![]() Volume re-indexing may take minutes to several hours. This is recommended ONLY if you understand fully the contents of /.Spotlight-V100. This feature will purge all Spotlight indexes without a forced rebuild. NOTE: Please use this feature (Reset Spotlight) with caution. This has been added due to some intermittent unresponsiveness when searching network volumes for some of my MCX clients. I have recently added an option which purges spotlight indexes on startup volume from /.Spotlight-V100. Empowering users with tools to remain productive is what I'm all about. Especially as a sysadmin with non-admin users experiencing font cache issues. I take no responsibility for any products of misuse.įontNuke has been an indispensible tool for me. On top of the fact I like free things, so hey.why not keep it free! If FontNuke is useful to anyone else, please-help yourself. I created this application as a tool for my personal use at the office, and has become very useful for me. ![]() I made this application for myself, and I'm just posting it here to share. FontNuke is a free utility application for Mac OS X 10.4.x+ (Tiger, Leopard, Snow Leopard, Lion, Mountain Lion, Mavericks) that removes corrupt and troublesome font cache files. That gets old fast, so rather than continue to work that way, I assembled FontNuke. I formerly had shell scripts installed on my clients, and would log in via SSH, then execute my cache removal script each and every time the clients had a font issue. FontNuke removes system font caches (Mac OS X font cache files), Adobe font caches (*.lst), Microsoft Office font caches, and now also (as of version 1.1.9) ALL versions of QuarkXPress font cache files. To grant individual non-admin users the ability to remove font cache files, without my involvement-is HUGE! Not to mention intelligent application quitting, plus a GUARANTEED reboot, makes my life easier. ERRR! Having the aforementioned as part of my daily grind, enough is enough and frustration sets in! So I made a tool to make my life easier.įontNuke is a free utility application for Mac OS X 10.4.x+ (Tiger, Leopard, Snow Leopard, Lion, Mountain Lion, Mavericks) that removes corrupt and troublesome font cache files. In addition, if you deal a lot with fonts or if you are a very careful person who keeps a tidy system at all times, the possibility of your fonts giving up on you still exists.Īll things taken into consideration, FontNuke has proved itself to be a useful utility, that, in certain situations, will make your day a lot more productive by saving you the trouble of manually removing your corrupt font caches.Quote A FREE tool for removing font cache files on Mac OS X Mac OS X. A must-have utility that will make your life easier if you use apps that use fonts heavily ![]() We would recommend caution regarding the usage of this feature because all who would want to use it should fully understand what the contents of the “/.Spotlight-V100” directory are used for, considering the fact that once you clear it, the Spotlight app will most probably start indexing your hard drives from scratch. What’s more, FontNuke has another ace up its sleeve, in the form of the “Reset Spotlight” feature that will purge all Spotlight indexes on volume start-up from the “/.Spotlight-V100” folder, without a forced rebuild. In addition, FontNuke will remove not only Mac OS X cache files, but also Adobe font caches, with the extension “*.lst”, Microsoft Office font caches and all versions of QuarkXpress font caches files. x+ (Tiger, Leopard, Snow Leopard, Lion, Mountain Lion, Mavericks, Yosemite, El Capitan, Sierra) that removes corrupt and troublesome font cache files. Additional support for multiple cache file format removal ![]() Keep in mind that,for it to work properly, you will need to reboot your Mac in order for FontNuke to figure out and resolve all your font related issues automatically. When you first start the application, it is clear that FontNuke isn’t the kind of utility designed to have all the extra bells and whistles, but a straightforward and specialized app created with a single reason in mind.įurthermore, FontNuke will let you fix various font cache problems via a fast and straightforward workflow. Possible life-saver "one trick pony" application with a minimalist interface Problems with font caches can be annoying sometimes and, for this exact reason, FontNuke was born as a free utility that will delete or remove troublesome and corrupt font cache files, thus enabling your fonts to be successfully loaded in word processing apps. ![]()
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