Resolved Language and Region Settings Resetting

[bluemutiny]

On one of the accounts on my Mac, the Region is wrong and as such it's stuffing up things like matching contacts with phone numbers. I change it, restart relevant apps and everything works - Until I log out or restart, then it goes back to "United Kingdom (custom)".

I also noticed that none of the other settings in that preference pane, including changing the language, reset after a restart. I've tested on other accounts and it works as expected, so it's specific to that account and not an issue with the region.

Any ideas?

Tried but failed:
Resetting permissions and ownership for all files in the account;
Resetting PRAM (Goatllama)

 

[Goatllama]

Maybe reset NVRAM? Though I'd do a bit more research into it before doing so. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204063

 

[bluemutiny]

Maybe reset NVRAM? Though I'd do a bit more research into it before doing so. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204063

Gave it a go, no such luck unfortunately!

 

[Goatllama]

This sort of seems similar: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6493816
Most people there were having the best success with reinstalling the OS, it seems. I feel like there might be a simpler solution, but that's what I've found so far.

 

[bluemutiny]

This sort of seems similar: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6493816
Most people there were having the best success with reinstalling the OS, it seems. I feel like there might be a simpler solution, but that's what I've found so far.

Yeah not going down that road just yet. I tried updating to 10.11.1 beta to no avail, I presume it's a preference file stuff up but I'm just not sure what preference file.

 

[bluemutiny]

Sussed it, for now at least. ~/Library/Preferences/ and deleted .GlobalPreferences.plist. Changed settings, logged out/back in, worked.

 

[Goatllama]

Nice! Hope that solution sticks.