Safari 14 cache location

[nkurtar]

Does anybody know where is Safari 14 Cache located in Catalina 10.15.7? I would like to link this location to Ramdisk.

Any help appreciated.

 

[EmmEff]

Honestly, I doubt you’ll see the improvement you think you’ll see. Not worth the effort to customize the installation, which then may be problematic when applying macOS and/or Safari updates.

I am assuming you already have an SSD?

 

[nkurtar]

Yes I have SSD. Thanks for the help

 

[easy4lif]

I think it might be inside the library folder inside the user section. It’s hidden so you’ll need either an app to show hidden folders or find some way to see the /library folder inside the user section.

 

[nkurtar]

I enabled to view library in user section. Which directory under Caches is used for Safari disk writes?

 

[IowaLynn]

Your 2020 iMac? It should have an excellent fast SSD - and capable of 2500MB/sec range. No need. As to why Safari is you think slow and sluggish?

 

[nkurtar]

Yes I've got 2020 iMac and above 2500MB/sec SSD. I don't think safari is slow or sluggish. Just I thought wouldn't it be a good thing if I moved safari writes to Ram?

 

[IowaLynn]

Use to do that myself. Mac Plus 400k floppy RAMdisk. Later setting aside 10MB RAM for web cache. A large cache folder could in past make it slow with disk seeks to find files. A fast internet will also affect loading or reloading web content. I found that filtering ads can have a noticeable impact on page loading as well - can't use some sites and web in general with all the ads and their scripts. As well as how ads and ad servers are annoying. Firefox with NoScript was very helpful. But stopped using FF some time ago.

I just got the Mini, ran some speed tests with BlackMagic, absolutely blown away.

 

[tyc0746]

Yes I've got 2020 iMac and above 2500MB/sec SSD. I don't think safari is slow or sluggish. Just I thought wouldn't it be a good thing if I moved safari writes to Ram?

"Good thing" in what way?

RAM discs on a recent iMac/MacMini are about twice as fast as the SSD, but not sure you'd actually gain anything in real-world usage.

Mine from a late 2014 iMac 5k...

...and from a 2019 4k model.

 

[brianmowrey]

If Safari is open it is already working in RAM. That's literally the point of RAM.

Just look at Activity Monitor > Disk and search/filter for "safari." Very little disk activity while you are using it. Mostly reading. Tiny bit of writing.

 

[IowaLynn]

Also MacOS does a good job of using cache to store data content in memory. With 16GB I show ~3.5GB used as cache. A I would need is to page-fix ~/Library/Safari ?

 

[nkurtar]

OK Guys I decided that my thought is not a good idea. Thanks for your comments and help.