Changing the OS X language

[hdsalinas]

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.

 

[bousozoku]

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.

 

[MacAnkka]

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).

 

[hdsalinas]

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)?

 

[sushi]

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)?

Yes it will.

Pretty much any Unicode friendly application will change as well such as Apple's iLife applications.

 

[jeffl27]

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

 

[mackindergarten]

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