My iTunes has changed to Hebrew!

[Babooshka]

I NEED HELP.

My whole iTunes has translated itself into Hebrew(at least I think it's Hebrew)!

WHY!

How could it have done this?

 

[GGJstudios]

Is it only iTunes, or other applications, as well? Windows or Mac OS X?

 

[Babooshka]

Just iTunes, as far as I know.

iMac running 10.5.4

 

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

First thing to try: Go into Font Book and resolve duplicates (Edit menu -> Resolve Duplicates) and possibly also Validate fonts and files (from the File menu).

You haven't, by any chance installed or removed any fonts (Helvetica or variants) lately?

 

[GGJstudios]

See if this helps:

To change your language settings on a Mac:
Open System Preferences by selecting it in your Dock or the Apple menu (Apple > System Preferences).
Choose View > International.
Drag your language of choice to the top of the list.
Quit System Preferences.
Quit and reopen iTunes.

 

[Babooshka]

No use.

Hebrew isn't even on the list of languages for iTunes, and I removed the duplicate fonts aprat from Lucida Grande, which won't let me get rid of 2 duplicates.

Should I try a clean install of iTunes?

 

[EricNau]

Have you tried restarting your computer?

 

[Babooshka]

Yeah, didn't work.

 

[puckhead193]

mazel tov!
weird maybe try deleting the .plst file

 

[Babooshka]

Yeah, I'm doing a full reinstall with AppTrap.

 

[magiic]

Call Apple and tell them you're computer has been compromised by a Rabbi

 

[Babooshka]

Yeah. I dunno if they'd believe me.

Done a clean reinstall and it is STILL HEBREW!.


mhf.

 

[GGJstudios]

Yeah. I dunno if they'd believe me.

Done a clean reinstall and it is STILL HEBREW!.


mhf.

I only have one suggestion left. As a last resort, you could try this!

Actually, I do have another suggestion, after giving this more thought. It's possible you have a font corruption problem. If you want to remove the Hebrew font and save some space on your system, you can download and run Monolingual, a free app that removes unwanted language resources from your system.

 

[Babooshka]

I'm guessing this isn't normal for a plist.

Its friggin ages of AAAAAAAAEEESESAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA etc.

 

[Babooshka]

Please help me, I can't live in Hebrew.

 

[GGJstudios]

Did you try the Monolingual in my last post? Did you try deleting your plist?

This will give you more info on plist deletion.

 

[Babooshka]

I've done the language thing and done a clean reinstall and deleted the .plist twice.

Trying the monolingual thing now.

EDIT: Monolingual is useless, it keeps crashing.

 

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

I removed the duplicate fonts aprat from Lucida Grande, which won't let me get rid of 2 duplicates.

What do you mean it won't let you get rid of 2 duplicates?

 

[Babooshka]

I finally got rid of the 2 duplicates, and restarted the machine, and it's all great again. Thanks all and especially Mitthrawnuruodo.

 

[Muncher]

That wasn't even correct Hebrew, just a direct translation of character codes.

 

[Babooshka]

I know that, but it was Hebrew.

And I wasn't expecting a perfect translation of my whole iTunes library in an instant from English to Hebrew by accident.

 

[supercooled]

That's a first. So weird. I wonder if Apple has encountered that before. May be you need an exorcists instead of tech support.

 

[Babooshka]

I know, it was very annoying as well!