A few weeks ago, I posted a request to see if there was a better solution for audiobooks than using the stock Apple Books app on a Mac. Apple Books insists on filling the principal hard drive, and the GBs can really bloat with audiobooks. I've found a better solution (it's called BookPlayer, an app for the iPhone and iPad. You can transfer audiobooks from anywhere on your Mac, just like a normal file).
I have now deleted every audiobook from the Books app; there are just a few epubs and pdfs lurking on there. In theory, my Books app should now be eating up a few hundred MB's. But here's the hilarious thing: the Books container folder on my Mac (HD/Users/me/Library/Containers/Books/Data/tmp....) is a whopping 356GB. Inside is every audiobook I've deleted, even with the recycle bin emptied. They are just sat, perfectly organised in that temp folder. I've tried opening and closing books a couple of times, I've tried restarting the mac, and they stubbornly stay there.
I wonder if the size will reduce as I use the HD for other purposes or if I can simply empty it. As it is a hidden file, I'm loathe to do anything potentially destructive, but it is just a temp folder.... whaddya think?
I have now deleted every audiobook from the Books app; there are just a few epubs and pdfs lurking on there. In theory, my Books app should now be eating up a few hundred MB's. But here's the hilarious thing: the Books container folder on my Mac (HD/Users/me/Library/Containers/Books/Data/tmp....) is a whopping 356GB. Inside is every audiobook I've deleted, even with the recycle bin emptied. They are just sat, perfectly organised in that temp folder. I've tried opening and closing books a couple of times, I've tried restarting the mac, and they stubbornly stay there.
I wonder if the size will reduce as I use the HD for other purposes or if I can simply empty it. As it is a hidden file, I'm loathe to do anything potentially destructive, but it is just a temp folder.... whaddya think?
