User fonts being moved to (disabled) folder on OS update
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Whenever I update the OS, (e.g. point updates to Sonoma, and yesterday upgrading to Sequoia 15.5), all my user fonts (in
~/Library/Fonts
) get moved to a folder called Fonts (disabled)
, also in the user Library.
The fonts are decent OTFs from Monotype, Adobe, Linotype etc. I have no reason to suspect that they are 'corrupt' in any way. If I move them back to the Fonts folder, they work perfectly. Font Book validates them with no errors, if that actually means anything.
I don't have the problem on my other computer, with identical fonts. The file attributes and permissions are all the same.
-rw-r--r--@ 1 Ben staff 54480 16 Aug 2010 CenturyStd.otf
com.apple.provenance 11
Any idea how I can troubleshoot or fix this?
I am still using Linotype's FontExplorerX font manager app (sadly discontinued a few years ago); but I don't think it's that because: it doesn't happen on the other Mac, which also runs it; the fonts get moved before the app launches; and it doesn't happen on a standard reboot, just an OS update.
I have several fonts in /Library/Fonts/
, too; but they are unaffected.
Asked by benwiggy
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Jul 14, 2025, 10:28 AM