Upgrading from 10.5 to 10.6 - login screen now shows glyphs instead of text

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Hi guys, had a bit of an unusual occurance when upgrading from 10.5 to 10.6.

The login screen now shows as this:

(excuse auto image rotation!)

I've tried running Onyx to clear the font cache but it hasn't fixed the problem. Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Ian

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6)

Posted on Mar 11, 2013 10:01 AM

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Reboot into safe mode, then boot normally.

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Magic thanks!

Out of curiosity what has that actually done?

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AFAIK, rebuilds the font caches correctly. I never recommend something like Onyx, since I don't know what it's doing behind the scenes.

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