Private/var folder with 120GB in it!

[co88y]

after recently noticing a huge loss in GB on my hard drive i purchased whatsize to see where the memory had gone.

After a scan it picked up a 'Private' folder containing another folder called 'var'.

After searching this folder there is a 'com.apple.iMovie7' folder.

In that is a 'cache.db' file at a huge 120gb!!! can i delete this safely???

Any help would be greatlyl appreciated

 

[KingYaba]

You can delete it. 🙂

 

[co88y]

pheeew

Thankyou, just needed an outsider view if i could delete safely

I have deleted it and have now got my 120gb back too!!!

Thankyou

 

[alphaod]

Well if you were editing movies in iMovie and still working on it, I wouldn't have deleted it.

 

[Eidorian]

Is it still around after a reboot?

 

[co88y]

Well if you were editing movies in iMovie and still working on it, I wouldn't have deleted it.

I did have projects i was working on, and they seem to have not been affected.

Does iMovie usually create large files like 120gb whilst working on a project???

Is it still around after a reboot?

I havent re booted since deleting it!!

Would you recommend a reboot?

 

[applefan69]

I havent re booted since deleting it!!

Would you recommend a reboot?

sure, a reboot can NEVER hurt

I'd say that a 120Gb cache file is unusual, but maybe if u were working wiht LARGE high definition videos and lots of them, then maybe its feesable.