Mac OS X works with languages that have double-byte character sets, such as Japanese, Chinese, and Korean. Some Mac OS X applications do not recognize these characters, and they may not appear correctly. Following are some of the situations in which this can occur, with steps you can take to resolve the issue.
Using "Find by Content" in Sherlock (Mac OS X 10.0, 10.1) or File > Find (Mac OS X 10.2)
You can use Sherlock (Mac OS X 10.1 and earlier) or Find (Mac OS X 10.2 and later) to search the content of your files. If you have files containing both double-byte characters and Roman characters, Sherlock may not be able to locate a word consisting of double-byte characters. If this happens, try searching for words in the text that use only Roman characters instead.
Note: Find by Content works for Korean documents that use Mac Korean or UTF-16 encoding only. In addition, it does not work on rtf files created with TextEdit, only plain text files.
Setting up your internal modem
When you set up the internal modem using Internet Connect or Network preferences, do not use double-byte characters in the telephone number field.
Connecting to a server
If you connect to a computer with file sharing turned on, or AppleShare (AFP) server volume with a name that uses double-byte characters, the name may not display correctly. You cannot open applications or documents on the volume.
If this happens, try using Roman characters for the names of server volumes.
From a Mac OS 9 computer, you cannot connect to a Mac OS X file sharing volume if your user name contains double-byte characters. To avoid this, choose a user name with only Roman characters.
Using Mail
Double-byte characters may not display correctly in the subject or content of email you receive. If the file name of an attachment displays incorrectly, you can change it.
Seeing the names of items in the Finder
Double-byte characters in the names of disks, server volumes, folders, and files may not display correctly in the Finder. Select the item and choose Show Info from the File menu. Then choose the encoding for the language from the Encoding pop-up menu.
Long file names that you create in Mac OS X using double-byte characters may not display correctly in Mac OS 9. Try giving the file a shorter name.
Using DOS-formatted MO disks
Mac OS X cannot mount Magneto Optical (MO) disks that are DOS-formatted and contain double-byte characters in the disk name. Use disks with only Roman characters in the disk name. In addition, you cannot save files with double-byte characters in the filename on a DOS-formatted MO disk.
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