Changing the OS X language

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  1. hdsalinas, Sep 9, 2006

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    The only local authorized apple dealer only sells macs with the OS in spanish.

    Can I change the language (in this case from spanish to english) of the OS on a mac? On windows you cant; you ether get a Spanish Intallation CD or an English one.

    Even tho my first language is spanish, I rather have the OS in english and keep the keyboard in spanish (you need it to type the Ñ, ¡, ¿)

    thanks.
     
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  2. bousozoku, Sep 9, 2006

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    You can change the language to English quite easily by moving English to the top of the languages list in the International preference pane.

    You may still type ñ by typing option-n and n. ¿ is option shift-? and all accents happen with option-e, such as í.
     
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  3. MacAnkka, Sep 10, 2006

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    It's also possible (and easy) to have the OS language set to English (or basically any other language OSX supports) and the keyboard layout to Spanish (or any other keyboard layout).
     
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  4. hdsalinas, Sep 10, 2006

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    So this will change the entire os form one language to another. For example, if I change my preference from spanish to english, all the menus, dialogues, user interface changes too (Not the way Windows "Regional and Language Options" works- that only changes the format that numbers, time and dates are displayed)?
     
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  5. sushi, Sep 10, 2006

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    Yes it will.

    Pretty much any Unicode friendly application will change as well such as Apple's iLife applications.
     
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  6. jeffl27, Apr 25, 2008

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    Change Entire System From English To Irish

    Was wondering if anybody knows how to change the language from english to irish. I have changed the calendar but I want to change everything,i.e. all the menus from start up to log off.

    Thanks,

    Jeff
     
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  7. mackindergarten, Apr 25, 2008

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    jeffl27,

    * Go into System Preferences > International > Language
    * Click Edit List
    * Search for Irish in this list and click OK
    * Log out and back in to make the changes visible

    I don't know how much of a difference this will make but it's worth a try. Follow the above procedure to change the language back to English or whatever was set before.

    Hope this helps.
    /Rupert
     
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