Questions tagged [internationalization]
When software behaves differently to accommodate regional preferences for date, characters, text direction or presents information in multiple languages
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How can I select an International Keyboard after version 18 of the iPadOS?
I was using my iPad keyboard with the international layout, and everything was working properly. After I updated to version 18 of iPadOS, it stoped working and I cannot configure it again.
I want to ...
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How to lookup keybinding translation across input sources
I have an application that binds a menu item to trigger on ⌘]. When I set the US input source, I press ⌘] in order to trigger that item. However, when I switch the input source to QWERTZ (German), the ...
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ipad external keyboard switching between layouts stopped working after update to 18.1
My Ipad pro updated itself to the latest ios version 18.1, which introduced a problem using multiple keyboard layouts. I have an apple external keyboard (en-us layout). Before the update, I could ...
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Is reverting to the macOS 13 keyboard layout switcher still possible on Sequoia?
This answer explains how to revert to the macOS 13 keyboard layout switcher on macOS 14:
Removing language icon from input fields after upgrading to macOS Sonoma
Is this still possible on macOS 15?
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How to change language (Lithuanian) on iPad with magic keyboard?
I have an iPad 11 Air 2024. And I also have magic keyboard. The problem is I cannot write letters such as ą or č or ū and so more.
I can only press on my iPad that shows a letter, hold it for 2s and ...
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View available and insert diacritic characters via an interactive menu on macOS?
Long-pressing a key on iOS brings up a menu of diacritics for that character:
Long-pressing 'u' on iOS:
Long-pressing 'a' on iOS:
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How can a similar menu be made to appear on macOS?
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Change output language of internal commands like "lpstat"?
I've written some AppleScripts that run shell commands like lpstat -a and lpstat -l -p and parse the output with grep and awk. The scripts work correctly in English-language system, but the output is ...
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A third party Chinese Character font is invisible on Word, but displays correctly on Pages - Sonoma 14.6.1
For work purposes I have to use a specific Chinese character font type called "Free HK Kai 4700" (自由香港楷書 (4700字)), which I downloaded via its official website (https://freehkfonts.opensource....
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How to type tilde (~) in Spanish keyboard in Terminal
I type option+ñ and get a ~ on most applications:
when I am in Terminal, I get (arg: 1) on bash, and ? on zsh.
The results are the same for left and right option keys.
Hardware: MacBook Pro, 15 inch, ...
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How can I get the Console to display "can’t" instead of "canÕt"?
It's only a small thing I guess, but I'm annoyed to see errors reported in the console for my AppleScripts where the text of the error message contains substitute characters. e.g.
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Make backslash \ in terminal (Danish keyboard)
I am using a Danish keyboard language and Danish keyboard layout. When typing in my browser or other applications on my computer, I can make a backslash. In my case I use the combination shift + ...
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What enables/prevents changing language for a given application?
In theory, I can configure (via the system preferences) any application to run under a specific language (different from the default system langauge).
However, for some applications this option is ...
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How to configure Norwegian Windows keyboard on a Mac? Should display @, not ™
New Mac user here. I got a Mac Mini for testing at work, and connected a Norwegian Logitech Bluetooth Windows keyboard to it.
This mostly works well, but some of the keys result in different character ...
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Upper/lower AM/PM in Menubar clock -- different between Macs
My Mac is configured for the Australia region.
I have one Mac running Sonoma 14.4 that displays my time in the menubar as:
Mon 25 Mar 4:30 PM
I have another Mac running Sonoma 14.3.1 that shows it as:...
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Invoking shortcut via Siri overrides dictation language specification
When I activate a shortcut using Siri, the language specification in the Dictation action appears to be ignored, causing the Dictation to use the phone's default language rather than the one specified....
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Photo memories created in a different language
I'm using Apple Cloud photo library. From time to time new photo memory is created and shared with me on my iPhone photo widget (see https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207023 to see exact feature I'm ...
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How can I make my caps lock indicate the current input language?
After a decade on Linux, I've recently transitioned to an ARM MacBook for its convenience and user experience.
On my previous Linux-powered HP, I configured the Caps Lock LED to indicate when the ...
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MacOS Pinyin input method currency symbol
From what I gathered, it seems that the Pinyin simplified input method hardcoded that Shift+4 inputs a Yuan symbol ¥, and I don't see a way to change it to other currency symbols. I would like it to ...
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How to change language of dictation without changing keyboard input source?
I'm working with an English external keyboard with a Mac (currently running Sonoma) hat also has a built-in German keyboard which I only use occasionally. I use dictation in both English and German. ...
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Removing language icon from input fields after upgrading to macOS Sonoma
After upgrading my operating system from macOS Ventura to macOS Sonoma, I've noticed that now when I change the input language, an icon indicating the current language appears in the input fields. ...
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MacBook Pro password contains #\~- symbols how do i get this correct
I have just purchased a new MacBook Pro and having a lot of difficulty trying to log in, the keyboard has been set to British and my password contains the following characters
# I press the following ...
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Some apps unexpectedly sorting "Aa" after "Z" (Danish Collation)
This is on Ventura 13.5.2, a machine where I've migrated through many computers and versions of Mac OS X, so there could be some lingering cruft causing this problem.
To the best of my knowledge, I've ...
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Customising the system locale’s date format in recent macOS versions
It used to be possible to freely customize the system date format in Mac OS preferences up to some 10.x version with a nice and flexible editor.
In current Ventura, there’s only a selection of ...
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What affects the color of the input source icon in Ventura?
I noticed that on my machine the icon of the ABC and U.S. input source (either set as default) has a filled in background, but on my friend's machine the same input source has a clear background. I've ...
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iOS French keyboard - how to get rid of " spaces around quotes "?
I use French keyboard as a second layout, for English too. It's nice, but one MAJOR problem drives me nuts - weirdly styled quotes formatting. Look:
Spaces are added between quotes and words inside ...
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Error message about `cal` regarding locale
MacOS 12.6.5, running zsh:
I just noticed, that when I type
cal
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cal: setlocale: No such file or directory
along with the calender to be displayed. Why is this the case?
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tar can't extract the archive - tar: "Failed to set default locale" [duplicate]
I have set LANG to en_GB.utf8. I received a tar archive, which I can list fine with tar tf FILENAME, but when I want to extract it with tar xf FILENAME, no file is extracted, and I get the error ...
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How to enter Hungarian characters ő (long ö) and ű (long ü) on a Mac with German keyboard layout?
I found that I can write characters with single acute accent, but there is no double acute accent present on my German keyboard. What is the simplest and shortest workaround to enter ő (long ö) and ű (...
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iPad restrictions in the UAE
I'm looking at buying a new iPad (M1 Air version) and I have two options: either from the UAE or one that's imported from the US.
The one on the UAE is actually cheaper (special circumstances) and I ...
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Translate recorded message on iPhone
A person left message in foreign language (Mandarin) on my iPhone.
Please inform what should be done for translate it by voice and have text of this message.
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When changing keyboard input language, I want to change the font size too
I take notes (in Notes mainly) in both English and Korean, so I switch keyboard input language frequently. A font size of 13 is good for english, but the Korean characters are more readable with a ...
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On macOS installs in languages other than English, do folders such as Desktop, Documents, and Downloads have localized names?
I always set up my mac to use (Australian) English but if I installed it choosing a different language, would that change the names of the user folders such as Desktop, Documents, Downloads, etc?
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How can I change the Han character font in the search list of Dictionary.app?
I’ve created a custom dictionary with the Dictionary Development Kit and added it to Dictionary.app on my Mac. It’s working fine but there is one stylistic issue I would like to fix.
The dictionary is ...
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How do I display both Gregorian and Persian dates in the Calendar app?
How do I display both Gregorian and Persian dates in the Calendar app?
It only allows "lunar" alt calendars, not Jalali/Persian calendars.
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How to turn of [Fn] key changing keyboard language in Monterey
I just upgraded to Monterey and am being driven a bit spare by accidental language switching resulting from the side of my hand hitting the fn key on my Magic Keyboard. Is there a way to disable this? ...
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MacOS Ventura Date Format Broken
In System Settings, General, Language & Region, Date format, I choose year/month/day.
But Finder still shows dates in confusing month/day/year.
This was not a problem prior to updating macOS to ...
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Safari translates all languages... except Korean?
Safari on macOS offers page translations for nearly any language I throw at it. Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, French.
But not Korean.
This behavior is strange. On iOS 16, Safari will translate Korean ...
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How to prevent Safari from offering translation for the primary language of the device?
As the title is self-descriptive, despite my device's primary language is English, Safari still offers translations for the pages in English. How can I prevent Safari from offering translation for the ...
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Remapping keyboard shortcuts to use with international keyboards?
I have been using the french version of a DVORAK keyboard layout, called BÉPO, for several years. However I’m increasingly facing an annoying problem: with the multiplication of Electron apps among ...
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How do I use shortcuts with the left square bracket [ key when there is none?
I'm using an M1 MacBook Air with a Swedish keyboard and there is no left square bracket [ key though I can do that bracket easily by pressing ⌥ Option + 8 .
Xcode, however, has several shortcuts ...
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Change system-wide default font for a particular language
The default macOS font for Persian/Arabic is quite bad (IMO). Is it possible to change the system-wide default font for particular languages? I guess I'm looking for the equivalent of fontconfig rules ...
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Keep folder names the same on all places
I localized my Mac to Brazilian Portuguese so the folder names appear as "Imagens", "Documentos" in Finder, but on the terminal the English names are kept: "Documents", &...
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MacBook Pro Latin American layout keyboard with USA keyboard configuration compatibility
I decided to buy an Apple MacBook Pro in my country but the layout is a bit different from the English distribution. The only question I have is if I will have any problem with the keys >< and Z....
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Disable diacritics auto insertion like á and é on macOS
I need to work on an old iMac sporting High Sierra for some time.
The problem I have is that pressing the keys ' then e outputs é, when I would like it to simply print 'e. Same for ' then a.
I am ...
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How to change macOS region using the Terminal?
I am using macOS Monterey version 12.4.
I need to change the region using just the Terminal, how can I do it?
I tried to edit ~/Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences.plist and change AppleLocale ...
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How can I edit macOS system localization files?
Recently, Apple has decided to force gendered expressions in the German locale. They say there is no way to undo this, so I've been trying to sniff out a way to change the affected strings on my own.
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Need to buy a MacBook Pro with a French Canadian keyboard but don't live in Canada
I live in Japan and I need to buy a new MacBook Pro with a French Canadian keyboard (physical, not just changing the keyboard layout in the OS).
The option of a French Canadian keyboard is only ...
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Why did my mother's App Store change to Spanish when she changed her phone's language to German?
My mother and I both currently live in Mexico, where Spanish is the official language. We've always had our phones, tablets and computers set to English, and the App Store has always reflected our ...
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How to make ' and < map to the right keys (force change from ANSI to ISO)?
My separate keyboard (a Das Keyboard 4 Ultimate with ISO layout) has, to my chagrin, a different and erroneous keyboard mapping than the MacBook's built-in (also ISO).
The biggest annoyance is the ...
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Select Latin American Spanish voice for translate feature?
In several macOS apps, I can select text, and then control-click and select "Translate ..." from the context menu. For example, here are screenshots from TextEdit.
For Spanish, it ...
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