When you boot up your Mac for the first time, you see a message where you can select your language. But you can always change the language of OS X. You can select different language options for each user, or set a master language for all accounts and the login screen.
Profile only
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Go to System Preferences and choose International.
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u7/RHochstenbach/tutorials/language_prefpane.jpg -
Drag the languages in the order you want them to be used. The language you set at the top will be used. If there’s a program that doesn’t support that language, it uses the one that is put below the top one.
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u7/RHochstenbach/tutorials/language_select.jpg
Now log off and back on to apply the changes to the current user profile.
Set master language for all accounts and login screen
- Open the Terminal, and enter the following command:
sudo "/System/Library/CoreServices/Language Chooser.app/Contents/MacOS/Language Chooser"- Enter the root password.
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u7/RHochstenbach/tutorials/language_terminal.jpg - Finally choose the language from the list.
