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cryptorchid

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Aug 19, 2008
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Hello all,

When I went overseas to study I changed my region to the UK. However, when I came back to Malaysia for my summer holidays and subsequently set the region to Malaysia I noticed that Malay is the only language selectable and not English. The default region setting when I bought the machine, called Malaysia(English) seems to have disappeared and is not in the dropdown box. I have tried googling for solutions to reinstate the aforementioned setting but have found none. Any response will be much appreciated. Many thanks.

With regards,
Cryptorchid
 
Selamat datang to MacRumors :).

The drop down box found in System Preferences - International - Formats - Region show a list depending on what you choose to be the top language in System Preferences - International - Language

For example if I set Malay to be my language of choice then the options I get for the region are

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United Kingdom (English) is there as it was my last active setting and will in fact disappear from the list if I choose another option. To get it back into the list I have to go an set British English to be my language of choice.

There seems to be something not quite right about how this works so it may be a case of playing around with the settings to get the exact options you want. You may have to dig through the edit list to find the language you want

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Hope this helps answer you question, if not feel free to ask as many questions as you want and I'll try and help :)
 
Terima kasih mate. :)

You've been very helpful but I've played with the settings like you said and I just can't seem to get the desired result. The time and date was still in Malay. Nothing much I can do there. Again, many thanks.
 
If you could post screenshots of the windows in question (Language and Formats) and explain the exact results you would like then I would be willing to see if I could replicate it on my system.

To take a screenshot press cmd+shift+4 and drag the crosshairs over the area you want to take a picture of or cmd+shift+spacebar+4 to take a picture of the whole window. Then you can upload the pictures here by using the paper clip icon in the forum window.

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