Therefore you should only follow these instructions in two cases:
- You understand them perfectly, and you know what they are doing.
- You are desperate because of some font problems.
1. Open Terminal.
2. Type the following two commands:
cd `getconf DARWIN_USER_CACHE_DIR`3. In the Finder window that appears, drag the folders -Caches-, -Tmp- and TemporaryItems to the Trash, if they exist.
open ..
4. Restart. You may get a message that the boot cache is being rebuilt.
Once you have restarted, your font problem may be gone.
For other font problems, see missing fonts and Helvetica Narrow.
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#Remove User database and restart ATS
atsutil databases -removeUser
atsutil server -shutdown
other commands can be found:
man atsutil
I was not aware of the atsutil command, so that was welcome. However, when I google around, I fail to find posts where people admit that it actually solved any problem.
The man pages hint that the atsutil commands do the same thing as the method described above with getconf DARWIN_USER_CACHE_DIR, but I'm not sure I trust atsutil yet.
If anyone tries it and it works, feel free to post a comment.
This worked perfectly on my macbook. My fontbook had crashed and didnt open, and my mac generally ran slower and crashed a lot. After deleting the cache everything works properly!
thanks
atsutil worked for me.
ATS util worked perfectly for my macbook pro, too.
Note that atsutil server -shutdown is not recommended in Snow Leopard, although it was OK in Leopard. See the man page.
WOW! I'had a erious problem with that font. This really works!!! THanks thanks
I had the same crash problem, and what I did is just disable the user fonts, and that´s it. No other special command required.
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