How do I clear cache in Safari now?

Oh my God

In the first place I don't understand why the library is suddenly buried. I did not want to update to Yosemite in the first place but was forced to it during the its mess. Frankly think it is well below Apples usually high standards.

Anyway when I finally get all the way down to the library file that i the topic of this discussion the only thing I find that is actually names cache.db is some sort of read me file that I can't get access to anyway.

The file folders that are there are as follows:

com.apple.Safari.SafeBrowsing

Extensions (which appears to be some way for Norton to check sites

fsCachedData

Remote Notifications

Webpage Previews

I am guessing fsCachedData is the file I should actually dump.

Does anybody know?

I thought I would post this again to see if somebody knew which one of these files I should send to the trash. I think I really need to do this for a multitude of reasons. Did it for Mozilla which does not have anywhere near the cache that I have in Safari and my computer really did get much zippier just with that. Please help. Anyway the files I have In library/cache.db appear to be a little different from what folks have reported. I am sure some of them is the right file folder. Can anyone identify the right one?

In the first place I don't understand why the library is suddenly buried. I did not want to update to Yosemite in the first place but was forced to it during the its mess. Frankly think it is well below Apples usually high standards.

Anyway when I finally get all the way down to the library file that i the topic of this discussion the only thing I find that is actually names cache.db is some sort of read me file that I can't get access to anyway.

The file folders that are there are as follows:

com.apple.Safari.SafeBrowsing

Extensions (which appears to be some way for Norton to check sites

fsCachedData

Remote Notifications

Webpage Previews

I am guessing fsCachedData is the file I should actually dump.

Does anybody know?

Bumping.

I Don't have develop when I open advanced. I'm using an ipad mini. Just 3 categories under advanced: website data, java script and web inspector. I don't want to lose my history.

No one here has the right answer. 10 dot person or not, I've tried clearing the cache from the the library to the develop menu, IT DOESN'T WORK! I'm still left with 1.5 GB or more of cache crap! I'm convinced now it's a virus hiding in another part of my Mac. I just have to find it. When I do, if Link doesn't find it first, I'll let you know how to get rid of it. Sincerely, one dot man.

Goopin Dog wrote:

I'm still left with 1.5 GB or more of cache crap!

Why do you believe that cache files are "crap?" The purpose of cache files is to help your Mac perform at its best. They keep it running faster. By deleting cache files, you force your Mac to start rebuilding them from scratch, which slows it down... not to mention the fact that the cache files just come right back over time.

Ignore the caches. Pretend they're not there, and don't mess with them. DEFINITELY don't use any "cleaning" utilities that profess to speed up your Mac by deleting caches. If you are running tight on hard drive space, trimming out cache files is not an appropriate solution, since they'll just come back... you need to remove some of your data files or applications that you no longer need, or that you can move to another storage device.

Thank you, so much!

Thank you for your post.

you can also use a free application App Cleaner, that allows clearing cache files as well - https://nektony.com/mac-app-cleaner

Perfect! It seems with each new version of the OS Apple manages to tucking away items in hidden parts of the apps or OS. Appreciate the navigation help ;-)

Sorry but that's out of date and not useful. Read my specs again.