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all dictionaries are missing after updating to macOS Catalina

hi everyone


I recently updated my mac to Catalina and all my dictionaries are lost. I cant even find the dictionary files in the finder. just wondering if anyone else has ran into this issue because i could not find any related threads on the forum.


just to give you an idea, When i click on a word with 3 fingers, it shows no local dictionary available. i tried selecting the dictionaries from preferences but there arent any.


any kind of help would be highly appreciated. thanks




MacBook Air 13", macOS 10.15

Posted on Apr 26, 2020 12:02 AM

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Posted on Apr 26, 2020 8:13 AM

shafea9000 wrote:

hi everyone

I recently updated my mac to Catalina and all my dictionaries are lost. I cant even find the dictionary files in the finder.

i tried selecting the dictionaries from preferences but there arent any.


Yes— I have seen this before, a bug in the update process.


See this ref for a resolve:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/251223780?answerId=252467416022#252467416022

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Apr 26, 2020 8:13 AM in response to shafea9000

shafea9000 wrote:

hi everyone

I recently updated my mac to Catalina and all my dictionaries are lost. I cant even find the dictionary files in the finder.

i tried selecting the dictionaries from preferences but there arent any.


Yes— I have seen this before, a bug in the update process.


See this ref for a resolve:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/251223780?answerId=252467416022#252467416022

all dictionaries are missing after updating to macOS Catalina

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