OSX Language Options

Studying a foreign language? Need quick access to that language while still being able to do your other business in English? Ever wanted to more easily switch between languages on the fly? OSX makes it simple!

Go into your System Preferences folder and click on the International preference under the Personal section. This will bring up the International options, where you can change what native language OSX displays as well as what language you type in (these can be two different languages). We’re interested in the Input Menu section, so click on that.

Once there, select the languages you’d like to enable, then the “Show input in menu bar” option. This will more easily let you get to your language options and switch between them. Remember, this works in every program, so it’s a handy, unobtrusive way of switching between languages.

Once that’s all done, you’re ready to go. がんばって。Good luck!

~ by The Shepherd Sons on April 28, 2008.

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