In some of the early versions of OS X, one has to run a custom installation from the original install disc, choosing International options for the language/region support desired. Since OS X 10.5 - the cat called “Leopard” - multilingual support is installed by default.

Therefore, many current versions of OS X applications will already properly display Cyrillic text. For example, with a current web browser, such as the current version of Apple’s own and very elegant Safari, most web sites utilzing a non-Latin character set should display properly.

Internationalization for OS 10.5x (Leopard)

Enable the Internationalization menu:
- Open “System Preferences” under the Apple menu.

1. -Choose the “Personal:International” pane.
   

1. 1.-Choose the “Input Menu” pane.
   

2. 2.-Enable the languages and keyboards of choice.
   

3. 3.-If you do not see the newly added keyboard drivers in the list, then log out and log back into your system (or restart the computer).
   
   

I would recommend enabling the Character Palette and Keyboard viewer, as these are useful for selecting characters, and learning the keyboard layout of international character sets.

Internationalization for OS 10.6x (Snow Leopard)

Enable the Internationalization menu:
- Open “System Preferences” under the Apple menu.

- Choose the “Languages & Text” pane.

1. 1.-Choose the “Input Sources” pane.
   

2. 2.-Check the box for “Show Input menu in menu bar”.
   

3. 3.-Enable the languages and keyboards of choice.
   

4. 4.-If you do not see the newly added keyboard drivers in the list, then log out and log back into your system (or restart the computer).
   
   

I would recommend enabling the Character Palette and Keyboard viewer, as these are useful for selecting characters, and learning the keyboard layout of international character sets.

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