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Where Does Finder Store Its Thumbnails?
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<blockquote data-quote="mac57" data-source="post: 221356" data-attributes="member: 17052"><p>Thanks coach_z. I don't wish to be contrary, but I am pretty sure that this is not the case. I have seen this occur, absolutely. When you go into a new folder of photos that you have not viewed before, you can observe Finder doing just as you suggest. BUT, on the next time you visit that folder, the thumbnails are there instantaneously - WAY too fast to be generated on the fly, which even on my machine you can observe occuring.</p><p></p><p>I have been using digital cameras forever it seems, and organize my own photo album, on a year by year basis. In any one year's folder, there will be several hundred photos. Finder instantaneously shows me the previews, and I can scroll around, page up and down, and there is no delay at all - they are just there. </p><p></p><p>Now, if I copy a new set of photos from my camera into a folder and open that, I can observe the thumbnail generation process.</p><p></p><p>I conclude that somehow, somewhere, Finder is stashing these things. I have read numerous posts with the same question, but no one seems to know the answer.</p><p></p><p>I hate the idea of a run-away thumbnail cache somewhere, and really want to track this down. Stuff like that can kill a machine eventually.</p><p></p><p>Any and all pointers much appreciated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mac57, post: 221356, member: 17052"] Thanks coach_z. I don't wish to be contrary, but I am pretty sure that this is not the case. I have seen this occur, absolutely. When you go into a new folder of photos that you have not viewed before, you can observe Finder doing just as you suggest. BUT, on the next time you visit that folder, the thumbnails are there instantaneously - WAY too fast to be generated on the fly, which even on my machine you can observe occuring. I have been using digital cameras forever it seems, and organize my own photo album, on a year by year basis. In any one year's folder, there will be several hundred photos. Finder instantaneously shows me the previews, and I can scroll around, page up and down, and there is no delay at all - they are just there. Now, if I copy a new set of photos from my camera into a folder and open that, I can observe the thumbnail generation process. I conclude that somehow, somewhere, Finder is stashing these things. I have read numerous posts with the same question, but no one seems to know the answer. I hate the idea of a run-away thumbnail cache somewhere, and really want to track this down. Stuff like that can kill a machine eventually. Any and all pointers much appreciated. [/QUOTE]
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