NullUnit
Level 1
(114 points)
Q: console has no window (Yosemite)
The Console opens... shows the preferences, about windows.. appears to be operating. But there are no windows. Nothing to read.
I tried using File > Open Recent or File > Open Quickly and although all those options are present.. no windows open. Even File > New Log Window does not open a window. The app appears to be running fine.. just zero windows.
Tried dragging a file from ~Library/Logs/ to the (running) Console app... no window.
Already trashed the ~Library/preferences/com.apple.Console.plst...... no help. Repaired permissions from recovery boot.. no help.
Any idea why the Console app has no windows?
I just reinstalled OS10.10.5 two days ago... and all was running great... now this out of the blue.
NullUnit
Level 1
(114 points)
Solved....
In an effort to remove the dozens of horribly hideous fonts installed with OS10.10 I had paired down the `Fonts` folders. Seems I removed a font from System/Library/Fonts that the Console requires. Once fonts were restored, the Console opens windows again.
This was solved by opening var/logs/system.log in a text editor and checking the messages. There was an NSFont error when launching Console.
I wish Apple would release a list of required fonts in all locations -- Library/Fonts, ~/Library/Fonts, - and System/Library/Fonts. Just not a fan of a couple dozen fonts I'll never user cluttering up font menus in applications.
