monolingual...

[fisherking]

has anyone run this on sierra? just wondering...

nevermind: ran it, and all is well...

 

[KALLT]

The developer is already working on the changes for Swift 3 and Sierra.

 

[Atarikid]

has anyone run this on sierra? just wondering...

nevermind: ran it, and all is well...

You are aware that such tools break App code signing and depending on the protection scheme the app will not work (correctly) anymore?
In macOS this is even more of an issue then with any previous OSX.

The moral: Never ever use tools that alters .app files (for example removing lproj files).

 

[fisherking]

everything's working fine here (including new app installs, etc)...

 

[Janichsan]

Hasn't this app become superfluous, now that macOS will be able to keep unneeded language packs off the disk by itself?

 

[Fishrrman]

I've run monolingual on EVERY release of the system software -- even beta releases.

It ALWAYS works fine.

 

[Atarikid]

I've run monolingual on EVERY release of the system software -- even beta releases.

It ALWAYS works fine.

Not sure you did read/understand my post correctly.
I did not say Monolingual isn't working. I was trying to explain it messes with .app files (removing the lproj files) and the result is that the .app file has a broken codesign signature. You can test this yourself by using the Terminal.

Apple provides security APIs that can test the codesiging to see if the app has been patched/cracked. Many devs use this to trigger a protection scheme.

So thats why I say .. don't use such tools.

 

[fisherking]

Not sure you did read/understand my post correctly.
I did not say Monolingual isn't working. I was trying to explain it messes with .app files (removing the lproj files) and the result is that the .app file has a broken codesign signature. You can test this yourself by using the Terminal.

Apple provides security APIs that can test the codesiging to see if the app has been patched/cracked. Many devs use this to trigger a protection scheme.

So thats why I say .. don't use such tools.

and in the real world: what happens? been using monolingual for years; everything works, have had no issues relating to missing lproj files... so, seriously... what is the actual outcome of using this?

 

[Atarikid]

and in the real world: what happens? been using monolingual for years; everything works, have had no issues relating to missing lproj files... so, seriously... what is the actual outcome of using this?

About 50% of all apps use the security APIs to check codesiging. Meaning the apps will not work 100% (mostly they seem to work nice but some feature fail).

 

[KALLT]

About 50% of all apps use the security APIs to check codesiging. Meaning the apps will not work 100% (mostly they seem to work nice but some feature fail).

I strongly doubt that. Do you have a source for these claims? Most developers probably only use code signing to comply with Gatekeeper. Few developers care and so something about tampering.

 

[Atarikid]

I strongly doubt that. Do you have a source for these claims? Most developers probably only use code signing to comply with Gatekeeper. Few developers care and so something about tampering.

A list with all apps that are doing codesign checks (not only at first run) would be too long to list here.

I would suggest mailing the support of CleanMyMac for this list. They have a similar feature and they use a large database for skipping apps that do check code signing.

I don't think Monolingual uses such list because I had problems with this years ago.

 

[fisherking]

A list with all apps that are doing codesign checks (not only at first run) would be too long to list here.

I would suggest mailing the support of CleanMyMac for this list. They have a similar feature and they use a large database for skipping apps that do check code signing.

I don't think Monolingual uses such list because I had problems with this years ago.

i've never had a problem with monolingual, or my apps, for that matter. also, facts are much more useful than opinions...

 

[tedson]

Most apps mark localizations other than English and Base as optional so deleting them will not break code signing.

 

[lasermn]

I have Yosemite, saved 2.06 GB on my IMAC & 2.27 GB on my MacBook Air.

 

[ChromeCrescendo]

Is Monolingual worth using Catalina - I don't want to lose out on any functionality