I tossed some of the older ones and I guess they were old enough not to appear in the update window again. And some were items that maybe wouldn't show up in the update window in the first place. Well, at least I managed to get rid of some of these big "receipts". I'm a bit concerned tho - if their only function was to tell OSX what updates I did, I would think they would be smaller files... > this is how os x remembers what updates you did. if you delete them, > all those updates will appear in the update window. > sandor > > > On Saturday, November 8, 2003, at 06:15 PM, Video International wrote: > >> I have a whole bunch of "receipts" (in Library>Receipts) that take up >> a considerable amount of space. Is it necessary to keep any of these >> things? Many are for old OS updates, old security updates, etc.