# Opening FileWave Central (Admin) in a Specific Language (macOS)

## What

FileWave Admin will automatically use the language, if supported, set on the workstation at installation (default English). It is however possible to run FileWave Admin in a different language, as shown below, through an Apple Shortcut Menu Bar item.

## When/Why

FileWave Central (Admin) doesn’t currently have the option to change Language preference in the application itself. Only some languages are supported with this method.

## How

The following command may be used to both open and specify a chosen language at runtime. Apple Shortcuts app allows running scripts via a Menu Bar item.

```
/Applications/FileWave/FileWave\ Admin.app/Contents/MacOS/FileWave\ Admin --lang en_GB &
```

<p class="callout warning">In FileWave 15.4.0, the above line will fail to launch the chosen language as is. See below shortcut example for alternate script.</p>

Available Language Options:

<table border="1" id="bkmrk-language-option-engl" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;"><colgroup><col style="width: 50%;"></col><col style="width: 50%;"></col></colgroup><thead><tr><td>**Language**</td><td>**Option**</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>English</td><td>en\_GB or en\_US</td></tr><tr><td>German</td><td>de\_DE</td></tr><tr><td>Korean</td><td>ko\_KR</td></tr><tr><td>Japanese</td><td>ja\_JP</td></tr><tr><td>Chinese (Traditional and Simplified)</td><td>zh\_TW or zh\_CN</td></tr></tbody></table>

## Requirements:

- macOS Monterey or newer
- Shortcuts Application (System Application)
- FileWave Central Admin Application

### Creating the Shortcut

1. ![Siri Shortcut.png](https://kb.filewave.com/uploads/images/gallery/2023-06/KgCXCPvmXT8NxyS0-siri-shortcut.png)Open the **Shortcuts Application** on a macOS machine running Monterey or newer (macOS 12).
2. In the **Menu**, under **File**, select **New Shortcut.**
3. Name the Shortcut. For example: “FW Admin (EN)”.
4. Select **Run Shell Script** as the action.
5. Insert the command below, setting the preferred language. Below example showing US English.
    
    ```
    /Applications/FileWave/FileWave\ Admin.app/Contents/MacOS/FileWave\ Admin --lang en_US & 
    exit 0
    ```
    
    In, **15.4.0** try the following script instead. Example using German, but alter the temp\_locale parameter as required:
    
    ```
    #!/bin/zsh
    
    temp_locale="de_DE"
    
    current_user=$(stat -f%Su /dev/console)
    current_locale=$(defaults read /Users/${current_user}/Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences.plist AppleLocale)
    
    /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c 'Set AppleLocale '$temp_locale'' /Users/${current_user}/Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences.plist
    
    /Applications/FileWave/FileWave\ Admin.app/Contents/MacOS/FileWave\ Admin &
    
    /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c 'Set AppleLocale '$current_locale'' /Users/${current_user}/Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences.plist
    
    exit 0
    ```
6. **Shortcut Details** tab (ℹ️), offers options for launching the Shortcut. As an example: pin to Menu Bar and create a keyboard shortcut for quick access to the FileWave Central App.
    
      
    [![Run FW in another lang macOS.gif](https://kb.filewave.com/uploads/images/gallery/2023-06/QxFgTPMOATd6OU6v-run-fw-in-another-lang-macos.gif)](https://kb.filewave.com/uploads/images/gallery/2023-06/QxFgTPMOATd6OU6v-run-fw-in-another-lang-macos.gif)

All done!