I tried checking the 24-hour box, and it also worked for me. The
plist involved is .GlobalPreferences.plist under /Library/Preferences
but I'd hesitate to try to trash this. First of all it's a hidden
file (because of the initial period) Secondly, if you QuickLook the
file, it has things like the system language specified in it. I don't
think this is a file we're supposed to touch this way. Incidentally,
the way you can check which plist file may be involved in a change is
to use Finder to go to /Library/Preferences. (You may need to use the
"Go to folder" shortcut of Command-Shift-G so that you can type in "/
Library/Preferences" without quotation marks to go there.) Then, use
List View mode (Command-2), and sort on Date Modified (VO-right to
this column and VO-vertical line to sort). The most recently modified
file will be listed at the top, and the modified time should match
when you made your change. Note: I usually type the sort command as VO-
Shift-Backslash, because that reminds me to Shift, and the Vertical
Line on U.S., U.K, Australian, and Canadian English keyboards is on
the shifted Backslash key -- this is the rightmost key on our keyboard
just below the delete key and above the return key. However, the
VoiceOver manual gives the command as VO-vertical line, and I recall
from my experiments with other input language keyboards, and from
Søren and Anne's comments, that these keys may not be the same for non-
English language keyboards.
I have my hidden files set to be displayed, because I've been trying
to look at the structure of files on my iPod Nano 4G. In general,
users won't be able to view files with names beginning with "." unless
they work in terminal. The .GlobalPreferences.plist file is owned by
root (users can't change it unless they have Administrator's
privileges). Unless you have an earlier Time Machine backup or cloned
copy of your disk with this file at a time when 24 hour clock display
worked for you, I wouldn't fool with it or try to replace it.
Cheers,
Esther
On Nov 16, 2008, at 6:21 AM, Scott Howell wrote:
Funny, I haven't had any issues with this. Hmmmm, if all else fails,
I wonder if there is a plist that handles this and it's gotten
screwed up in some way.
On Nov 16, 2008, at 9:35 AM, Krister Ekstrom wrote:
16 nov 2008 kl. 15.19 skrev David Poehlman:
what about the 24 hour checkbox in the clock window of date and
time, I used
this a while back and it worked.
Been there, done that, clock displays in 24 hr but speech still
says "it's one o'clock" instead of "it's 13 hours".
--
/Krister
Scott Howell
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