Monolingual. Here is a snip from their sourceforge site...
http://monolingual.sourceforge.net
"Monolingual is a program for removing unnecessary language resources from Mac OS X, in order to reclaim several hundred megabytes of disk space. It requires at least Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) and also works on Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard). Version 1.3.9 is the last version for Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger).
I don't know about you, but I use my computer in only one (human) language — English.
And I'm willing to bet that you do too, albeit perhaps not English.
So why do you have a bunch of localization files for the Mac OS X operating system
filling up your hard drive? Enter Monolingual — a handy utility for reclaiming your
space for more useful things… like international mp3 files, email or whatever you like."
Here are my results after running Monolingual.
Before:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIDL5y-E-S5f7Wry6uIdZgp2h1h_qUpWvmyc5NJAIh0q7HfwhXacmc7oDcHGQKtbMoi-BJnGSDoHq_rbgq9RzUZM9P3riZWRoR6dCpVWvv8Oo48hLyNG3z4oHEv5ol1wp9yG7VegJQ1Lmq/s320/space.png)
After:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidO_4fbVRN_hNxcPXlliYLz18pGNXOiEglBDGFaB2840VcPrJyAu0RZrd6PcHMyaW-kby_mmXG_yekM7pgxMb5nfWAk31fgUZVcbI5VBCVFwOZ0vmKG46qiUZHnwYk2ZqJwTzDQYkCftp0/s320/space2.png)
Results:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYCio-hSpllw1yx2Sp84CCVe5gByQgtFPAcsf7-3zxosmu5mpEerWACl4HWyALRfqyZUoWciLPSVunRQtkBFzTzZhlBiZzHUKRB2MPs1hFuKsTZmF8K8tCxzWHChlJJ2y3GMqPeLPRy8yq/s320/space3.png)
Amazing! Just by removing files I will never use, I saved myself 3.6GB!!! Awesome!
A word of caution though... If you think you will EVER use localized files, save those. I saved all Japanese localization because my MacBook has been known to travel to Japan and friends & family there may require them if they use my machine. Just use caution before kicking off Monolingual, because getting them back requires re-installation.
Enjoy!
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfP8F1IuRcdj6UxeXqGfl6R7hXzdnlEPQmm2I7ViQZ9aS8YDY-WLdqdDOjEFvLAQF9zHiWC8tWpc1B-jDjLld0T_BQeZEVfwxtZoTbExuF0zZBr3uOKgyhJEFa8bt769L3svVWaPvQq9my/s320/mono.png)
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