Reinstalling font book

Or can I reinstall it from my Posted on Jan 3, PM. To clarify, there was never a You install What you're seeing is very typical of a corrupt Font Book database.

Replacing the app won't do anything to fix it. Follow 1a or 1b depending on the version of OS X you have. If you can't find the file com. FontRegistry in your user account preferences folder, then it's easier to use 1a rather than trying to dig through multiple hidden folders. Keep holding the Shift key until OS X asks you to log in you will get this screen on a Safe Mode boot even if your Mac is set to automatically log in.

Let the Mac finish booting to the desktop and then restart normally. You can let go of the Shift key at that point. Yosemite is a bit different. Whether it's a Safe Mode boot or a normal one, you get the same progress bar. It just takes longer to get to the desktop in Safe Mode. So hold the Shift key until you get to the desktop. This will clear Font Book's database and the cache files for the user account you logged into in Safe Mode. Restart again normally. In later versions of OS X, it's much easier to remove.

Quit Font Book. Open the Preferences folder in your user account, put the file com. FontRegistry in the trash and restart. Faster than method 1a where you have to restart twice.

If you use Snow Leopard, use method 1a as this file is in the hidden private folder. In Leopard or earlier, any font sets you have created will be gone. Also, all fonts in the three main Fonts folders System, Library, your user account will now be active, regardless of their state beforehand.

In Snow Leopard, your sets will remain intact. Posted on Jan 28, PM. Page content loaded. The font remains installed, but no longer appears in the font menus of your apps. You can remove any font that isn't required by your Mac. Font Book moves the font to the Trash. How to install and remove fonts on your Mac Your Mac comes with many built-in fonts, and you can download and install more from Apple and other sources.

Install fonts Double-click the font in the Finder, then click Install Font in the font preview window that opens. Disable fonts You can disable any font that isn't required by your Mac. Remove fonts You can remove any font that isn't required by your Mac.

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