Macos: Can't activate fonts

[daggett_b]

My system

• macos 26.7.
• FontBase 2026.5.23

After updating to macos 26.7 I can’t activate any local fonts or remote fonts (e.g. Google).
I tried resetting folder/file permission in System Settings > Full Disk Access or via Terminal (chmod 777). Changes in Terminal get automatically reset.
Also, I tried a new installation of FontBase and deleting the settings folder in Library>Application Support.

There seem to be some security changes in macos 26.7 that won’t allow FontBase to activate fonts. There’s always the red alert box.

[daggett_b]

I did some digging in the forum and found a solution to my problem :

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