Completely change language on mountain lion
Hi,
I'm quite new to mac and being French and not knowing what I needed to do to configure it (windows is quite difficult)... so someone dit it for me... (I was watching and it was actually very easy indeed but my problem is, the person configured it in French (yes I know it is wierd for a Frenchman to buy an apple with a AZERTY keyboard to configure the mac in English, but hey, we French are peculiar )
Anyway, I looked on the internet and as it's a Mac, it's very easy (System Preferences>Text and Language and drag the language you want) so now it works but only when I log in...
I noticed that when I switched it off and restarted it again, it remains in French, asking me my "Mot de Passe" instead of my passwork...
Is there a way to change that, I could perfectly live with it, but I was wandering if I it was really possible without having to do the install all over again, so here am I.
Could you help me (even if you've got the slightest idea?)
Thank You,
Kind Regards,
Bad Gold Eagle
Thanks for responding this quickly.
I know that. It does stay in English after restart but when I do restart, I get the "password screen" which is in french. When I log in, it is in english. I get the impression that I change the language only for my desktop, that the computer itself stays in French.
I was thinking more about a key to hold while it starts (white screen) to get to a hidden menu where I could mend that. (for example I know pressing the D key starts Hardware Test)
About the keyboard, I haven't got such a problem: I have an AZERTY keyboard. But to get ß in german, you're right, very handy this.
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