Moving fonts from Fontbook 7.0 to Fontbook 10.0 on Monterey 12.6.2

I recently had a new hard drive installed and am trying to access my extensive font library—which worked fine on Sierra 10.12.6.

Any suggestions appreciated. Thank you!

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Jan 4, 2023 11:56 AM

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guten_dog Author

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Jan 5, 2023 11:52 AM in response to Tom Gewecke

Yes, thank you for taking the time. I see that I can simply drag and drop them into the newer Fontbook. Sorry for my ignorance!

Tom Gewecke

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Jan 5, 2023 11:31 AM in response to guten_dog

Normally your fonts would be sitting in Library/Fonts or Home/Library/Fonts.

Did you back up your old HD someplace so that your font files are still available to be moved to the new one?

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