552: Notes, clefs, other symbols display incorrectly on Mac OS X.

If you find you can't see the notes, clefs and other symbols in Sibelius on Mac OS X you might want to try the following fixes:

Use the Font Book.

  • Run Font Book from your Applications folder
  • Select all of the Inkpen2, Opus, Reprise and Helsinki fonts using Command-click
  • Right-click and choose Disable Fonts
  • When asked to confirm, click Disable
  • Now right-click again and choose Enable Fonts
  • Now run Sibelius again

If that doesn't work, you can simply delete the Sibelius fonts and reinstall them.

  • Quit Sibelius
  • In the Finder, go to /Users/username/Library/Fonts and /Library/Fonts
  • Drag all the Opus, Inkpen2, Helsinki and Reprise fonts to the Trash
  • Empty the Trash
  • Now, download and install Scorch, which includes the latest versions of the Sibelius fonts.
  • Restart your computer and then start Sibelius

If that doesn't work, it is likely that the system font caches are damaged and need to be recreated.

  • Quit Sibelius
  • In the Finder, go to /Users/username/Library/Fonts and /Library/Fonts
  • Drag all the Opus, Inkpen2, Helsinki (Sibelius 4 & 5) and Reprise (Sibelius 5 only) fonts to the Trash
  • Empty the Trash
  • Download and install OnyX
  • Run OnyX and click Cancel when asked if you want OnyX to check your start-up volume.
  • Click the Cleaning button (with an icon representing a broom)
  • On the Fonts tab, make sure the System and Users checkbox is switched on, then click Execute
  • You'll be told that all applications will be shut down: click Continue
  • A progress bar appears as the font caches are cleaned. Once this has completed, click Restart to restart your computer
  • Once your computer has rebooted, run Sibelius again, and all your fonts will be back to normal.

Details

Product
Sibelius
Versions
affected
4.0 - 4.1, 5.0 - 5.2.5, 6.0 - 6.2, 7.0 - 7.1
Changed
07 Apr 2011

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