Regional settings

The command you customized is correct:

defaults write -g AppleICUNumberSymbols -dict 0 '.' 1 ' ' 10 '.' 17 ' '

Did you quit the app (say, Numbers or whatever you're using) in order to have applied the new settings? Or a logout/restart.

Hi! I am having a similar issue, although a little different. Here is a recount of my specific situation:

1. I did a new clean install of Ventura
2. I have English (US) as my primary language, but also have installed Spanish (US) as my secondary.
3. I have an Apple extended keyboard with numeric keypad on the right side.
4. When I select Spanish (US) as my input language, and I type the decimal separator (.) on the numeric keypad pad on the bottom right of the keyboard, the Mac displays a comma (,) which is the standard decimal separator in Spanish.
5. In the past I changed this by going to Language & Region > Advanced.. but that option no longer appears in the menu.
6. I need to change the decimal separator from comma (,) to dot (.) when Input language is Spanish (US) - which is not the default input language, but a secondary.

Can you please help?

Thanks!

It seems that Apple removed the advanced Language & Region settings in Ventura. Hope they'll restore it through a future update.

In the meantime, try the following terminal command:

defaults write -g AppleICUNumberSymbols -dict 0 ',' 1 '.' 10 ',' 17 '.'

It should set:

, as a decimal separator for numbers

. as a thousands separator for numbers

, as a decimal separator for currency

. as a thousands separator for currency

My issue is similar but with date and telephone number formats. "Canadian" region has lost ability to set date entry as DD/MM/YY. Apart from YYYY-MM-DD, the only option is M/DD/YY. Grrrr. Everything in Excel is messed up. Apple chat support recommended resetting region to "UK". Which helped but changed the telephone number settings in Contacts to UK style!! (I would prefer the option to have ###.###.#### or even ###-###-#### instead of the only option ((###)###-####.

Do you know what the command customization for that is? And, being a bit of a "user-only" is it a straight-forward command line change?

Thx in advance.

Thank you. Appreciate it. Tooling around the web last night I also found this:

https://www.caseyliss.com/2022/11/14/ventura-date-formats

Looks like it's into the terminal to make a hack. Hopefully Apple remedies this soon.

This thread might be helpful:

macOS Ventura 13.0 - Language Region - Da… - Apple Community

Basically you should be able to add a DD/MM/YY format to GlobalPreferences.plist file.

You're welcome, Gerard.

Maybe you can remap the comma on your numeric keypad with Karabiner. Just an idea.