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nkarafo

macrumors member
Original poster
Oct 18, 2015
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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 NSGlobalDomain "AppleLocale" "el_GR"
or
sudo defaults write .GlobalPreferences AppleLocale "el_GR"

Now, in Mojave, this thing has changed and we cannot do it again. It is weird that when we apply these commands, the date & time change but it is shown only at the bottom of the window of Language & Region, in System Preferences. It doesn't apply in the whole OS as it should be.

I tried in Recovery Mode (cmd+R) but no luck either.

There are also a thread in Apple Communities about this problem but it is unanswered.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8568979

Is there any fix? Can we force somehow this applelocale to Mojave? Maybe we could add some commands only.

Thanks!
 
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