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How to localize an old home folder
Authored by: fortun on Sep 26, '02 04:16:12PM

For a folder to be localized by the finder, it must contain a file called ".localized" (without the double quotes).

If you are familiar with the terminal, you can create this file by typing:
touch .localized

... in the folder that you want to see localized. So, if you are in your home folder, type this sequence to localize all the folders:

touch Desktop/.localized
touch Documents/.localized
touch Library/.localized
touch Movies/.localized
touch Music/.localized
touch Pictures/.localized
touch Public/.localized
touch Sites/.localized

Then, log out and log in again.



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How to localize an old home folder
Authored by: DEMON on Dec 23, '09 04:31:35PM

Thank you fortun. You saved my day :) After installation of Snow Leopard and restoring my Home from Time Machine, everything was in English. Thanks to your comment I was saved of a manual reinstall.



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