OS 10.5 - Deleting Language Packages?

MacBoi · MacBoi #1 (**permalink**)

02-14-2008, 10:31 AM

my friend told me the reason Mac OS X takes up 20+ GB is because of language packages. is this true? is there anyway i can delete all except English?

mck_tj05 · mck_tj05 #2 (**permalink**)

02-14-2008, 02:38 PM

Getting rid of printers and languages - Leopard

Weird Fish · Weird Fish #3 (**permalink**)

02-14-2008, 04:17 PM

Has anyone done it in Leopard yet?

ericg2000 · ericg2000 #4 (**permalink**)

02-15-2008, 11:30 AM

i asked this same question at the Apple store, and a Mac-genius told me he did it with a 3rd party software (couldn't give me the name do to some employee rules, but its easily found with a google search) but he said in Leopard, it only freed up about 1gig and basically it wasn't worth the hassle.

mac57 · mac57 #5 (**permalink**)

02-15-2008, 11:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ericg2000

i asked this same question at the Apple store, and a Mac-genius told me he did it with a 3rd party software (couldn't give me the name do to some employee rules, but its easily found with a google search) but he said in Leopard, it only freed up about 1gig and basically it wasn't worth the hassle.

That was my thought to - not worth the hassle. If your hard drive is so low on space that 1GB matters, you need to add more hard drive capacity, not get rid of language support. Adding more hard drive capacity may involve adding an external hard drive, or swapping out the drive you have for a larger one, or in the case of the PowerMac or the Mac Pro, adding another hard drive.

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MacBoi #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Jun 28, 2007 Posts: 119	02-14-2008, 10:31 AM my friend told me the reason Mac OS X takes up 20+ GB is because of language packages. is this true? is there anyway i can delete all except English?
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ericg2000 #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 03, 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 102 Mac Specs: Macbook black 2.2 GHz, 4Gb Ram - iPhone 4	02-15-2008, 11:30 AM i asked this same question at the Apple store, and a Mac-genius told me he did it with a 3rd party software (couldn't give me the name do to some employee rules, but its easily found with a google search) but he said in Leopard, it only freed up about 1gig and basically it wasn't worth the hassle.
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