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splitpea

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Oct 21, 2009
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When I try to open certain apps (especially ones that aren't 100% native, like Firefox or MS Office), I get dozens of prompts: "Microsoft Excel.app wants to use the font 'WhateverFont' on Volume 'MyHardDrive'... This font is not installed".

I can't remove all non-installed fonts from my disk because several of them actually bundled into web apps that I work with, not to mention floating around in the Library directories on my backup disks. What the heck is going on, and is there a way to get this to stop?
 
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