Q: How to change the name "Guest user" from English to my native language?
It used to be in Russian, but after I reinstalled Lion two months ago (on top of existing files without erasing) I now see it's in English all the time. I want it as before, how do I change its name to the Russian one permanently?
Mac OS X (10.7.5), MacBook Pro 15.4 mid-2012
Posted on Jun 7, 2016 1:29 PM
I was finally able to find out the solution browsing these forums. In a thread started as far back as in 2009 a user posted this command that happens to be the correct and ultimate one.
sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/Language\ Chooser.app/Contents/MacOS/Language\ Chooser
It will initiate language selection tool, the one that appears at the initial steps of setting up OS X right after it has been installed and invokes GUI window with all the available languages, including the one I needed. Once you choose it and hit Return, this language gets assigned system-wide including other user account on your Mac. Though clever, it's certainly not that simple as Apple declares it to be, and not user-friendly, not speaking of installation glitches causing such mess.
Posted on Jun 7, 2016 4:27 PM


