This article explains how you can clear cache in the Apple Safari browser on your Mac. Safari temporarily stores Internet files (images, web site pages and files, etc.) when you visit websites to reduce server lag so that you can view the websites faster in the future. In short, these cache files are useful in faster loading of the web pages.
However, you may want to delete your Safari browser cache every few weeks because:
- It will help you see the most recent webpage changes.
- It may fix some Safari issues, such as Safari freezing.
- It may speed up your Mac.
- It may help you free up space on your Mac.
There are two ways:
Follow the steps:
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The steps below will teach you how you can delete the browser cache in Safari using the developer tools.
- Open Safari on your Mac.
- In Safari, click Safari (menu bar).
- Click Preferences.
- Click the Advanced tab.
- And check the “Show Develop menu in menu bar” option.
- Now a new menu item will appear called Develop in the Safari menu bar.
- Click this new option, Develop.
- And click Empty Caches.
You can also delete the cache files manually by dragging them to the Trash folder. Here is how:
- First, we will open the Safari cache folder, which is located in the Library folder. The library folder is a hidden folder. Here is how you can open the Library folder:
- Go to Finder.
- Press and hold the Option key and while pressing the Option key, click Go and Library. (You can also, directly, open the cache folder in the Library folder by clicking Go > Go To Folder [Command + Shift + G] and enter ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari/ and hit Go.).
- Click Caches and then com.Apple.Safari.
- This will open the Safari cache folder.
- Delete the Safari caches by dragging them to the Trash folder. And restart your Mac.
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Whenever you download or create any given file on your Mac, it is instantly assigned a default application to open it, which you can easily identify by the file’s thumbnail in most occasions. However, double clicking on the file will open it in that application and that one alone.
If you need to open that file with another app though, you can right-click on the file, choose Open With and then choose another app from the available ones in the list.
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Here are two different methods you can use to achieve this:
Setting Default File Associations
Method 1
Step 1: Right-click on the file and select Other… from the available options. A dialog box will appear showing you all the applications that might be able to open the file.
Step 2: Select one application from among the list and make sure to check the Always Open With checkbox. Once you do, click Open. The file will open in the application you chose and from then onwards, all files of that type will have that application set as their default.
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Tip: If the application you want is greyed out, select All Applications from the Enable: drop down menu.Method 2
Step 1: Right-click on the file and select Get Info to bring up the file’s information panel. Alternatively, you can just press the keyboard shortcutCommand + I.
Step 2: On that panel, look for the Open with: section and select another application from the drop down menu. Once you do, click the Change All… button below for all files of that type to open with your selected application from then onwards.
Also note that if no other application is available on the list, you can still choose Other… to bring up the same dialog box mentioned previously and follow from there.
Removing Default File Associations
There might be times when a file is associated with the wrong application or you simply want a certain kind of file not to be associated with any particular application, like when you want to manually choose the app to open them for example.
To do this in just a few clicks, you need to download a small, simple Preference Pane Extension called RCDefaultApp. Head to this website to download it. Uninstall open apps on mac. Once you do, install it.
Once you install it and open it, go to the Extensions tab and scroll across all the available file types there until you find the one that you want to make “neutral”. Once you find it, you will see the app set for it as the default one to open those types of files. Click on that same drop down menu to reveal its options and select disable.
Once you are done, all the files of the type you chose will be “neutral” and ready for you to assign them to an application or to open them with any app you choose.
That’s it for this entry. Hope you find these tips useful!
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