December 22, 2008

Fixing missing Finder translations

After having changed my Mac's language post-installation (refer to this post), I detected a few missing translations on Finder menus. Menu entries with text like "OPEN_IN_FINDER", which obviously were not being translated.
This the procedure to fix those translations in Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.5:
  1. Download and open the Mac OS X 10.5.5 Combo Update
  2. Open the MacOSXUpdCombo10.5.5.pkg with Pacifist
  3. Find DockMenus.strings using the search box, and on the right panel find the one that on the left panel appears inside in the folder [your language].lproj
  4. Right click on the item in the left panel, and select "Install to Default Location" on the menu.
  5. Reboot, and it should be fixed.
I believe this process also works for other Mac versions, it's only a matter of downloading the correct file from Apple support.

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