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 &

In FileWave 15.4.0, the above line will fail to launch the chosen language as is.  See below shortcut example for alternate script.

Available Language Options:

zh_CN

	Language		OptionLocale Code	Notes
English (US)	en_GB or en_US en_US	Use for American English.
German	de_DE	Standard locale for German in Germany.
Korean French	ko_KR fr_FR	Standard locale for French in France.
Japanese Korean	ja_JP ko_KR	Korean for South Korea.
Japanese	ja_JP	Japanese for Japan.
Chinese (TraditionalSimplified) and Simplified)	zh_CN	For Mainland China.
Chinese (Traditional)	zh_TW or	For Taiwan.
Dutch	nl_NL	New in FileWave 16.1+ — Dutch for Netherlands.
Turkish	tr_TR	New in FileWave 16.1+ — Turkish for Turkey.
Swedish	sv_SE	New in FileWave 16.1+ — Swedish for Sweden.
Spanish (International)	es_ES	New in FileWave 16.1+ — Spanish for Spain (Castilian).

 

Requirements:

• macOS Monterey or newer

• Shortcuts Application (System Application)

• FileWave Central Admin Application

Creating the Shortcut

1. 

   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.

   
   

All done!