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My iBook was acting like it had some sort of virus:
-Every time I tried to open a Microsoft Office program, it would 'quit unexpectedly'.
-Trying to load pretty much anything other than news.bbc.co.uk (my homepage) would cause Safari to 'quit unexpectedly'.
-At one point I opended a Finder window and 1/2 the letters were missing from all the titles, for everything.
A friend suggested I rename the /Library/Caches directory to / LibraryCaches. I tried, but couldn't gain access. My friend then suggested I just delete the files 'since they are only Cached files'.
I know just enough Unix to be a danger to myself and my computer, and so I followed his advice.
Now, surprise, surprise, any program that had files is in the Cache does not work properly, and things have pretty much gone downhill even faster.
I know at a certain point I may have to re-install everything, but right now I can't even get my poor iBook to recognize my external hard drive so that I can back everything up.
Any suggestions and assistance would be enormously appreciated!
-Every time I tried to open a Microsoft Office program, it would 'quit unexpectedly'.
-Trying to load pretty much anything other than news.bbc.co.uk (my homepage) would cause Safari to 'quit unexpectedly'.
-At one point I opended a Finder window and 1/2 the letters were missing from all the titles, for everything.
A friend suggested I rename the /Library/Caches directory to / LibraryCaches. I tried, but couldn't gain access. My friend then suggested I just delete the files 'since they are only Cached files'.
I know just enough Unix to be a danger to myself and my computer, and so I followed his advice.
Now, surprise, surprise, any program that had files is in the Cache does not work properly, and things have pretty much gone downhill even faster.
I know at a certain point I may have to re-install everything, but right now I can't even get my poor iBook to recognize my external hard drive so that I can back everything up.
Any suggestions and assistance would be enormously appreciated!
Mac Library Caches Folder
iBook G4, Mac OS X (10.4.10)
Delete caches and save disk space Authored by: TigerKR on May 01, '06 09:34:10PM Just for reference, I will reiterate what has already been said about the long-term importance (or lack there of) of files in the /Library/Caches directory. Here’s how to clear browser cache in Chrome manually: Click the 3-dot icon in the top right corner of Google Chrome browser. Choose Settings. At the bottom of the menu, choose Advanced. Click “Clear browsing data.”. Deselect all, but Cached images and files. Timewise, choose All time. 2018-4-9 macOS Library Directory Details. The Library directories are where the system and your code store all of their related data and resources. In macOS, this directory can contain many different subdirectories, most of which are created automatically by the system. 2016-6-14 User Library: located at Macintosh HD/Users/youruseraccount/Library/ the one which you are most likely to need to be familiar with. It is the most frequently updated, as it stores application preferences, application support files, caches and much more.
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