language you used last by default (i.e. Russian), but the password box wants you to use English (that's why I was abke to login at all). Also: when focus is on the password field (and the language box show an American flag), when I go to switch the language, it shows a list of three Russian layouts of which only one is enabled -- and no English at all!Â
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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Dec 5, 2014
I just bought Macbook from someone who spoke Spanish, and they had the language set to Spanish. Â
I changed the language to English under the "language and region," setting in system preferences, and Mac Os seems to be all in English. Â
However, when I restart the computer and enter disc utility, the language is still in Spanish, and I can't figure out how to change it.Â
In the upper right hand corner there is a US flag that says, "Estadounidense", but I don't know if it this is a country or language setting. Â How I can change Disc Utility to English?
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Jan 29, 2010
I got a hand me down ibook from a relative but the default language is in German, I cant understand German. Is it possible to change the language display for commands , instructions and icons to English?
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May 14, 2012
After upgrade the Mail changed its language to local language, and I want it back to English! How do I do that?
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MacBookPro, Mac OS X (10.4.9), 1st time user
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Apr 10, 2012
I am thinking about buying a macbook pro and since my boyfriend is spanish and I'm danish, I would like to know if it`s possible to have danish as the language in the admin account, and then english or spanish in another account for him?
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MacBook Pro
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Nov 21, 2010
Under Language & Text there are 4 tabs:
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I would now like to remove the entry I added under the first tab, Langauge, but cannot figure out how to do this. I have tried highlighting and pressing delete, dragging it out of the window, etc., but so far nothing works.
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Apr 5, 2010
I am buying PowerBooks for students here in Brazil. They all have some level of OSX 10.4 but are in English. I need to change the base language to Portuguese. Is there a way to do this without the original install disks?
I may have one or two systems with OSX 10,5, so the same question applies there.
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Jul 4, 2009
I imported a few Russian Music CDs to iTunes and sadly a couple of them have garbled text while the others display fine. I know that garbled text happens when the computer doesn't have the language installed.
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Oct 8, 2010
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Feb 8, 2009
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Apr 29, 2009
I have just purchased a Mac book pro and installed Microsoft for Mac and tried changing the language setting for the spell checker to Spanish.
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I used to have no problem on my PC laptop with the same function in Microsoft Word.
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May 13, 2009
i'm using Mac OS X in English but i'm French and need the spell checker in French. Each time I have to change the language of the whole interface, log out and log in again.
I checked the Dictionnary preferences thinking it might be linked but I can't see any French options.
Do you have any idea how i can modify this setting so that the spell checker in Safari or Firefox or any programs switches to French?
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while all menus are in Italian, like choosen,
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suggestions ??
ciao
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Apr 5, 2012
I am currently archiving loads of video to QT movies and some are dual language. I want to assign a language to a specific track which is not on the drop down menu.
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installer wasn't working for me while trying to install a new program from a disc I bought. Did all the software updates for my computer, and the installer now works..
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MacbookPro 13", Mac OS X (10.5.8), Lovely Hot Pink Satin looking shell.=)
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Sep 6, 2014
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Feb 26, 2008
Am I the only one who strips out the language support on my desktop computer just because? I leave about 5 languages in it but for my work computer, I am never going to use any language besides English to operate in. So why don't I do this?
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Nov 27, 2008
I gave my dad a Mac G4 and he needs to change the language on the system from English to Spanish. Does he need the original CDS for the G4 to reinstall and change language preferences because i currently have installed Panther on the computer10.3.9. .If so where can i get the orignal CDS for the G4
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Apr 25, 2008
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Dec 1, 2008
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Apr 8, 2009
when I write in German, I copy the text into Firefox and use the German spell checker, then copy my work back.Today I had a massive "duh" moment, when I realised that OSX has built in spell checking.Now, I am writing an email in German, and I would like to change the language of the email to German and have the spelling checked automatically instead of me having to go through each word and telling OSX that it's a German word
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Apr 17, 2009
you would be kind enough to perform the following test and tell me what result you get (it should take five minutes)?
1) login to MyInfo page: [URL]
2) select "Contact Prefs" and set "Preferred Language" to a language different from your country default language
3) Logout (very important)
4) starts iTunes, go in the iTunes Store and connect to view your account (click on your AppleID in the top right corner)
5) select "Edit Payment Information"
6) change nothing, just press Done twice to go back to the iTunes Store
7) login to MyInfo page again:[URL]
8) check if Contact Prefs->Preferred Language was set to your country default
9) come back to this thread and report the result (with your country)
In my case (from Switzerland iTunes Store) my Preferred Language is reset to German each time and it is quite annoying. I've tried to report this to the iTunes Support, but their answer was something like: "we need to test your account." And after having done that:we're happy to tell you that your preferred language is now set to English." Not very useful as you can see.
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Apr 26, 2009
Well I bought my macbook in Taiwan. All my applications are in English but the only problem is that my login window is in Chinese. Is there any way i can change it to English.
I've tried to go in System pref- International and change the language order but it still doesn't work.
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Apr 29, 2009
I want every app to "remember" its current language input. And I don't mean that it should remeber it on osx boot, but after I open it and switch language input.
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Jul 17, 2009
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I'm in Turkey visiting my wife's grandmother. We intend to leave her the PowerBook 1.67 but the OS is all in English as I didn't install other languages to save space. I also have the habit of running Monolingual to remove any trace of other languages. Of course I don't have the copy of 10.5 with me and OS X is unheard of in the small town we are in. Is there anyway to download the Turkish language extensions/localizations from somewhere.
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