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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1913966" data-attributes="member: 396914">Not sure why you asked about why restricted folders are in the Caches folder. Happens all the time. The symbol (circle with dash) tells you that you don't have access. In fact, by default the ~/Library folder is hidden, so that naive users don't go mucking about in it. Yes, you would get an error if you tried to delete the containing folder. You don't have permission to do that.CMM isn't spyware, it's just got a reputation for being over-aggressive at deleting stuff and has left some systems unbootable as a result. Supposedly it's better now. I'm not going to risk it, myself. If you want a third party cleaner, you can look at OnyX, by Titanium Software. If you use it, stick with the default settings and run it only after making a backup. You only need to do that maybe once every six months, or every year, max. [URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.titanium-software.fr/en/onyx.html[/URL]But before you do that, a question. Why do you think you need to clear the cache? What is triggering you to want to do that? The system will take care of the cache for you, no need for you to do anything. macOS isn't Windows.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1913966, member: 396914"] Not sure why you asked about why restricted folders are in the Caches folder. Happens all the time. The symbol (circle with dash) tells you that you don't have access. In fact, by default the ~/Library folder is hidden, so that naive users don't go mucking about in it. Yes, you would get an error if you tried to delete the containing folder. You don't have permission to do that. CMM isn't spyware, it's just got a reputation for being over-aggressive at deleting stuff and has left some systems unbootable as a result. Supposedly it's better now. I'm not going to risk it, myself. If you want a third party cleaner, you can look at OnyX, by Titanium Software. If you use it, stick with the default settings and run it only after making a backup. You only need to do that maybe once every six months, or every year, max. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.titanium-software.fr/en/onyx.html[/URL] But before you do that, a question. Why do you think you need to clear the cache? What is triggering you to want to do that? The system will take care of the cache for you, no need for you to do anything. macOS isn't Windows. [/QUOTE]

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