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  1. tarasy

    Making Swiss MacBook Air think it's British at a hardware level

    OK, bear with me on this one... I bought a 2018 (Intel) MacBook Air with a Swiss QWERTZ keyboard layout (it was a bargain) Swapped the physical keycaps around to make it British layout (and replaced the missing ones with spares) Changed the layout to British in macOS and everything's hunky...
  2. I

    Pinning/fixing the order of the languages (input sources / keyboard layouts) on macOS.

    Hi everyone, I'm wondering if there's a way to control the order of languages used on my Mac. The Problem: As you can see in the screenshot, I regularly use four languages: English (EN), Turkish (TR), Russian (RU), and Turkmen (TM). Unfortunately, the order of these languages keeps changing...
  3. Thor774

    Resolved Microsoft Teams spell checker (autocorrect) in another language than macOS solution

    I couldn't find mentions of this specific issue. This info could be useful for others so I decided to post it. This should work in other apps too. My macOS Ventura installation is set in English; this is the language I use for the GUI in most apps, but I constantly change between typing in...
  4. iMas70

    HomePod Siri speaks to me in different languages when I ask to turn the lights on

    I have a full size HomePod in the living room. I mainly use it to turn the lights on and off along with playing music. A few days ago I was watching a video that included someone saying "Hey Siri". After that, I've found she speaks to me in a different language most of the time when I ask to...
  5. B

    Dictation in iOS 16 is driving me crazy…

    Now, much has been written about the “fantastic” new way how you can use dictation and keyboard at the same time in iOS 16. However, one “feature” is making it unusable: I have set up two languages for dictation (English and German). In the old world, it was so easy: Show the English...
  6. J

    Stuck having say "full stop" instead of "period"

    iPhone 8 256GB, iOS 15 (15.6.1) For kicks I switched to UK English. I quickly changed back to US English. But I'm stuck having to say "full stop" instead of "period" when I want dictation to input "." . I have changed to Canadian English followed by a restart (which I had to do manually...
  7. S

    Country changing on the Apple TV box

    Hey y'all, So I moved to Germany and have a ton of American regional movies on my Apple TV. My girlfriend is German and I was hoping if I change the region to Germany, it will change the languages of the movies on my list to include a German dubbed version? An amazing bonus would be if it had...
  8. S

    Chase / Wells Fargo partially in another language in the app

    Has anyone else had issues with apps being partially in another language? Im not sure if this is because of the latest update or if I am somehow being hacked. These 2 apps so far when you get to log in screen on wells it has just he log in part in Spanish and everything else is in English even...
  9. R

    Stop Spotlight from translating app names?

    I'm not even sure if this appeared just now (I was using Monolingual as well as trying to stop Spotlight from indexing external disks such as Time Machine backup) but this is when I noticed it. My whole system is installed in English, but I'm not in an English-speaking country or time-zone, and...
  10. lpuerto

    HomePod Is possible to set up home pot with multiple languages?

    Hey! I just got a home pod mini and I would like to know if it's possible to set up for more than one language. I had a Google Home Mini and it was possible to have two languages —English and Spanish for example— but it seems that on the HomePod is not possible. Am I wrong?
  11. Frantisekj

    All Devices Combining Siri, shortcuts and voice control

    Hi, Is there any chance that there would be possible to mix all this together in one shortcut that would manage situation like: I launch some messenger or launched new message for some contact then prompt listening in other language than is on of Siri, dictate message a then with voice command...
  12. nkarafo

    Mojave and applelocale / locale language issue

    Hello, in previous Mac OS versions, we had the ability to first set the OS language, for example in English and then have the date and time in a local different language, eg Greek. We were using the command: defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleLocale -string el_GR or defaults write...
  13. F

    Is there a way to change language in the mail app without changing system language?

    I'm from Denmark and keep my system language in Danish. When I reply to emails with the Mail app, it makes that blue text that says something like "On the 9th of December, X wrote:" - except, it writes this text in Danish. Is it possible to change the language in the Mail app so this text is...
  14. S

    Mac With international keyboard

    Hello I want to buy a MacBook Pro but I need Hebrew keyboard which isn't available to purchase in the uk. A friend of mine, after a fight with apple, managed to get one with an iMac. Has anybody had any success in purchasing a Mac with a keyboard thats not usually available in their country.
  15. seitsme

    Wubi Xing Chinese keyboard missing

    hello, I tried on high sierra latest ver, to add keyboard Wubi Xing (keyboard / language input source) to allow me to edit a chinese text, and cannot find it anywhere. I have a friend who has it though, not sure if it was apple supplied or not. May i ask, how can i copy this keyboard from her...
  16. bastula

    Universal Yanay Language - Learn a new language the fun & easy way

    Hey guys, We just released a language learning app, Yanay Language. It's designed primarily for kids but can be equally used by adults. We would love any kind of feedback or suggestions as we have several ideas planned for the app. App link...
  17. rproch

    iPhone X Search language different than system language

    I am using iPhone X with iOS 11.3.1. The system was set up initially with Polish language as interface language. I've changed that to English and all the options in Settings are displayed in English. However, I need to use Polish to search in Settings. For example if I search for 'Camera' I get...
  18. Michelasso

    Default Prime Video audio to English using a different primary language?

    My question is simple: is there a way to have Prime Video always playing the videos in English (when available) when the main language is different (Italian in my case)? I have already set the audio and subs language to English in Settings. But each time I start a video it starts with Italian...
  19. Michelasso

    Bluetooth keyboard language mismatch?

    I am using Typeeto to turn my MacBook Pro into a Bluetooth keyboard (but I have read it happens also with physical keyboards) and this is the issue: my MBP has a GB/English keyboard and if I set the ATV 4K language in Italian the special characters get typed (or copied&pasted) wrong, typing...
  20. R

    AppStore wrong Language, right Region/Country

    Hi there So I got this problem with the Language of my AppStore on my iPhone 5s (iOS 11.1.1). My iPhone Language is set to German (Switzerland). But my AppStore shows everything in english. Even the Apps I download are in english. The Country/Region of the AppStore is Switzerland, but still...