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      13th November 2011
Is there any 'safe' way to disable Font Book so that I can use Font Agent Pro exclusively for managing my fonts with Lion 7.2?

 
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      13th November 2011
Its just an App, back it up and then delete it.
 
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Won't let me do it; says its required for the OS.
 
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      13th November 2011
Trash message says:

"Font Book.app" can't be modified or deleted because it's required by Mac OS X.
 
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      13th November 2011
Right Click on a Font File, Get Info

In the Open With section change Font Book to Font Agent Pro.

Click Change All... should do it.
 
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Yah lost me on that one Kaveman. I've over 13,000 fonts....not sure what you're telling me to do when you say "Right Click on a Font File, Get Info...

Which font/which library?
 
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Any Font File. This is making a change to the whole Mac, telling it to use Font Agent Pro to open when you open a Font. It easy to undo so its worth a try, the key is to click the Change All... button.
 
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