More on removing extraneous language support files in Mac OS X: Other tools; problems

We previously reported on the removal of extraneous language support files from Mac OS X in an effort to constrain startup volume disk usage.

We noted a few methods for removing the files, which are stored both at a System and individual-application level (Applications store these files inside in /Contents/Resources/) -- including the use of a shareware tool calledDeLocalizer and a Terminal command.

Another alternative, noted by Ben Rosenthal, is the shareware Macaroni, which includes localization file removal as an optional task.

Ben writes:

"(Macaroni) is useful to me as I install so many apps all the time, once a month Macaroni automatically removes language files from my system."

Issues after removing language files Meanwhile, removing language files can cause some bizarre issues, including an inability to launch Adobe Acrobat Professional.

MacFixIt reader Fabrizio La Rosa writes:

"After using DeLocalizer to remove all extraneous languages (except the various en_ variants and Italian, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese) Acrobat Pro 7 refused to start, claiming that some components are missing and that the whole Acrobat Pro package needs to be reinstalled. Oddly it fails to start only on the second attempt, the first time I launched it after using DeLocalizer it worked fine.

"Workaround: save the "/Applications/Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional" folder into a secondary disk or create a dmg disk image, then restore it after using DeLocalizer."

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