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Where Does Finder Store Its Thumbnails?
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<blockquote data-quote="mac57" data-source="post: 221508" data-attributes="member: 17052"><p>Hmmm... The /Library/Caches thing looks about right - I see that one of these items is owned by my userid and is over a 1 MB already (only had this Mac for three weeks!). However, I tested it out by opening a new folder of over 100 photos that I have never looked at on this Mac. I could see it generating the thumbnails. I checked the size of the /Library/Caches/com.apple.LaunchServices items before and after. Unfortunately, no change, and so that can't be where it is storing them. </p><p></p><p>Finder's plist looks way too small (less than 4K) for this sort of usage. Anyway, ditto on the size change test after viewing new pictures. As well, isn't a plist a preferences list? Wouldn't I lose all my window settings if I deleted this?</p><p></p><p>Back to the drawing board?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mac57, post: 221508, member: 17052"] Hmmm... The /Library/Caches thing looks about right - I see that one of these items is owned by my userid and is over a 1 MB already (only had this Mac for three weeks!). However, I tested it out by opening a new folder of over 100 photos that I have never looked at on this Mac. I could see it generating the thumbnails. I checked the size of the /Library/Caches/com.apple.LaunchServices items before and after. Unfortunately, no change, and so that can't be where it is storing them. Finder's plist looks way too small (less than 4K) for this sort of usage. Anyway, ditto on the size change test after viewing new pictures. As well, isn't a plist a preferences list? Wouldn't I lose all my window settings if I deleted this? Back to the drawing board? [/QUOTE]
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