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<blockquote data-quote="eric" data-source="post: 282653" data-attributes="member: 22327"><p>agreeing with zoolook.</p><p></p><p>also a word of warning. afaik some cache <strong>folders</strong> can't be rebuilt by the programs trying to access them, which may cause them not to work. so you can empty them, but it may be dangerous to delete them.</p><p></p><p>i can't say this with authority on a mac, but i can on windows. we once had an operator here who ran a script that was supposed to clean out the temp folder. he wrote it wrong and it ended up deleting c<img src="/mac_images/images/smilies/Undecided.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":\" title="Undecided :\" data-shortname=":\" />temp entirely. obvioulsy many programs were hamstrung, and hung or failed when trying to write a file to c<img src="/mac_images/images/smilies/Undecided.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":\" title="Undecided :\" data-shortname=":\" />temp. once i figured out his mistake it was easy enough to fix, but pretty weird at first.</p><p></p><p>can anyone attest to this happening on osx at all?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="eric, post: 282653, member: 22327"] agreeing with zoolook. also a word of warning. afaik some cache [B]folders[/B] can't be rebuilt by the programs trying to access them, which may cause them not to work. so you can empty them, but it may be dangerous to delete them. i can't say this with authority on a mac, but i can on windows. we once had an operator here who ran a script that was supposed to clean out the temp folder. he wrote it wrong and it ended up deleting c:\temp entirely. obvioulsy many programs were hamstrung, and hung or failed when trying to write a file to c:\temp. once i figured out his mistake it was easy enough to fix, but pretty weird at first. can anyone attest to this happening on osx at all? [/QUOTE]
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