Hi all
I'm checking my HDD to see how much space I need for my upcoming rMBP purchase. I'm currently running 10.7.5. I found to my surprise that under the directory /User/[user]/Library/Containers/com.apple.preview/Data/Downloads there are around 80 GB of files being stored!!
It seems like full size copies of many of the files I have downloaded are being kept there. Including dmg files of Xcode and various other apps that have long since been deleted from my Downloads folder.
I'm guessing that Preview is generating these copies for use in creating thumbnails and Finder previews. Is this correct? Is there some way I can avoid this behavior? Is it safe to delete the files? Seems incredibly stupid that so much of my disk space is being wasted like this ...
I'm checking my HDD to see how much space I need for my upcoming rMBP purchase. I'm currently running 10.7.5. I found to my surprise that under the directory /User/[user]/Library/Containers/com.apple.preview/Data/Downloads there are around 80 GB of files being stored!!
It seems like full size copies of many of the files I have downloaded are being kept there. Including dmg files of Xcode and various other apps that have long since been deleted from my Downloads folder.
I'm guessing that Preview is generating these copies for use in creating thumbnails and Finder previews. Is this correct? Is there some way I can avoid this behavior? Is it safe to delete the files? Seems incredibly stupid that so much of my disk space is being wasted like this ...
