A large number of MacOS users worldwide hope to change the decimal separator from a comma to a dot (period), or vice versa. Just like many other interesting and intuitive changes to MacOS System Settings in Ventura, the location and method for adjusting number formats and decimal separators have also been updated.

Regardless of your Language & Region settings and whether you are in the USA, Switzerland, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, India, Saudi Arabia, Canada, Indonesia, Nigeria, or anywhere else on Earth, here's how you can change the number format and decimal separator in MacOS Ventura.

How to Change the Decimal Separator & Number Format in MacOS Ventura

1. Click on the ? Apple menu and select “System Settings.”
2. Navigate to “General.”
3. Choose “Language & Region.”
4. Find “Number format” and pull down the submenu next to it to view various number format options, allowing you to change the decimal separator to commas, dots, or spaces.

Select the desired number format, and the setting should apply across MacOS instantly.

Missing “Number Format” in MacOS Ventura System Settings?

Some Mac users with different region settings have noticed that the Number Format section is absent from their MacOS Ventura System Settings. This could either be a significant oversight or an intriguing bug. If you encounter this issue and the Number Format dropdown menu is missing, you can also adjust the decimal separator using the command line in MacOS.

To do so, open the Terminal application to begin.

For instance, the following defaults command will set a “.” dot as the decimal separator and “‘” apostrophe as the grouping separator:

defaults write .GlobalPreferences AppleICUNumberSymbols -dict 0 "." 1 "'" 10 "." 17 "'"

This workaround was shared by Microsoft support, where users might be interested in altering the decimal symbol for Microsoft Office Excel and Word on the Mac with macOS Ventura.

Were you successful in changing the number format and decimal separator to your preferred choice on MacOS? Which method did you use? Share your experience in the comments.

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