Then copy/paste the Preferences file from the old Mac into the Preferences folder on the new one? That should cover all the bases. ![]() ![]() Why not simply use its installer to place it on the new Mac, into the same folder that you used on the old one. There might be an issue with Font Agent Pro (or, at least, the possibility that its installer may have placed bits and pieces of code into different places on your drive). ![]() So far as I know, there is no need to clone fonts. Copying is what you and I can do by dragging, etc. You asked about cloning vs copying: I believe cloning is done by reproducing a file or folder bit-by-bit, so it gets even hidden or “uncopyable” data associated with the file. Well, if you copy FAP and the FAP Fonts folder from wherever they are on your old Mac into the same folders/directories on the new machine, you should be fine. It's the 1295 fonts I have divided into sets by style: serif, sans serif, script, decorative, dingbats, etc.Ah. It's not the system fonts I'm concerned with. Then place the FAP Fonts folder in the same directory it was in, at the same level as before, on the new Mac. If you installed it in the ordinary way originally, the application will probably be in the Applications folder if not, put it wherever it was. (There may not be any missing fonts, depending on which versions of OS X you are talking about.)Ĭlose out of FAP Pro on both machines.So it isn’t trying to run while you are moving files around.Ĭopy the ~/Library/FontAgent Pro/ folder into the corresponding directory in the target machine.If you do not do this, FAP will get lost - it uses the full path name to locate files. Then copy the old set of fonts and place them somewhere, so can can copy over any fonts that are missing from the set installed by the new OS. Instead of that, I would let FAP do its thing that way, you will be sure to get the most recent versions of the System fonts. You can then copy your old ones into the new Fonts folders. If you turn that function off in Prefs, which seems to be the suggestion, it won’t do that. If you want to copy over those libraries (System Fonts (Home) and System Font (Library)) you should export them, copy them over to the new machine and import them into FAP.Left to its own devices, FontAgent Pro will automatically set up the System fonts, both main Library and your Home Library. Here's what they emailed if someone can clarify:īefore you migrate you need to turn off the preference for managing System Fonts on your original system. For example, if you placed the FontAgent Pro Fonts folder in a folder in your user directory called "All My Fonts", you will need to created that folder on your new system so that the database will have the correct path to your fonts. If you placed these folders in custom locations on your current install, you will need to recreate the directory path to that custom install on the new system. If you want to copy over those libraries (System Fonts (Home) and System Font (Library)) you should export them, copy them over to the new machine and import them into FAP.Ĭopy the ~/FontAgent Pro Fonts/ folder from your home directory into the corresponding directory on the target machine.Ĭopy the ~/Library/FontAgent Pro/ folder into the corresponding directory in the target machine. Here are the instructions below:īefore you migrate you need to turn off the preference for managing System Fonts on your original system. I assume you want to move your database adn fonts to a new machine and have them be identical. Here's what they emailed if someone can clarify: I thought I could export to a backup drive and then import from there onto the new Mac, like you do with ATM on a PC. (Is that the same or different?) The machine I want to have the sets on is a newer OSX and I want it to be a fresh install. I've never migrated before and I don't want to clone. I emailed them and got instructions on how to copy when migrating. There is nothing on the Insider Software FAQ about this. ![]() All the fonts, libraries, and sets will be moved to the new computer. The following technique works if existing libraries are restored or moved to exactly the same location (full path) on the new computer and if libraries are stored in the Home directory and moved to a different user's Home directory. From the FAQ at Insider Software (): FontAgent Pro uses full paths to identify font files.
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