Language & localization
NowDoing is fully bilingual: German (primary) and English. Every user-facing string is translated — menu bar, popover, settings, timesheet, widgets, the AppleScript dictionary, and the voice phrases.
How the language is chosen
Section titled “How the language is chosen”The UI language follows your macOS system language automatically. If your Mac is set to English, NowDoing runs in English; if it’s set to German, NowDoing runs in German. There is no dedicated language switcher inside the app — by design, so that language and region always match the rest of your system.
Switching the language
Section titled “Switching the language”macOS offers a per-app language setting. To change NowDoing:
- Open System Settings → General → Language & Region → Applications.
- Select NowDoing and pick the language you want.
- Restart NowDoing — the change takes effect at the next launch.
Region: date, time, week start
Section titled “Region: date, time, week start”Format details also come from macOS System Settings under Language & Region — separately for language (the UI) and region (formats).
| Element | Source | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Time format | Region / 24-hour toggle | 2:30 PM (US) vs. 14:30 (DE) |
| Date format | Region | 5/26/2026 (US) vs. 26.05.2026 (DE) |
| Week start | Region | Sunday (US), Monday (DE/AT/CH) |
| Week numbers | Region | US weeks in US, ISO weeks in DE |
| Holidays | Region | see Working hours |
CSV exports also use the system locale, so Excel parses the values correctly.
If something isn’t translated
Section titled “If something isn’t translated”That’s a bug — please report it to hello@nowdoing.app. A missing translation falls back to the English source string automatically, so the UI is never empty.
Under the hood
Section titled “Under the hood”All strings live in a single Localizable.xcstrings file (Apple’s string catalogue format). Adding further languages is possible without code changes — currently only German and English ship with the app.
Documentation language
Section titled “Documentation language”This documentation is itself bilingual: use the language switcher at the top right of the sidebar. Related pages: Settings and Accessibility.