Living and working in two continents (Europe and Asia) before moving to Canada 42 years ago I realized if there are two ways to show certain things, the world uses one way, the US and Canada use the other way.

If anyone buys a computer anywhere in the world the operating system is made in the US (Windows and Apple OS X), so by default the decimal separator is set to dot, so they would want to change it to a comma.

Only the US and Canada are the exception to that rule and use the dot as decimal separator. The truth is exactly the opposite because the overwhelming number of countries have always been using the comma as decimal separator. The first sentence of this article says: “Many MacOS users around the world want to change the decimal separator from a comma to a dot (period),” Were you able to change the number format and decimal separator to your desired choice on MacOS? Which method did you use? Let us know in the comments. This workaround comes to us via Microsoft support, where users may be interested in changing the decimal symbol for Microsoft Office Excel and Word on the Mac with macOS Ventura. GlobalPreferences AppleICUNumberSymbols -dict 0 '.' 1 ''' 10 '.' 17 ''' To do this, open the Terminal application to get started.įor example, the following defaults command will place a “.” dot as the decimal separator, and “‘” apostrophe as the grouping separator:ĭefaults write. In any case, if you find yourself missing the Number Format dropdown menu, you can also set the decimal separator from the command line of MacOS. Some Mac users using different region settings have discovered that the Number Format section is missing from their MacOS Ventura System Settings, which is either a serious oversight or a lovely bug. Missing “Number Format” in MacOS Ventura System Settings? Locate “Number format” and pulldown the submenu next to that to access the various number format options, allowing you to change the decimal separator to commas, dots, or spacesĬhoose the number format you desire, and the setting should carry throughout MacOS instantly.

Go to the  Apple menu and choose “System Settings”.Whatever your Language & Region settings and whether or not you’re in the USA, Switzerland, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, India, Saudi Arabia, Canada, Indonesia, Nigeria, or where ever else on planet Earth, here’s how you can change the number format and decimal separator in MacOS Ventura.Ĭhanging Decimal Separator & Number Format in MacOS Ventura

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