Method 1 of 2:
Changing Number Format on the System
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Images 1 of How to Change the Number Format on a Mac Click on the Apple menu. It's the black, apple-shaped icon in the upper-left of your screen. -
Images 2 of How to Change the Number Format on a Mac Click on System Preferences. -
Images 3 of How to Change the Number Format on a Mac Click on Language & Region. It's at the top of the preferences window.- Click on ⋮⋮⋮⋮ in the top bar of the dialog box if you don't see all the system preferences icons.
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Images 4 of How to Change the Number Format on a Mac Click on Advanced. It's in the lower right corner. -
Images 5 of How to Change the Number Format on a Mac Click on the drop-down menu next to "Grouping." -
Images 6 of How to Change the Number Format on a Mac Click on a separator. You can choose from a comma, period, apostrophe, space, or none, to select how the system will format larger numbers like 1,000,000. -
Images 7 of How to Change the Number Format on a Mac Click on the drop-down menu next to "Decimal." -
Images 8 of How to Change the Number Format on a Mac Click on a separator. You can choose from a comma or period to select how the system will format numbers with decimals. -
Images 9 of How to Change the Number Format on a Mac Click on the drop-down menu next to "Measurement Units." -
Images 10 of How to Change the Number Format on a Mac Click on a system of measurement. You can choose from Metric, U.K., or U.S. You have now changed the number format on your Mac.
Method 2 of 2:
Changing Number Format for the Keyboard
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Images 11 of How to Change the Number Format on a Mac Click on the Apple menu. It's the black, apple-shaped icon in the upper-left of your screen. -
Images 12 of How to Change the Number Format on a Mac Click on System Preferences. -
Images 13 of How to Change the Number Format on a Mac Click on Keyboard. It's near the center of the preferences window.- If you don't see all of the System Preferences icons, click on ⋮⋮⋮⋮ in the top bar of the dialog box.
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Images 14 of How to Change the Number Format on a Mac Click on Input Sources. It's near the top of the dialog box. -
Images 15 of How to Change the Number Format on a Mac Click on +. It's below the pane on the left side of the dialog box. -
Images 16 of How to Change the Number Format on a Mac Click on a number/language format. They're listed alphabetically by language in the left pane of the dialog box. -
Images 17 of How to Change the Number Format on a Mac Click on Add. You've now changed the number format to that of the corresponding language. For example, if you select Bengali, the number keys will display Bengali characters.- Check the box next to "Show input menu in menu bar," at the bottom of the dialog box, so you can toggle between number formats and keyboard languages.
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