Deleting caches

[croe3]

if I delete all my caches by delelting everything in Library/Caches and in Users/*Your User Name*/Library/Caches, what will happen?

 

[rman]

They will be recreated as needed.

 

[croe3]

For real? That's awesome. my pc doesnt do that, no wonderc's blow

 

[louishen]

you can also use the excellent free MainMenu to clear caches and do other maintenance tasks

 

[Sherman Homan]

Just remember that those cache files are built for a reason. Deleting them will actually make your Mac run slower until they are recreated. And deleting them will not necessarily prevent any corruption problems. You're right, this ain't Windows!

 

[shahvikram123]

so what happens in windows when you delete your cache files? BSOD? just wondering…