Language Change

[AndrewCjDuong]

I just purchased a MacBook Pro from Taiwan. Reason I bought it here was cuz I got an amazing price but the only problem is that I'd really rather have english instead.

So I've changed most of the language settings and now most is english but the only thing thats still chinese is the log-in screen. Not sure how to change that but if anyone could help me that would be great. Thanks a bunch!

 

[jmann]

This may be an old article, but it should still work somewhat the same.

link

 

[xUKHCx]

System Preferences - Accounts - Login Options - Show input menu in login window.

This will give you the option to change the language for the login screen when you are viewing the login screen. You should only need to do this once and then you can turn the option off.

edit:

This may be an old article, but it should still work somewhat the same.

link

That contains some pretty drastic steps and is not applicable to the current (or indeed anywhere near current) versions

Note: This document applies to Mac OS X 10.0 through 10.3.9.

 

[AndrewCjDuong]

Wow fast reply. Thanks everyone. Just a quick newb question. Is there any way to log off quickly or lock the computer. For example, on a pc you press windows button and L. Anything like that?

Thanks again!

 

[AndrewCjDuong]

Ok so I tried that and it only gives you the input language. It still shows everything in chinese.

 

[robbieduncan]

Ok so I tried that and it only gives you the input language. It still shows everything in chinese.

Did you close and reopen your applications? If not then they will still be in Chinese.

 

[AndrewCjDuong]

Did you close and reopen your applications? If not then they will still be in Chinese.

No. Everythings already in english. The only thing thats chinese is the login screen. That's what I want to change to english.

 

[calderone]

Run this in Terminal, you need to have admin privileges:

sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/Language Chooser.app/Contents/MacOS/Language Chooser

It will pop up a window where you can then choose the language. Confirmed working in 10.6.

 

[AndrewCjDuong]

Run this in Terminal, you need to have admin privileges:

sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/Language Chooser.app/Contents/MacOS/Language Chooser

It will pop up a window where you can then choose the language. Confirmed working in 10.6.

Il enter that and this is what I get:

WARNING: Improper use of the sudo command could lead to data loss
or the deletion of important system files. Please double-check your
typing when using sudo. Type "man sudo" for more information.

To proceed, enter your password, or type Ctrl-C to abort.


and then when I try and type the password nothing works.

 

[calderone]

Are you logged in as an admin? If not, it won't work.

 

[AndrewCjDuong]

Are you logged in as an admin? If not, it won't work.

I'm pretty sure I am. There's only one account on my mac.

 

[AndrewCjDuong]

Ok. So I logged in as root. Then tried entering that in terminal. The terminal application doesn't seem to work though. Nothing I type will work.