My Language tab in the System Preferences >International wont load. It just shows an empty space after a long while of loading. As a result my google chrome is in my native language. Funny thing is when i log in using the Guest Account, the Language opens up fine. Help? Is there anyway to reset the language back?
iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8)
Hello,
Could be many things, we should start with this...
"Try Disk Utility
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu at top of the screen. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
*Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.*
3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Select your Mac OS X volume.
5. Click Repair Disk, (not Repair Permissions). Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
Then try a Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when it completes.
(Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive.)
If perchance you can't find your install Disc, at least try it from the Safe Boot part onward.
Hello,
Could be many things, we should start with this...
"Try Disk Utility
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu at top of the screen. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
*Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.*
3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Select your Mac OS X volume.
5. Click Repair Disk, (not Repair Permissions). Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
Then try a Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when it completes.
(Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive.)
If perchance you can't find your install Disc, at least try it from the Safe Boot part onward.
Hi BDAqua! First of all thank you for you reply and trying to help me out. Ive tried inserting the Mac OS X Disc but it says that i cant install the OSX on this computer, then it gave me 2 options either restore from my back up or restart the Mac. i chose to restart it and tried the Safe Boot option and ran the Disk Utility. The Repair Disk button was greyed out so i followed the instructions to verify the volume first before any repair could be done. Turns out after verifying, it says there is no problem with the volume but after i restart the comp and tried going into the language tab in international, the problem is still there. The languages still didnt load.
Hi.
You can try resetting the System Preferences: this will revert your preferences to their default values.
First, quit System Preferences if open.
Then, move these files to the Desktop:
~/Library/Caches/com.apple.preferencepanes.cache
~/Library/Caches/com.apple.preferencepanes.searchindexcache
~/Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences.plist (hidden file)
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.systempreferences.plist
~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/.GlobalPreferences.some_long_number.plist (hidden file)
~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.systempreferences.some_long_number.plist
and restart the machine.
To show hidden files in the Finder, open Terminal and type at the prompt:
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
killalll Finder
and to hide those files again:
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE
killalll Finder
P.S: ~ denotes your home folder.
Good Luck.
Henry G4! Wow! Thanks! It works!! I really really appreciate it! I cant express enough how happy i am right now. Once again thank you very much 🙂
Language in International wont load.Help!
