Curious if others have had trouble with the newer version of FontExplorer. I used the old free version since it came out and it worked perfectly for what I do. The last year or so when I upgraded my OS to Yosemite I would get bug messages, but they didn't really pose a problem. A few months ago I upgraded to the X Pro version. I'm finding the Clear Cache tools for the FontExplorer Font Folder and for applications doesn't really do anything. In the past it would take a deleted font out of the FontExplorer Fonts Folder. Now when I look there they haven't moved. I've been finding an older version of a font where I even manually deleted from that Fonts Folder still showing up even after rebooting. This makes it very difficult when I'm trying to fix issues with a font and cannot clear caches properly. I'm wondering if Font Explorer has a secret cache folder somewhere.
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I did a search using just Fontexplorer and it shows a metadata cache for fonts. at the bottome it lists the font by name, but in the actual file it's by number only. Since this is a Metadata font cache I'm not sure if that's an actual font or not, but I'm thinking not.
For me their was conflicting issues among updates with Apple, Adobe that effected plug-in software as each issue resulted each company blaming the other when they updated their software if their software had issues.
You can find a link to an article here http://www.macworld.com/article/2943494/cause-and-plug-in-developer-effect-of-the-adobe-creative-cloud-ecosystem.html
However touch wood macOS Sierra it seems to be working ok. I do find FontExplorer can't handle too many fonts that creates issues in Adobe Illustrator and InDesign. And using fonts in Photoshop forget it loading is a nightmare. I keep it below 1000 fonts installed.
This handy site that helped me, explain clearing cache
http://www.everythingmacintosh.com/tech-notes/clean-your-font-caches-with-fontexplorer-x/
If anyone has any other font management systems let me also.
Not having a lot more than 1000 activated fonts is probably wise, although I have often been around 1500.
The other serious font management app is Extensis Suitcase, which is mostly what I use, although I have flirted with Font Explorer as well.
Not that I use type in Photoshop (that's a topic for another day) there have been cases which I had to use type for quickness sake. Since updating the Mac OS Photoshop and Font Manager the performance is slow compared to my other MacBook that is on an older version of OS, Photoshop works harmoniously with Font Explorer.