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Set the language for a single application
Authored by: kirkmc on Oct 10, '06 08:16:08AM

Select app, Get Info, click the triangle next to Languages, uncheck the ones you don't want...

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Re: Set the language for a single application
Authored by: Uncle Asad on Oct 10, '06 08:18:55PM

Have you ever tried doing that for an app that supports dozens of languages? ;)

Kidding aside, Get Info *is* the easiest method for most users and most apps....



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Set the language for a single application
Authored by: hct on Oct 11, '06 05:09:56AM

yeah, "Get Info" is the easiest way.



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Set the language for a single application
Authored by: pneff on Oct 14, '06 03:39:48AM

Somehow I always manage to miss the easiest solutions... :-) Thank you for that addition!



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Set the language for a single application
Authored by: mantrid on Nov 13, '06 08:41:23PM

Yeah, but your way is still better, in my opinion. While the method in the comment has its uses, it misses the main benefit of the hint, which is that it allows any user to change the language of any application independently. "Get Info" enables or disables the languages of the app system-wide, limiting or setting the languages available for all users so everyone gets stuck with the same reduced choices.

For example, if you and everyone else sharing the computer uses the primary language of English but you want to run iChat in Elbonian, you would have to disable English in "Get Info" for iChat. If you don't disable English and your primary language is English, iChat launches in English, not Elbonian. If you disable English, nobody else on the computer gets to use iChat in English at all.

Setting AppleLanguages in a user-specific, application specific manner is much more flexible, and furthermore, no admin privileges are required.



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