Perhaps try the commands in the following form. To see your setting:
defaults read edu.ucsd.cs.mmccrack.bibdesk BDSKGroupTableFontName and to reset it: defaults delete edu.ucsd.cs.mmccrack.bibdesk BDSKGroupTableFontName Christiaan > On 4 Apr 2023, at 08:50, DOIGNON Jean-Paul via Bibdesk-users > <bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > Dear Christiaan, > > Thanks for your very quick reply! > > The commands you suggest do not seem to work; see below copies from the > terminal. > > Here are some explanations on my situation. My computer was stolen in the > Paris subway. As I was using Time Machine only for my documents, I have to > reinstall all the apps on my new computer. > > Regards, > > Jean-Paul. > > > ================================================================== > > Last login: Sun Apr 2 13:48:19 on console > jpd@Jean-Pauls-MBP ~ % defaults read -app BibDesk BDSKGroupTableFontName > 2023-04-04 08:34:15.559 defaults[26519:616140] Couldn't find an application > named "BibDesk"; defaults unchanged > > > jpd@Jean-Pauls-MBP ~ % defaults delete -app BibDesk BDSKGroupTableFontName > 2023-04-04 08:36:02.834 defaults[26524:616984] Couldn't find an application > named "BibDesk"; defaults unchanged > jpd@Jean-Pauls-MBP ~ % > > ============== > > After moving BibDesk from the folder TeX to the folder Applications: > > > jpd@Jean-Pauls-MBP ~ % defaults read -app BibDesk BDSKGroupTableFontName > 2023-04-04 08:39:29.840 defaults[26576:619132] > The domain/default pair of (edu.ucsd.cs.mmccrack.bibdesk, > BDSKGroupTableFontName) does not exist > > jpd@Jean-Pauls-MBP ~ % defaults delete -app BibDesk BDSKGroupTableFontName > 2023-04-04 08:41:58.682 defaults[26582:620187] > Domain (edu.ucsd.cs.mmccrack.bibdesk) not found. > Defaults have not been changed. > > > >> On 3 Apr 2023, at 23:51, Christiaan Hofman <cmhof...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >>> On 3 Apr 2023, at 14:48, DOIGNON Jean-Paul via Bibdesk-users >>> <bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> After downloading TexShop, I could use it easily except for BibDesk, which >>> does not open (it keeps showing a ``spinning wheel''). This remains true >>> after a separate download of BibDesk from the sourceforge site. >>> >>> Here are some details on the setting: >>> >>> MacBook Pro with chip Apple M2, Memory 8 GB, macOS Ventura 13.3 >>> >>> BibDesk version 1.8.16, modified 30 March 2023 at 08:45 >>> >>> In the BibDesk.app info, I have set "Open using Rosetta" on, or out. >>> Neither case works, and each time I need to use Force Quit to close BibDesk. >>> >>> There is a report attached. >>> >>> Can anybody help me? I find BibDesk much useful, and would be very glad to >>> be able to continue working with it. >>> >>> jean-paul.doig...@ulb.be >>> >>> <Sample of BibDesk.txt> >> >> Have you changed the font of the group table? It seems to hang in getting >> the proper font in that table. >> >> Perhaps resetting it can help. You could do that from the command line using >> the command in Terminal: >> >> defaults delete -app BibDesk BDSKGroupTableFontName >> >> Perhaps you could first run >> >> defaults read -app BibDesk BDSKGroupTableFontName >> >> to see what it is set to, and report it here? >> >> Christiaan _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users