Shortcut for Dictionary does not work

Yes, that's what I meant. I was hoping that when you hit the key combo while in Safari, where it ought to bring up the Dictionary, some sort of error message would be sent to the log. So if you had Console going, and had "Console Messages" selected in the left panel, hit the key combo while in an open Safari page, and no error message got posted to the bottom of the log....well, looks we're out of luck in the search for clues as to what is wrong. Too bad!

I have no idea whether the special Dictionary function would work when started in Safe Mode or not, but perhaps that would be worth a try. Won't hurt anything, and will run various cache cleanings and repair the disk too. Hold down the Shift key when you hear the startup chime. It takes awhile before you get the login screen, as the system runs the disk check. Once started see what happens, then restart normally and try again. This will sometimes fix odd problems.
Francine


Francine
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Try the solution posted by Apple Support for another problem related to the International System Pref. pane. Look at:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307354
It solved for me the problematic Dict. shortcut Comd CntlD in all Apple applications.
I wish you luck...

I had the same problem as HardWarrior, and this solution fixed me as well. I'm just curious - what did I just do to my computer?

This solution also fixed the problem on my Mac 🙂 Thank you 🙂