Language selection at first startup

[timothy perfitt]

Each time, this online recovery is in English by default. If I restore the macbook with this "official" reinstallation method, without choosing the language in the recovery environment, I get the same problem ! So you're right !

But in this environment in "manual mode" (without Automaton), I can choose another language, and the installation continues in the desired language. This is not the case with Automaton !

For me, this is not a problem if the MDS's workflow is in English. What is important is that the MacOS will be configured in French by default, or the language is requested during the wizard at the first start.

I imagine two or three possibilities: - tell the Automaton config to change the language - a script in the MDS workflow that defines the default language of the system - a configuration variable for the Setup Assistant ?!

[Sylvain La Gravière]

You can use this command in a bash script to set language to French : languagesetup -langspec fr

[Louis Decherf]

You can use also this script to change region and language at the same time. By executing it after macos install, this is working with no problem with me. Don't change the setup language but directly in the user settings

#!/bin/sh

# Created by Amsys
#
# Use at your own risk.  Amsys will accept
# no responsibility for loss or damage
# caused by this script.
#
# Requires 10.10 or higher.

###############
## variables ##
###############

# Make sure to change these variables
LANG="fr"                                     # macOS language
REGION="fr_FR"                                # macOS region

#### These variables can be left alone
PLBUDDY=/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy
SW_VERS=$(sw_vers -productVersion)
BUILD_VERS=$(sw_vers -buildVersion)
ARD="/System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart"
CRASHREPORTER_SUPPORT="/Library/Application Support/CrashReporter"
CRASHREPORTER_DIAG_PLIST="${CRASHREPORTER_SUPPORT}/DiagnosticMessagesHistory.plist"

#############################################
######## Do not edit below this line ########
#############################################

###############
## functions ##
###############

update_language() {
  ${PLBUDDY} -c "Delete :AppleLanguages" "${1}" &>/dev/null
  if [ ${?} -eq 0 ]
  then
    ${PLBUDDY} -c "Add :AppleLanguages array" "${1}"
    ${PLBUDDY} -c "Add :AppleLanguages:0 string '${LANG}'" "${1}"
  fi
}

update_region() {
  ${PLBUDDY} -c "Delete :AppleLocale" "${1}" &>/dev/null
  ${PLBUDDY} -c "Add :AppleLocale string ${REGION}" "${1}" &>/dev/null
  ${PLBUDDY} -c "Delete :Country" "${1}" &>/dev/null
  ${PLBUDDY} -c "Add :Country string ${REGION:3:2}" "${1}" &>/dev/null
}

################
#### Script ####
################

# Set the computer language
update_language "/Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences.plist" "${LANG}"

for HOME in /Users/*
  do
    if [ -d "${HOME}"/Library/Preferences ]
    then
      cd "${HOME}"/Library/Preferences
      GLOBALPREFERENCES_FILES=`find . -name "\.GlobalPreferences.*plist"`
      for GLOBALPREFERENCES_FILE in ${GLOBALPREFERENCES_FILES}
      do
        update_language "${GLOBALPREFERENCES_FILE}" "${LANG}"
      done
    fi
done

# Set the region
update_region "/Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences.plist" "${REGION}"

for HOME in /Users/*
  do
    if [ -d "${HOME}"/Library/Preferences ]
    then
      cd "${HOME}"/Library/Preferences
      GLOBALPREFERENCES_FILES=`find . -name "\.GlobalPreferences.*plist"`
      for GLOBALPREFERENCES_FILE in ${GLOBALPREFERENCES_FILES}
      do
        update_region "${GLOBALPREFERENCES_FILE}" "${REGION}"
      done
    fi
done



# Set the time zone to Paris
/usr/sbin/systemsetup -settimezone "Europe/Paris"

# Enable network time servers
/usr/sbin/systemsetup -setusingnetworktime on

# Configure a specific NTP server
/usr/sbin/systemsetup -setnetworktimeserver "time.euro.apple.com"


exit 0

[pexner]

@timothy perfitt Could you please bundle this script inside the MDS diskimage in: Documentation/SampleScriptsAndResources ?

[timothy perfitt]

added in 19087 to disk image. Will add to downloads zip when 1.9 is released.