What is HistoryIndex.sk?

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What is HistoryIndex.sk?

What does HistoryIndex.sk file do?

If i delete it, does Safari recreate it and do i lose some data because i deleted it?

Message was edited by: Cande

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.1)

Posted on Jan 22, 2011 11:23 PM

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Answer 1

Jan 23, 2011 12:30 AM in response to Cande

Hi,

If you right or control click the HistoryIndex.sk then click Get Info it refers to Adobe Reader / Safari. My guess is it's the cache for Adobe Reader but it's very small in size, approx. 20 kb. You can delete it.

More about those types of file here.

http://www.maintain.se/cocktail/help/leopard/files/caches/internet.html

Carolyn 🙂

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Answer 2

andyBall_uk

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Jan 23, 2011 5:24 AM in response to Carolyn Samit

my guess is it's the cache for Adobe Reader

🙂

Given the location, in ~/Library/Safari/ you might think it a Safari file, and you'd be right.

Cande - from what one can see, it's an index of all the words in every page visited, an index of history...
It will grow anew if trashed, and can get to many MB. A new one will index existing history entries, but naturally can't revisit each page to read all the words - so by deleting it, you lose the ability to search previous history by keyword, only title & url instead.

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