[mkummer]

Hi -

on my iBook, OS X is used in german. But all the localized folders show their names in english in the finder. Not really serious, I feel rather frustrated not being able to fix that.

I have checked that the hidden file .localized is in every folder in question (and I repaired permissions) and tried the trick with suffixes on and off with and w(o restart. The names of the folders are in english even if I log in as root.

Nothing exotic runs on the OS X. Only thing I did was running DELOCALIZER for freeing some disc space. I used this program on other machines w/o any problem, i.e. not this described here.

To get back my self estimation as master of the Mac, any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated...

[Stefan]

this is a strange side effect of the finder. to have them in German again uncheck the option in the Finder "alle Suffixe anzeigen".

** sorry, just reread your message and saw you have already done this**

[wataru]

I've had the same problem after running DeLocalizer. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to fix it with anything other than a re-install. Maybe you can figure it out, though. I bet it has something to do with the ".localized" files that are in some folders. Try making empty files of that name (you should use the terminal command "touch .hidden" while in the appropriate directory) and see if you can get the localized names back.

Does anyone have more information on the .localized files?

[mkummer]

Originally posted by wataru:
I've had the same problem after running DeLocalizer. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to fix it with anything other than a re-install. Maybe you can figure it out, though. I bet it has something to do with the ".localized" files that are in some folders. Try making empty files of that name (you should use the terminal command "touch .hidden" while in the appropriate directory) and see if you can get the localized names back.

Does anyone have more information on the .localized files?

Hi - and thanks for the answer.

did you uncheck not only GERMAN but DE as well? Probably that may be the mistake?

And - since I am no Unix fuzzy, can you write down the full systax for the .localized folder wih the terminal???

Thx again

[wataru]

I don't use German at all. This was using Japanese on Jaguar a couple months ago. I don't remember exactly what settings I used.

To make a .localized file:

1) Open Terminal in /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.
2) cd to the folder you want to make the file in. For instance: "cd /" for root, "cd /Applications" for your apps folder, or "cd ~" for your home folder. Then hit enter.
3) Type "touch .localized" then hit enter.

That's it. I've never had that work for me, but maybe it will work for you. After making one of those, try logging out and logging back in, or force-relaunching the Finder. I don't think I tried that last time.