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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

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Q: How to change the name "Guest user" from English to my native language?

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  • by leroydouglas,

    leroydouglas leroydouglas Jun 7, 2016 1:38 PM in response to scrutinizer82
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    Jun 7, 2016 1:38 PM in response to scrutinizer82
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    scrutinizer82 scrutinizer82 Jun 7, 2016 1:48 PM in response to leroydouglas
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    Jun 7, 2016 1:48 PM in response to leroydouglas

    Hi, Leroy

    Thanks for your reply, however I was unable to set up the Russian since there wasn't any option for it listed when I executed the command.

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    leroydouglas leroydouglas Jun 7, 2016 2:02 PM in response to scrutinizer82
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    Jun 7, 2016 2:02 PM in response to scrutinizer82

    scrutinizer82 wrote:

     

    Hi, Leroy

    Thanks for your reply, however I was unable to set up the Russian since there wasn't any option for it listed when I executed the command.

    You can see more in terminal copy & paste:

     

    Man languagesetup | More

     

    Russian according to the language ISO-639 code  is either: ru or rus

     

    I see now:

     

    #17 translates

    Make Russian language is the primary language

     

     

     

    pic 3.png

  • by scrutinizer82,

    scrutinizer82 scrutinizer82 Jun 7, 2016 2:00 PM in response to leroydouglas
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    Jun 7, 2016 2:00 PM in response to leroydouglas

    Unfortunately man page is very short with a few details not making much difference.

    Here's what I see:

    Man pg.png

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    leroydouglas leroydouglas Jun 7, 2016 2:02 PM in response to scrutinizer82
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    Jun 7, 2016 2:02 PM in response to scrutinizer82

    From the terminal #17 is not your preferred?

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    scrutinizer82 scrutinizer82 Jun 7, 2016 2:06 PM in response to leroydouglas
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    Jun 7, 2016 2:06 PM in response to leroydouglas

    And here's the result of the command sudo anguagesetup

    languagesetup.png

    just 15 of them and no Russian

  • by leroydouglas,

    leroydouglas leroydouglas Jun 7, 2016 2:11 PM in response to scrutinizer82
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    Jun 7, 2016 2:11 PM in response to scrutinizer82

    Where was this machine bought? it is possible there is a built in restriction.

     

    What happens if you put in terminal the english command ? Is this possible??

     

    sudo languagesetup


    I see now that is what you did.

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    scrutinizer82 scrutinizer82 Jun 7, 2016 2:13 PM in response to leroydouglas
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    Jun 7, 2016 2:13 PM in response to leroydouglas

    I bought it in Lithuania at an Apple Reseller Store. I hadn't had to use that language setup function but I can assure you that till the last reinstallation of Lion (I bought it with Lion prei-enstalled by default at the end of 2013) Login screen all was with Russian guest user account's name along with all the buttons on the login screen. I reinstalled Lion two months ago and am having this issue since then.

  • by leroydouglas,

    leroydouglas leroydouglas Jun 7, 2016 2:25 PM in response to scrutinizer82
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    Jun 7, 2016 2:25 PM in response to scrutinizer82

    I am afraid I can help no further with this issue, so sorry.

     

    You can sign up for a free Develops account with your same Apple ID to start a conversation with Apple engineers, you will get a response.


    Bug Reporter https://bugreport.apple.com/  which I encourage you to do, it is painless to sign up

    or

    Apple Feedback http://www.apple.com/feedback/  No response from this submission, but your voice will be heard



    If it is possible to restore form a Time Machine backup previous to the conundrum, you could regain your preferred  guest log-in Lang.


    all the best

  • by scrutinizer82,

    scrutinizer82 scrutinizer82 Jun 7, 2016 2:38 PM in response to leroydouglas
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    Jun 7, 2016 2:38 PM in response to leroydouglas

    A one more strange thing is that the guest user's name is in Russian both when I'm in my own admin account and in menu drop downs, unfolding when hitting Apple icon  in Guest User account and my username's one  in my user account. My account:

     

    Icons.png

    Guest user's account:

     

    Icons 2.png

    icons 3.png

    Here it's in English and Guest User icon in the menu bar is briefly seen in Russian on login before changing itself to the English immediately afterwards.

  • by scrutinizer82,

    scrutinizer82 scrutinizer82 Jun 7, 2016 2:39 PM in response to leroydouglas
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    Jun 7, 2016 2:39 PM in response to leroydouglas

    Ok, much appreciated I'll try.

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    scrutinizer82 scrutinizer82 Jun 7, 2016 4:27 PM in response to leroydouglas
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    Jun 7, 2016 4:27 PM in response to leroydouglas

    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.

  • by leroydouglas,

    leroydouglas leroydouglas Jun 7, 2016 4:31 PM in response to scrutinizer82
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    Jun 7, 2016 4:31 PM in response to scrutinizer82

    scrutinizer82 wrote:

     

    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.

     

     

    Good computing scrutinizer82