
Old setup was a Dell Latitude hooked up to a Dell Ultrasharp U2415, one at home, and the other at work (laptop carried to and fro).īought a M1 Macbook Air, and am absolutely thrilled with the performance, and with the fluidity of the machine, and the intuitiveness of MacOS.
Note: If the font doesn't initially load into AutoCAD or is still noted as missing, try restarting your computer.Long time windows users transitioning to Mac.
Look for a newer release of the font online and import into the Mac Font Book or directly install into AutoCAD. Note: AutoCAD for Mac first creates a backup of the current settings and stores them at this location: ~home/Library/Application Support/Autodesk/Settings Backup. Repair the user profile by resetting AutoCAD to defaults (see How to reset AutoCAD to defaults). Once the process has been completed, restart the system. Note: The process will take some time, during which it will not be possible to use the computer. Click First Aid in the toolbar on the top. Select the boot volume on the left panel. Open Disk Utility from /Applications/Utilities. Some messages confirming the removal of registry files will be shown. Note: The password will not be shown, even as encrypted characters.
When the password prompt comes up, type the password and press Enter. Insert the following text and press Enter. Use the following steps to clear the font cache and repair permissions:. Use Font Book to verify there are no problems with the font file ( File > Validate File). Note: Fonts installed in the AutoCAD app folder will only be available to the program it was installed for, not other programs on the system.
Verify the font is installed on the system in the Font Book or in the AutoCAD font folders and install the font if missing (see How to install a font into AutoCAD for Mac). A system restart may be required for AutoCAD to load newly installed fonts. Solution: Try the following suggestions below: