Font question in User folder

Does anyone know if you're SUPPOSED to have fonts in the User/Library/Fonts folder. I know it sounds like a stupid question but I thought Tiger kept all of its fonts in two places:
1) /Library/Fonts
2) /System/Library/Fonts
Thanks for any help.
Paul

Fonts in the user font folder will only be available to that user. It really doesn't make much sense unless you have a font in your handwriting that another user wouldn't need. I do know that Microsoft will install fonts in the current user's folder. At least then you know what installed them :~)

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Indesign CS 5.5 can't find fonts (..from User Folder, OSX 10.6.8)

Hello there,
Indesign CS5 can't find any font that is located in my User folder. (MacintoshHD > User > library > fonts).
The problem is only in OSX 10.6.x and CS 5.
Also installed CS3 has no problems to find the already installed fonts.
And on a second Hardrive I've also System 10.5.x. INDESIGN both Versions have no problems to find the fonts in that system.
Only the Combination from CS5 and OSX 10.6.x has that problem.
Some Tricks already posted here, for example to put the missing fonts in the main structure (MacintoshHD > library > fonts) works,
also if creating a special »Document Fonts« file in the same folder, whre the problem documents are located.
BUT: This is all just a temporary solution. It doesn't solve the main problem.
Maybe it's, because the 10.6.x ist a upgrade from a 10.5.x TimeMashine Backup with the CreativeSuite already installed.
So maybe I should install all the CS5 stuff new?
Or is it a problem with the Login Structure? I'm the only person working on my machine. So I'm logged with full Name and as »admin«.
My User-Folder with my special preferences and fonts is named with another name (my nickname).
I'm not such a Computerfreak…and don't know if that does means anything. No problems at all with that since years.
Thanks for any good idea
camino
Message was edited by: camino07 Hi, Now, I've uninstalled CS5, delete fontcaches, restart computer an install CS5 complete again.
But it's still the same. CS5 can't find the fonts. One special thing I have to add: One font, placed in the »Users > fontfolder, it finds the »regular « font style but not the »bold«.
It's an »TT« font suitcase. (EngraversOldEnglish).
Any ideas?

Hi,
I added here my spotlight results. Shell I really delete all the stuff?
Seems, that are different sources, like fonts and some other stuff…
thanks
http://www.pikant-media.de/download/Fnt_Screen.jpg

Mac OS X, User Folder and Case-sensitivity (plus a Partitioning Question)

Hello everybody.
Today, I'd like to start a new thread regarding the configuration of OS X and the formatting of the drive with a HFS+ (case-sensitive, journaled) file system.
There is a problem that has been tormenting me for quite some time now, and so far I haven't been able to find a losution yet.
Here is the issue. When I bought my MacBook Pro (early 2011), I changed the main dirve to an hybrid SSD destinating the original 750GB to a Time Machine backup disk. As a consequence I had to make a fresh install of OS X. When it came the time of formatting I've opted for:
Creating two partitions: 1 for the OS and 1 for the user folder (I have only one admin-user). Back then, I was coming from a Win enviroment and having two partitions seemed to be the best option for me. (Less chanche of user-data corruption in case something goes wrong in the OS partition).
Chose a HFS+ (case-sensitive, journaled) file system. It seemed to be the more complete alternative.
Everything was absolutely for a couple of months then I encountered the first issue: Adobe products don't work on a case-sensitive fs.
I managed to get Photoshop to work eventually (manually correcing folders name) and didn't care too much about the rest.
In the meantime over a year has passed and I kept the mentioned configuration, uptdating to Lion and ML. Recently another couple of isses have appeared: AutoCAD presents the same problem as Adobe and there is an issue in the keyboard balcklight control (from forums seems that ML is not able to store any information in System Preferences regarding the backlight).
Despite the fact that case-sensitive fs seems to be the future solution chosen by Apple, it is still premature to have it as OS fs unless you are an hard-core developer that don't care about tons of programs that would eventually miss from your application folder.
Being decided to move back to a case-insesntive fs, I need wish I could calrify a couple of doubts before proceding:
(Not relatete to fs) Is it a good practice to keep user folder on a separate volume? Does it generates any issue on the base of your experience?
Is it possible to have the OS on case-insensitive fs and the user folder on a case-sensitive one? Does the OS have an issue with that?
The second point is the most critical as my data are now on a case-sensitive volume. They mostly consists in documents, images and music which should be migrated on a case-insensitive volume seamlessy, however, I'm not 100% sure about what happened during the last year (i.e. if there has been the generation of not-unique names).
Furhtermore, I wish I could keep a case-sens volume as I plan to be dealing with a Linux enviroment soon. If that could be the user volume, this would be amazing.
I'd also like to ask personal opinion on advantages of having case-sens fs.
I understand I asked lots of questions in a single post. I hope, however, that this thread could be a base to collect some of the quite dispersive topics related to case-sensitivity present on the web.
Best Regards,
Alexander

alexanderxc wrote:
Linc, in the provious post you said there might be issues having user data on a separte partition.
Which kind of issues are you tihnking of? Have you ever encountered such problems?
The biggest risk is that poorly written software will assume your home directory is at /Users/you and will fail (or worse) if it doesn't like what it finds there.
I really appreciated if you could be more specific and don't worry about being too technical.
There are two ways you can go about it.
1) Set everything up normally as if you only had one partition. Create your user on that one parition. Then, copy all the real user data to the 2nd partition. Using your admin account, make sure that all the permission on the user folder on the 2nd partition are the same as on the original partition. The, use System Preferences > Users & Groups > your account > right/control click > Advanced > Home directory and change it to the home directory on the 2nd partition. Log in to that new account. Make sure everything works. Then delete the user directory at /Users.
2) A even more robust, old-school option is to create an /etc/fstab file and have your 2nd partition mounted at /Users. Then, everything will function normally and your user home directories will all be at /Users. /Users will, however, be on a different volume.

Beginner font questions

These are some beginner font questions if someone has the time/patience.
I've never paid much attention to fonts over the years, never installed
any other than those that might have come with applications. Early on,
15 years ago or so, I settled on Palatino and I've stayed with it for
most docs (Word 5.1a and now Word vX) and often for other apps (Safari,
Now).
I just upgraded to Tiger (10.4.4) and I use Word vX.
Questions:
1. I gather from looking at Font Book that when I'm using Palatino in
Tiger that OS X is getting it from my OS 9 System folder for Classic.
It does not look like Palatino is in any other locations including MS
Office vX. Does that make sense?
2. I always thought that Palatino was a very basic, always available
font. Not so?
3. If I decide to stop using Classic, and I'm close to that time, can I
transfer those fonts to OS X? If so, to which location is best.
4. And are the same fonts used for printing and screen? In other words
back in pre OS X days I thought some fonts came in screen versions and
print versions but my memory is hazy on that. Not only that.
Thank you for any education or links for info.
Powerbook G4 Ti Mac OS X (10.4.4)

1. I gather from looking at Font Book that when I'm
using Palatino in
Tiger that OS X is getting it from my OS 9 System
folder for Classic.
It does not look like Palatino is in any other
locations including MS
Office vX. Does that make sense?
That's correct.
2. I always thought that Palatino was a very basic,
always available
font. Not so?
It seems to be out of favor.
3. If I decide to stop using Classic, and I'm close
to that time, can I
transfer those fonts to OS X? If so, to which
location is best.
Yes, you can just put it in Users/username/Library/Fonts (or Library/Fonts for all users).

10.6.5 font question

I have resolved a bunch of font problems I was having since upgrading to 10.6.5 by archiving and installing 10.6 and re-upgrading.
I now have alot more fonts in the computer section and some duplikcates which font book isn't resolving.
Here is a simple question:
for a font like Courier where I have a font suitcase in user>Library>Fonts
and a .dfont in System>Library>Fonts
1) which should I keep - dfont or suitcase?
2) Should I a) remove from inside FontBook or b) delete from folder in Finder and then rebuild FontBook cache.
best
Tommy Banana

My apologies -- I just noticed that I do have some font suitcase files in /Library/Fonts & probably elsewhere & they are supported in OS X. When I check them with Font Book, the "Show Font Info" function says they contain Truetype fonts. I'm pretty sure they are leftovers from the Classic OS days; I've probably discarded the ones not compatible with OS X.
All I can really tell you is the fonts in /System/Library/Fonts generally are best left alone but you will get better advice about this from other users that know more than I do about that subject.
But regarding installing Snow Leopard, it does not do an archive and install -- there is no archive containing deactivated previous versions of OS files & other items like there was with that option in earlier OS versions. A better name for the Snow Leopard version might be "Replace & Install," although that applies only to the new files that come with the OS. Everything else is left in place, except possibly for certain incompatible items that are moved to an "Incompatible Software" folder at the root of the drive.
That might explain where some of your duplicate fonts came from.

How do I move the /Users folder to another disk

I have a shiny new MacPro, dual proc, with four, one TB hard drives in it, running OS X Server on Mountain Lion. The first disk is the startup drive, the other three are simply empty, partitioned drives.
I am to be the sysadmin for this machine (and a half dozen Macbook Pros) for my organization. I don't want user data to exist on the startup disk on this machine. Right now, the only user that exists is my sysadmin account. I want the three non-startup hard disks to hold the user data. I think that what I want to do is map the /Users folder to one (or all) of the other three hard disks, and get that data off of the startup disk.
How do I change the location of the /Users folder?
Assuming this is possible, or desirable, the next question would be about RAID. I have not created any RAID arrays using disk manager yet (this Mac Pro does not have a RAID card).
Should I first create a concatenated RAID set from the three additional disks? I see no advantage to striped or mirrored sets, I will have a HUGE external drive for TimeMachine, and disk access speed is just fine. But, I think I'd want drives 2, 3, and 4 to act as one big drive. I think the concatenated RAID set is the answer to that.
Thank you,
Jess

How to relocate system and user data to another drive:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4337
http://chris.pirillo.com/how-to-move-the-home-folder-in-os-x-and-why/
I would only use TimeMachine as an add'l, not primary, or only method for backups.
How to clone your system:
http://macperformanceguide.com/Mac-HowToClone-backup.html
http://macperformanceguide.com/Mac-HowToClone.html
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/7032/carbon-copy-cloner
http://www.macperformanceguide.com/blog/2012/20120711_2-MacPro-internal-clone-ba ckup.html
With drives of 2, 3 or 4TB now why use three and the one time I used Apple's concatenate, no I didn't like the way it made use of drives. So I would either stripe or mirror, and maybe not even using Apple Disk Utility.

Extremely annoying problem with user folder name in windows 8.1

Here is the thing:
Friend of mine bought the laptop (very strong and expensive asus - republic of gamers) with installed windows 8.1 on it, but after a few days only I bought that computer from him because he didn't need it and he didn't use it at all!
But, his name stayed in the windows. I changed all user accounts names and everything which was possible to be changed, but when i go to C/users his name is still there on folder!
I can say it is very annoying because that laptop cost almost 3.000 USD and I still need to look at someone else's name in my user folder!
I tried to change "ProfileImagePath" in: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList\ .... but after that windows logged in as a temporary profile and I spend another hour to figure out
how to reverse the thing!
How is possible that some so basic and simple things can't be changed at all in newest windows??? Only because some name was entered first it's not possible to be changed ever again???? Seriously?
Not only this problem, there is too many problems with this windows 8.1! Too many! You definitely made the worst thing ever!
I am extremely unhappy and upset with this operative system! I,m cursing the day when i gave so much money for computer with crap called windows 8.1!!!!
Very very angry!!!
(P.S English is not my native language)

Hi,
According to your description, it seems that you have resolve that issue.
Not only this problem, there is too many problems with this windows 8.1! Too many! You definitely made the worst thing ever!
Please let us know what problem did you encounter? Please give us more detailed information in order to provide the further help.
Here is a overall guide for you to know well the Windows 8.1
Windows 8.1: frequently asked questions
No Karen, I didn't resolve the issue.
I asked very simple question how to change something so basic like user folder name in Windows 8.1
You know: "C:/Users/"user name"
All the links you are giving to me doesn't provide any concrete answer to this question. I spent hours and hours googling and researching about this question and only solution which i found is that i need to create completely new user account and delete completely
the old one, just to be able to remove an old name of user folder! Are you kidding me?
How is possible that such a basic thing is so complicated?
Is there any way to change folder user name in any other way because i don't want to create a new user account!
Simple question, but, like always, no any concrete answers - just some empty talks, and totally useless links and SPINNING IN THE CIRCLE all the time without the CONCRETE solution.
As for part of my post which you quoted, and your request for more informations in order to provide me further help, i just gave it to you again. I want to change user folder name. What you don't understand in that question?
UPDATE:
Ok, i came back to edit this post because i have a feeling that maybe you don't understand the question and giving me this link because maybe you simply don't know that when you go to:
Control panel/user accounts/change your account name... and change the name, and after that, when you go to C:/users, the folder with the user name still have an old user name. Which means that any changes in control panel or anywhere else doesn't make any
changes on C:/users/ folder itself!!!!!
In previous windows versions was possible to change it by editing "ProfileImagePath" in:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList\ ....
But when I try to do that in Windows 8.1, when I reboot computer it logs in with some temporary account, so i need to reverse everything to be able to use computer with the real account!
So basically it seems that is absolutely impossible to change user folder name in Windows 8.1, which is simply unbelievable!
I really think i explained very good now.

Users folder on CAS

I saw the posts from others regarding the Users folder on a CAS server. I understand that these folders are written when users log on through OWA and change their password; however I didn't see an answer to the question as to whether or not these folders
can be deleted. I would think that since the folders are empty, deleting them would be alright; but want to clarify first.
Thanks
Mary Cato

Hi Mary,
Yes, if users log on via OWA and change their password, the users' profiles will be created on the CAS server in this folder. It is not recommended to delete this folder.
Hope my clarification is helpful.
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Amy
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All user folder icons showing as generic folder icon

Hi all,
I have an issue where all the folders in my User folder are the generic folder icon (e.g. not the pictures, music, desktop specific ones etc).
This seems to not just be in my user area, but an issue with Finder, as when viewing my Mac mini's folders from my iMac (the iMac is the one with the issue), the icons look generic also. But on the Mac mini itself they're fine.

This only happens on the dock, when I set the managed preferences in WGM to show dock items like group folders applications folder, even the network home icon, (the little house), all these icons appear as question marks. If I follow this path from the sidebar like this:
network->servers->myserver->users->documents
or
I see that the users are saving their work on the server, this is really puzzling me!By the way, these are eMacs running 10.4.8.
This also may sound kiind of weird but when I click on managed preferences in dock items to add a group's folder and check the box an old folder from a deleted group comes up and not the group folder of that particular folder.

Best way to move Users folder off the boot drive

I read a couple of old threads regarding this topic, but I have some lingering questions...
I'm awaiting my Mac Pro. I ordered it with one drive. I plan on adding two drives in a RAID 0 array for data (which will be backed up regularly, of course) as soon as I get the Mac.
This is my first Mac, so I've got some questions (long time PC user as well as AIX & Linux user):
1. Is it better to move the entire /Users folder or just selected /Users/<user_name> folders? I'm thinking it's safer to just move selected /Users/<user_name> folders (e.g. my "everyday" accoun'ts home directory, other family members' home folders, and the /Users/Shared folder). That way, in the event that I have a problem with my data drive (a RAID 0 array), I can login as an admin whose home folder is still in the boot drive and I won't have any problems logging in as that user when doing maintenance.
2. Is it safe to move (and delete from the boot drive) the /Users/<user_name>/Library folder? Note that I plan on moving the home folders on a brand new Mac, but will things get messed up if I delete /Users/<user_name> folders from the boot drive once I've moved them to the RAID array?
3. Are there any ill-behaved programs that expect Users to be in the boot drive, so I have to create a /Users/<user_name> soft link that points to the actual folder in the RAID array?
4. I believe I found the steps suggested in Pogue's Mac OS X Missing Manual book (although it's in the context of moving the folder to an external drive). Basically, it entails running:
a. sudo ditto -rsrc "/Users/<user_name>" "/Volumes/<thenewhome>"
b. Then, in Accounts pane of System Preferences under Advanced Options, enter the new Home folder.
c. Reboot and delete the original /Users/<user_name>
Does this sound right? Seems really simple (much easier than in the Windows world).
Thanks.

Just wanted to clarify:
1. Mike Bombich's method entails moving the entire /Users folder to another drive so everyone's home is moved?
2. David Pogue's method (as described in the Missing Manual) only entails moving individual, selected home folders to another drive (and no soft links needed)?
3. It sounds like Pogue's method is preferable anyway (for the paranoid at least), so if the 2nd drive dies or needs maintenance, I can still login as a user whose home folder is in the boot drive?
4. So, if I use Pogue's method, all that is needed are the steps listed in my original post above, and nothing else?
Thanks.

User folder

Hi,
I have mistakenly renamed my user folder. The system has then created a new one, and for some reason my old user folder lies within the new one.
My question is, can I just open two windows and then rename the new, and drag the old into it´s right place, changing it´s name back to the original...?
I have the panther OS
- Hans

Hi Hans, and Welcome to Discussions!
One or more of these pages should help!
Recover from renaming your Home folder
Mac OS X 10.3: Return to Default Desktop, Apparent "Loss" of Home Directory
Mac OS X 10.3 Help: My home folder and desktop are different than before
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ali b

User folder size confusion

Hello
I'm in the process of cleansing my original Startup disc so I can swap the HHD with a SSD
I've moved across what I can to another drive and I'm now left with just the 'User' folder (my name), and inside that a 'Pictures' folder. This contains both Lightroom and Aperture catalogues.
My question is, if I right click on the 'User' folder the Get Info box pops up showing 201GBs, however, if I Get Info on the 'Pictures' folder, this shows 41GBs - where is the other 160GBs??
Many thanks
Steve

Once I understood your instruction - I found 160GB in Library
Many thanks - I will now delete some more...
Steve
Sorry - you answered my question - the other answer appear as I clicked 'this solved my problem'

Installing extensions in a user folder (not in a system folder) - possible?

Hello,
I suppose this is an old question, but I have not been able to find any answer in the forums (probably I used the wrong search terms).
If this is the wrong forum to post this topic to, please suggest me a better one.
Question: in the context of using the Java Plug-In, is it possible to install Java extensions in a user folder, rather than in the default location <javahome>/lib/ext ?
The background of the question should be clear: installing extensions to the usual location requires running the browser "As Administrator" under Windows Vista and beyond.
TIA to all volunteers,

de_facto wrote:
I mentioned the Java Plug-In, as the application I am referring to is in fact an applet.The Java Plug-In more recently applies to both JWS apps. and applets. In fact, JWS services can even be used in an embedded applet (they could be used in free-floating applets since Java 1.2). See [JNLP Support in the New Java Plug-In Technology|https://jdk6.dev.java.net/plugin2/jnlp/] for details.

How to Have a separate Users Folder on a separate partition

I've successfully installed Mac OS X 10.5 on the 20g partition of my 200gb HD (the other "blank" partition is 180gb). Great, so installation went smoothly.
The 20gb partition is named "sys".
The 180gb partition is named "root".
My dilemma, however, is that I want to have my folder (/users/username) on the 180gb parition (root) and keep ALL of apple's core system software and even all apple applications on the "sys" partition (where it is already installed).
Without the use of aliases, how can I have my user folder entirely on the "root" partition and all other mac software on the "sys" partition?
Thanks I sincerely appreciate any help in this matter as it would organize my file hierarchy immensely. Thanks

dstempfley wrote:
Speaking from a strong unix background and some admittedly limited Mac OS admin experience. I found another discussion:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5820852&tstart=0
The last two messages in the thread seem to be where the meat is. According to this you edit the fstab using vifs and add a mountpoint for /Users.
The thread suggests that you can put a random UUID, I'm not sure if I'd try that. I found the UUID for the partition using disk utility, Ctrl-Click the partition and open up the Information menu. The UUID is in the list.
Also you need to copy over the users from the existing /Users directory structure. The following thread discusses using rsync (the preferred method).
http://julipedia.blogspot.com/2007/01/install-mac-os-x-over-multiple-volumes.htm l
The thread also gives more information about the problem your trying to solve. I don't think it gets the fstab entries right for Max OS X. But you can try both methods and see which works best.
Hope it helps,
/Dion
dstempfley,
After perusing
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5820852&tstart=0
a bit, it appears as though I'll have to directly change the /etc/fstab file and insert references to the disk partitions without the use of labels.
Seeing as I want to solve this partition /users folder problem as well as further my knowledge of unix commands, anyone know any good references for deciphering what all the unix commands mean and what the acronyms stand for so I can understand, as well as apply, the commands? "man" is the only thing that comes to mind, and that is actually pretty extensive so I'll stick with that.
As for solving this..
"df -h" revealed
/dev/disk0s2 20Gi 11Gi 9.2Gi 54% /
/dev/disk0s3 166Gi 108Mi 166Gi 1% /Volumes/root
I'm aware line 1 = "sys" and line 2 = "root", but how and where do I apply the "/dev/disk0s2" versus "/" or "/dev/disk0s3" or "/Volumes/root"?
I think I'm going to want to mount the physical partition of /dev/disk0s3 to "/users/username" if that's possible.
I tried changing the home dir to
/volumes/root
/dev/disk0s3
and even
/volumes/root/users/username
but it still doesn't recognize anything other than the /users/username folder on "sys" as "home folder".
Also, I can access /etc/fstab.hd using cd and ls -al commands but I forget how to open and edit the file.
http://www.linuxfocus.org/English/September2004/article349.shtml
seems to answer some core unix structure questions I'm engaging.
From
http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/8300945231/m/972007530931/inc /-1
it appears that symbolic links arent' the way to go either.
http://macosx.com/forums/unix-x11/19249-changing-mount-point-volume.html
shows someone trying to mount an external drive in the home directory.
Also where is fstab (not fstab.hd)?? only fstab.hd shows up in /etc with the "ls -al" command.
A very advanced discussion on creating a customized mountpoint system is detailed here
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20021011053443661.
This article on creating a dynamic fstab file with user ids could be useful, too:
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20030227194830916
This article targets creating a home folder on a seperate partition:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=116491&highlight=moveuserpartition.
Where wrldwzrd89's post details the process, but users a symbolic link.
Jeez, with all the long convoluted forum postings on people trying to accomplish the same objective as I'm doing, you'd think apple would make this easier to do; loading your home folder on a seperate partition isn't "that" advanced of a preference! lol.
This is as of yet still unresolved.

Users Folder. HELP

My users folder size is calculated at almost 13 GB. There is nothing really in there that I can tell. I noticed because I am running out of hard drive space. After trashing and emptying 7 GB worth of stuff my hard drive only regained about a gig. HELP. Someone.

The icon that looks like a house is your homespace. It should be named the same as your username. I'm not sure why the file is locked though. Did you look inside your homespace to see what was taking up the 12.4 GB? Generally its people's music or picture folder, depending whether they have a lot of pictures or songs. If you don't have anything that's unnecessary in your homespace I would recommend getting an external drive (personally I like the firewire powered ones 'cause then I don't have to worry about having an extra outlet). If you have any questions about something that seems to big, don't hesitate to ask. HTH.
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