How do I clear the cache on my MacBook Pro running El Capitan?
How do I clear the cache on my MacBook Pro running El Capitan?
MacBook Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11.6)
How do I clear the cache on my MacBook Pro running El Capitan?
MacBook Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11.6)
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Start a reply and then click the camera icon in the menu bar. That will allow you to select and add your screen shot in a reply. The other option is to drag and drop it into a reply. Copy and paste doesn't work.
When you were looking for the com.apple.Safari/Cache.db, were you in your user folder Library or the hard drive level Library? You need to be in your user Library.
Enter in user library see this article macOS Sierra: Library folder
Select all ( use command and A keys ) the contents of Caches folder and delete them ( command and delete keys ) , Into the trash .
Restart Mac and empty the trash .
Delete all cached content
It occurs to me that you might want to clear the Safari cache, not the computer cache. In that case:
Quit Safari. Go to Finder and select your user/home folder. With that Finder window as the front window, either select Finder/View/Show View options or go command - J. When the View options opens, check ’Show Library Folder’. That should make your user library folder visible in your user/home folder. Select Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari/Cache.db and move it to the trash. Reopen Safari and test.
Thanks, but "Content Caching" is not an option under "Sharing" with the OS I'm running (El Capitan).
I created a screenshot jpeg, but apparently, this forum doesn't allow attachments.
I was trying to figure out how to clear cache for Safari, but since it doesn't say that it's deleting the cache in the "Clear History" menu, I figured that it was leaving the cache intact. I checked the "Cache" folder, and there is no "com.apple.Safari/Cache.db" file in there, so clearly, what I've been doing is working. Thanks very much for all of the replies!
You are welcome. I'm not sure I understand, but there is no sharing option for content or caches.
How do I clear the cache on my MacBook Pro running El Capitan?