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=== Multilingual support === There are 47 system languages available in macOS for the user at the moment of installation; the system language is used throughout the entire operating system environment.<ref name="macoslanguages">{{Cite web |title=macOS β How to Upgrade β Apple |url=https://www.apple.com/macos/how-to-upgrade |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927013442/https://www.apple.com/macos/how-to-upgrade |archive-date=September 27, 2016 |access-date=September 28, 2016 |publisher=[[Apple Inc.|Apple]] |df=mdy-all}}</ref> Input methods for typing in dozens of scripts can be chosen independently of the system language.<ref name="languages">{{Cite web |title=System β New system languages. |url=https://www.apple.com/macosx/whats-new/features.html#system |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623030050/https://www.apple.com/macosx/whats-new/features.html |archive-date=June 23, 2011 |access-date=June 6, 2011 |publisher=[[Apple Inc.|Apple]]}}</ref> Recent updates have added increased support for [[Chinese characters]] and interconnections with popular social networks in [[China]].<ref name="Apple's Tim Cook visits China to talk expansion, expansion, expansion">{{Cite web |last=Cheng |first=Jacqui |date=January 10, 2013 |title=Apple's Tim Cook visits China to talk expansion, expansion, expansion |url=https://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/01/apples-tim-cook-visits-china-to-talk-expansion-expansion-expansion |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150918220931/https://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/01/apples-tim-cook-visits-china-to-talk-expansion-expansion-expansion |archive-date=September 18, 2015 |access-date=14 August 2015 |website=Ars Technica |df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="Next version of OS X to be more iOS-like than ever with Mountain Lion">{{Cite web |last=Foresman |first=Chris |date=February 16, 2012 |title=Next version of OS X to be more iOS-like than ever with Mountain Lion |url=https://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/02/apple-unleashes-mountain-lion-on-developers-set-for-summer-release |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150820063157/https://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/02/apple-unleashes-mountain-lion-on-developers-set-for-summer-release |archive-date=August 20, 2015 |access-date=14 August 2015 |website=Ars Technica |publisher=Conde Nast |df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="Apple targets China, Japan with new OS X El Capitan system fonts and input">{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Mikey |title=Apple targets China, Japan with new OS X El Capitan system fonts and input |url=https://appleinsider.com/articles/15/06/08/apple-targets-china-japan-with-new-os-x-el-capitan-system-fonts-and-input |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906180240/https://appleinsider.com/articles/15/06/08/apple-targets-china-japan-with-new-os-x-el-capitan-system-fonts-and-input |archive-date=September 6, 2015 |access-date=14 August 2015 |website=Apple Insider |date=June 8, 2015 |df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="chinamtnlion">{{Cite web |last=Panzarino |first=Matthew |date=February 16, 2012 |title=Apple courts China with Sina Weibo, Baidu, Youku and more integrated in Mountain Lion |url=https://thenextweb.com/apple/2012/02/16/apple-is-serious-about-china-sina-weibo-baidu-youku-and-more-integrated-into-mountain-lion |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321020638/https://thenextweb.com/apple/2012/02/16/apple-is-serious-about-china-sina-weibo-baidu-youku-and-more-integrated-into-mountain-lion |archive-date=March 21, 2012 |access-date=March 15, 2012 |publisher=The Next Web |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
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