[X Newbies] lproj folders

[Kirk McElhearn]

On 7/9/03 2:56, "John Belen" <imacdude at mac.com> wrote:

> I found an interesting post on an OS X site regarding language files
> and support.  Since I am not multi-lingual, I would prefer not to have
> all that Japanese, German, and extra language baggage on my system.  I
> have found that when I ctrl-Click an Application and view the package
> contents, I can remove the lproj folders from the resources folder.
> This cut the size of applications like Safari, and Mail almost in half,
> and improved their responsiveness.  The question is...  Are there any
> potential negative effects of doing this?  (Yes, I did backup all the
> apps before trying this)

None at all. You can save a couple hundred MB like this. Look for a freeware
called Monolingual (see www.macupdate.com) which can erase all the languages
you don't want.


Kirk

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