Cleaned up Language files

[romany]

Hi All
First post here, could someone help me with this question:
I have just done a reinstall of Tiger without the Language files and most of the driver and bundled software i did not rerquire ,if i update to Mac OS X Update 10.4.6 ,would i have to remove Language files again?
Thank You All
Romany

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

Actually, yes (probably). Some updates (not all, though, never found a pattern) will add localization data. :(

On the other hand, that's what we have Monolingual and Delocalizer for... ;)

[romany]

Cheers Mitthrawnuruodo
I have read a few posts elsewhere about Monolingual, and they have said not to use it with a intel mac it screws up your system perhaps they were wrong?
Anyway i will give it a go!! Thanks
Romany

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

I have read a few posts elsewhere about Monolingual, and they have said not to use it with a intel mac it screws up your system perhaps they were wrong?Don't know about that, but if others have had problems than be careful. Remember to backup properly (<- general advice, shouldn't be a problem for you if you remembered to backup before you did the reinstall ;)).

I've never used Monolingual, but run Delocalizer every now and then on my old iBook G4 and never had a problem with that... :)

[romany]

Well i have just tried Monolingual after the update and everything looks okay so far, could i ask you another question:i haven't got a .mac account so how could i delete it .
I would like to get rid of things i have no use for.
Cheers
Romany

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

Sorry, but the .Mac stuff is (for the most part) there to stay. You can, however, reduce the annoyance with some simple grips (off the top of my head):

Remove the iDisk from Finder sidebar (Finder -> Preferences -> Sidebar -> Show these items...)

Also, I signed up for the 30 or 60 days trial and then shut everything off, that actually stopped some of the nagging.

I also got rid of the iDisk in the Go menu in Finder (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=2127202#post2127202), but that requires Developer tools and some confidence... ;)

If you say where .Mac annoys you than post back and maybe someone has found a way around it... :)

[romany]

Okay, thank you for all the info!!:)

[Electro Funk]

Cheers Mitthrawnuruodo
I have read a few posts elsewhere about Monolingual, and they have said not to use it with a intel mac it screws up your system perhaps they were wrong?
Anyway i will give it a go!! Thanks
Romany


I ran monolingual on my intel iMac and have had no issues yet...

and it freed up almost 2 gigs!

Knock on wood...

[~Shard~]

In general, if you want to find and remove unwanted large files (language files, garage band themes, iDVD themes, whatever) I highly recommend Whatsize (http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/21149&mode=feedback).

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

...or OmniDiskSweeper (http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnidisksweeper/). Remember to get your free one-day license from Omni's page... :)

[romany]

Thanks Mitthrawnuruodo,~Shard~,Electro Funk, i now have a clean install without the languages and other files not needed, Monolingual done the job great, whatsize helped removing a lot of junk.
Going to install the programs now and then remove the Language files again.
Cheers
Romany:)

[~Shard~]

Thanks Mitthrawnuruodo,~Shard~,Electro Funk, i now have a clean install without the languages and other files not needed, Monolingual done the job great, whatsize helped removing a lot of junk.
Going to install the programs now and then remove the Language files again.
Cheers
Romany:)

No problem at all, glad to be of assistance! Anything else just ask... :cool: