Mac OS: Cannot Move Damaged Font Suitcase out of Fonts Folder

When you attempt to move a damaged font suitcase out of the Fonts folder, an alert message appears. For example, trying to move a damaged font suitcase named "New York" to the desktop causes an alert box to be displayed with the message, "You cannot move 'New York' to the 'Desktop', because it is damaged."

Solution

Follow one of these procedures to remove a damaged font suitcase from the Fonts folder.

Create a New Fonts Folder

1. Open the System Folder.

2. Drag the Fonts folder to the desktop.

3. Restart the computer; a new Fonts folder is created within the System Folder.

4. Drag the known-good font suitcases from the Fonts folder on the desktop to the new Fonts folder within the System Folder.

5. Drag the Fonts folder on the desktop, which contains the damaged font suitcase, to the Trash.

1. Start up from another volume, such as a Software Installation CD-ROM disc, or another hard disk.

2. Open the Fonts folder containing the damaged font suitcase.

3. Drag the damaged font suitcase to the Trash.