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denem

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7. Let me know how you get on.

Reply to a kennedy (Reply #6)

Thu Feb 16, 2012, 10:50 PM

Feb 2012

BTW, your Mac may feel slower for a while after clearing the caches - the caches get rebuilt. Then OSX should feel a nice bit zippier. If you rebuild the spotlight index, that will take some time to be rebuilt, but what you'll get is an up to date search, without remnants of files that are long gone. And, unlike Windows Registry cleaners, rebuilt from scratch actually works

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Friends were talking about "cleaning up temp files" and I was wondering do Mac [View all] a kennedy Feb 2012 OP

The MacOS has never been as bad about leaving temp files behind as Windows. eppur_se_muova Feb 2012 #1

Thanks, I've had my Mac for over a year, a kennedy Feb 2012 #2

If you are using Safari as a browser, RebelOne Feb 2012 #3

Woohoo another great idea..... a kennedy Feb 2012 #4

Here you go. Onyx - more clean up options than required for a Santorum rally denem Feb 2012 #5

Thank you sooooooo much.... a kennedy Feb 2012 #6

Let me know how you get on. denem Feb 2012 #7