[X-Newbies] Where does cache for web browsers reside in Leopard?

Jamie Kahn Genet lists at wizardling.geek.nz
Wed Dec 10 10:26:36 PST 2008


2008/12/10 Brian Durant <globetrotterdk at gmail.com>:
> I think I have found out part of the reason that I am getting hit by extreme
> system slowdowns on my G5 with Leopard. I haven't excluded the cache folders
> from the time Machine backup. Does anyone know where the cache for various
> browsers reside? I have found Firefox, but I mainly use Safari or Fluid. I
> also have Opera and Camino.
> Cheers,
> Brian

~/Library/Caches/Camino
~/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari
~/Library/Caches/Firefox
~/Library/Caches/iCab

...etc.

But it's simpler to just exclude the entire Cache folder in all three
Library folders, i.e:
~/Library/Caches
/Library/Caches
/System/Library/Caches

HTH,
 Jamie Kahn Genet
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