Monolingual for Mac
Remove unwanted OS X language resources.
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Monolingual overview
Monolingual is a program for removing unnecesary language resources from OS X, in order to reclaim several hundred megabytes of disk space. If you use your computer in only one (human) language, you may not need to be taking up space on your hard drive with extraneous localization files. Monolingual will locate and eliminate these space-wasting files.
Monolingual was written by J. Schrier and I. Stein, and is released under the GNU General Public License. Source code is available.
What's new in version 2.0.1
- Bump cocoapods from 1.6.0 to 1.6.1
- Bump fastlane from 2.116.0 to 2.116.1
- Bump fastlane from 2.116.1 to 2.117.0
- Bump fastlane from 2.117.0 to 2.117.1
- Bump fastlane from 2.117.1 to 2.118.0
- Bump fastlane from 2.118.0 to 2.118.1
- Bump fastlane from 2.118.1 to 2.119.0
- Bump fastlane from 2.119.0 to 2.120.0
- Bump fastlane from 2.120.0 to 2.121.1
- Bump fastlane from 2.121.1 to 2.122.0
- Bump cocoapods from 1.7.0.beta.3 to 1.7.0.rc.1
- Bump fastlane from 2.122.0 to 2.123.0
- Bump cocoapods from 1.7.0.rc.1 to 1.7.0.rc.2
- Bump cocoapods from 1.7.0.rc.2 to 1.7.0
- Bump fastlane from 2.123.0 to 2.124.0
- Bump cocoapods from 1.7.0 to 1.7.1
- Bump fastlane from 2.124.0 to 2.125.2
- Bump cocoapods from 1.7.1 to 1.7.2
- Bump fastlane from 2.125.2 to 2.126.0
- Bump fastlane from 2.126.0 to 2.127.0
- Bump fastlane from 2.127.0 to 2.127.1
- Bump fastlane from 2.127.1 to 2.127.2
- Bump fastlane from 2.127.2 to 2.128.0
- Bump fastlane from 2.128.0 to 2.128.1
- Bump fastlane from 2.128.1 to 2.129.0
- Bump fastlane from 2.129.0 to 2.130.0
- Bump fastlane from 2.130.0 to 2.131.0
- Security: Bump rubyzip from 1.2.4 to 1.3.0
- Bump fastlane from 2.131.0 to 2.133.0
- Bump fastlane from 2.133.0 to 2.134.0
- Bump fastlane from 2.134.0 to 2.135.2
- Bump fastlane from 2.136.0 to 2.137.0
- Security: Bump excon from 0.69.1 to 0.71.0
- Bump fastlane from 2.137.0 to 2.138.0
- Bump fastlane from 2.138.0 to 2.139.0
- Bump fastlane from 2.139.0 to 2.140.0
- Bump fastlane from 2.140.0 to 2.141.0
- Bump fastlane from 2.141.0 to 2.142.0
- Bump fastlane from 2.142.0 to 2.143.0
- Bump fastlane from 2.143.0 to 2.144.0
- Bump fastlane from 2.145.0 to 2.146.1
- Bump fastlane from 2.146.1 to 2.147.0
- Bump fastlane from 2.147.0 to 2.148.0
- Bump fastlane from 2.148.0 to 2.148.1
- Bump fastlane from 2.148.1 to 2.149.1
- Bump fastlane from 2.149.1 to 2.150.1
- Bump fastlane from 2.150.1 to 2.150.3
- Bump fastlane from 2.150.3 to 2.151.1
- Bump fastlane from 2.151.1 to 2.151.2
- Bump fastlane from 2.151.2 to 2.152.0
- Bump fastlane from 2.152.0 to 2.153.1
- Bump fastlane from 2.153.1 to 2.154.0
- Bump fastlane from 2.154.0 to 2.155.1
- Bump fastlane from 2.155.1 to 2.155.3
- Bump fastlane from 2.155.3 to 2.156.0
- Bump fastlane from 2.156.0 to 2.156.1
- Bump fastlane from 2.156.1 to 2.157.1
- Bump fastlane from 2.157.1 to 2.157.2
- Bump fastlane from 2.157.2 to 2.157.3
- Bump fastlane from 2.157.3 to 2.158.0
- Bump fastlane from 2.158.0 to 2.159.0
- Bump fastlane from 2.159.0 to 2.160.0
- Bump fastlane from 2.160.0 to 2.161.0
- Bump fastlane from 2.161.0 to 2.162.0
- Bump fastlane from 2.162.0 to 2.163.0
- Bump fastlane from 2.163.0 to 2.164.0
- Bump fastlane from 2.165.0 to 2.166.0
- Bump fastlane from 2.166.0 to 2.167.0
- Bump fastlane from 2.167.0 to 2.168.0
- Bump fastlane from 2.168.0 to 2.169.0
- Bump fastlane from 2.169.0 to 2.170.0
- Create Dependabot config file
- Bump fastlane from 2.170.0 to 2.171.0
- Bump fastlane from 2.171.0 to 2.172.0
- Bump fastlane from 2.172.0 to 2.173.0
- Bump fastlane from 2.174.0 to 2.175.0
- Bump fastlane from 2.175.0 to 2.176.0
- Bump fastlane from 2.179.0 to 2.180.0
- Bump fastlane from 2.180.0 to 2.180.1
- Bump fastlane from 2.180.1 to 2.181.0
- Bump fastlane from 2.181.0 to 2.182.0
- Bump fastlane from 2.182.0 to 2.183.0
Monolingual for Mac
Free
In English
Version 2.0.1
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Oct 1, 2026
Version: 2.0.0
Or use bash for free:
find . -depth -name "*.lproj" \
-not -iname "en*.lproj" \
-not -iname "Base.lproj" \
-print -exec rm -rf '{}' \;
also remove ".qm" localization files, found in (some) apps:
find . -depth -name "*.qm" \
-not -iname "*en.qm" \
-not -iname "*Base.qm" \
-print -exec rm -rf '{}' \;
Oct 1, 2026
Version: 2.0.0
The developer says that this version has been changed to pre-release, and that the fix is coming soon
Oct 1, 2026
Version: 2.0.0
I have been using ML for many years, then no ARM versions were coming so I moved to ClannMyMac, but i prefer the simple and focused function of ML. I was glad to see the v2.0 become available. BUT after installing it on my MBP M4 Max under macOS 27.2 (latest beta), it doe now work. Says can't install helper extension although v1.8.2 installs and work fine
Oct 1, 2026
Version: 2.0.0
This new 2.0.0 app is useless so far! I get a message: "Failed to install helper utility"
(I do have OS 27.0.1) (I downloaded it here and then from the developer)
Unless they update this app, do not download it!
