Opening FileWave Central / Anywhere 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.below.

When/Why

FileWaveSometimes even though your computer is running in a language like German you may wish to run Central in English.

How

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How

macOS (FW 16.1.x and lower)

In FileWave versions below 16.2.0 you would need to use the command below to open Central in another language. Anywhere would use your Browser language;

The following command may be used to both open and specify a chosen language at runtime.  

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

Language	Locale Code	Notes
English (US)	en_US	Use for American English.
German	de_DE	Standard locale for German in Germany.
French	fr_FR	Standard locale for French in France.
Korean	ko_KR	Korean for South Korea.
Japanese	ja_JP	Japanese for Japan.
Chinese (Simplified)	zh_CN	For Mainland China.
Chinese (Traditional)	zh_TW	For Taiwan.