Wonky GUI display and Uninstall / Reinstall on OSX

doodlydood · 02-21-2009, 08:33 AM

Hi there!

Love calibre, thanks to Kovidogyal for producing it; and encourage loyal users to make a donation to help in in continued development.

Today, after firing up the latest version of Calibre for downloading, I went into the preferences. Not sure what I changed but the format and display of the GUI has gone wonky. There is some semetic script in the dialog boxes, it shows a "tag" column that I can't remove with preferences, and an uninstall (remove from apps) and reinstall has no effect.

Question - How can I complete remove all Calibre settings and then install it again?

Thanks!

pilotbob · 02-21-2009, 11:06 AM

DO you have apptrap buy any chance?

Put the following in the trash..

~/Library/Preferences/calibre

~/Library/Preferences/net.kovidgoyal.plist

Then run it again... I'm pretty sure the above is all the config. Start it again and it "should" be like you never had it. It should prompt for your library location. Just point to your current library. No need to delete that at all.

That said, I have funky issues with the columns too. Try to size/rearrange the columns where the tag column is missing. I don't know what you mean by it shows/has a "semetic" script???

BOb

doodlydood · 02-22-2009, 04:14 PM

Bob,

Perfect - thanks for the educational tip, I'll bet the same works for other applications. ps - semitic (sp - should be semitic) script, i.e. arabic.

A.

pilotbob · 02-22-2009, 04:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by doodlydood

Bob,

Perfect - thanks for the educational tip, I'll bet the same works for other applications. ps - semitic (sp - should be semitic) script, i.e. arabic.

A.

Yep... that is the Mac conventions for saving stuff like this. I use AppTrap. It is a free "uninstaller" for the Mac. I put that in quotes because it doesn't really uninstall an app but it removes it's library/preferences files for you if you'd like. After it detects you have put an application into the trash it does its work. It display a list of them first.

BOb

ianxwin · 02-24-2009, 05:24 AM

Hi
had exactly the same problem. Solved it by changing the language in preferences to English from Arabic - do not know how it got set on Arabic.
Restarted Calibre and it was problem solved.
Ian

thibaulthalpern · 03-07-2009, 03:02 AM

I'm having similar problems but my language preference is not set to Arabic. I have in rough order, British English, English, Canadian English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese.

thibaulthalpern · 03-07-2009, 03:04 AM

Okay, removing the appropriate preference files solved the problem.

02-21-2009, 08:33 AM	#1
doodlydood Enthusiast Posts: 25 Karma: 182342 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Device: PRS-505, Kindle 3, iPad, Nook Touch, Kobo Touch	Wonky GUI display and Uninstall / Reinstall on OSX Hi there! Love calibre, thanks to Kovidogyal for producing it; and encourage loyal users to make a donation to help in in continued development. Today, after firing up the latest version of Calibre for downloading, I went into the preferences. Not sure what I changed but the format and display of the GUI has gone wonky. There is some semetic script in the dialog boxes, it shows a "tag" column that I can't remove with preferences, and an uninstall (remove from apps) and reinstall has no effect. Question - How can I complete remove all Calibre settings and then install it again? Thanks!

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02-21-2009, 11:06 AM	#2
pilotbob Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,832 Karma: 11844413 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Tampa, FL USA Device: Kindle Touch	DO you have apptrap buy any chance? Put the following in the trash.. ~/Library/Preferences/calibre ~/Library/Preferences/net.kovidgoyal.plist Then run it again... I'm pretty sure the above is all the config. Start it again and it "should" be like you never had it. It should prompt for your library location. Just point to your current library. No need to delete that at all. That said, I have funky issues with the columns too. Try to size/rearrange the columns where the tag column is missing. I don't know what you mean by it shows/has a "semetic" script??? BOb

02-22-2009, 04:14 PM	#3
doodlydood Enthusiast Posts: 25 Karma: 182342 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Device: PRS-505, Kindle 3, iPad, Nook Touch, Kobo Touch	Bob, Perfect - thanks for the educational tip, I'll bet the same works for other applications. ps - semitic (sp - should be semitic) script, i.e. arabic. A.

02-24-2009, 05:24 AM	#5
ianxwin Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Bath, UK Device: Sony PRS-505	Hi had exactly the same problem. Solved it by changing the language in preferences to English from Arabic - do not know how it got set on Arabic. Restarted Calibre and it was problem solved. Ian

03-07-2009, 03:02 AM	#6
thibaulthalpern Evangelist Posts: 478 Karma: 451808 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: California, USA Device: my two eyes, KLiiK, Sony PRS-700	I'm having similar problems but my language preference is not set to Arabic. I have in rough order, British English, English, Canadian English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese.

03-07-2009, 03:04 AM	#7
thibaulthalpern Evangelist Posts: 478 Karma: 451808 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: California, USA Device: my two eyes, KLiiK, Sony PRS-700	Okay, removing the appropriate preference files solved the problem.

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