User caches
User caches are caches created by Mac OS X as well as applications but belongs to the user. User caches are either ColorSync,
Dock, font, Java or QuickTime caches. ColorSync is built into Mac OS X and are used to calibrate your screen colors.
Caches related to font handling such as names of font files and character encoding are divided into subgroups
"Adobe System Incorporated", "Microsoft Corporation", "Quark, Incorporated". Font caches can
become corrupt which lead to problems. Erasing the font caches can solve font related problems. Clearing of the font caches
may cause the loss of font registration states and affect fonts activated outside of the standard font directories. New
caches will be regenerated from fonts installed the standard font directories (/System/Library/Fonts, /Library/Fonts and
~/Library/Fonts).
Dock cache is related to the Dock and can be erased to solve problems with Dock icons. Java caches are
caches created when running a Java applet in a browser, with Java Web Start or as an application. Clearing Quick Look cache resets
the Quick Look Server and all Quick Look client's generator cache. QuickTime caches are caches
of QuickTime movies viewed online. QuickTime's cache size can be set in QuickTime.
Available options
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User caches
/Library/Caches/com.apple.ImageCaptureExtension2.ICADeviceDatabase.UID
/Library/Caches/com.apple.ImageCaptureNotifications.DeviceDiscoveryDatabase.UID
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ColorSync caches
/private/var/folders/*/*/-Caches-/com.apple.colorsync.profiles.UID
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Dock caches
/private/var/folders/*/*/-Caches-/com.apple.dock.iconcache
- Font caches
/private/var/folders/*/*/-Caches-/com.apple.FontRegistry/
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Adobe System Incorporated
File system is searched for files named AdobeFnt*.lst and IllustratorFnt.lst.
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Microsoft Corporation
~/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Office/Preferences/Office 2011/Office Font Cache
~/Library/Caches/com.microsoft.browserfont.cache
~/Library/Preferences/Microsoft/Office 2011/Office Font Cache
~/Library/Preferences/Microsoft/Office 2008/Office Font Cache (12)
~/Library/Preferences/Microsoft/Office Font Cache (11)
~/Library/Preferences/Microsoft/Office Font Cache (10)
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Quark, Inc
~/Library/Preferences/Quark/QuarkXPress*/jaws/FontStubs/*
~/Library/Preferences/Quark/QuarkXPress*/jaws/FontStubs/EAFonts/*
~/Library/Preferences/Quark/QuarkXPress*/jaws/FontStubs/FontSet/*
~/Library/Preferences/Quark/QuarkXPress*/jaws/FontStubs/WesternFonts/*
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Java caches
~/Library/Caches/Java/
~/Library/Caches/Java Applets/*
~/Library/Caches/Java Web Start/*
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QuickLook caches
/private/var/folders/*/*/-Caches-/com.apple.QuickLook.thumbnailcache/
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QuickTime caches
/Library/Caches/com.apple.QuickTime.StreamingBandwidth
~/Library/Caches/QuickTime/*
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Temporary files
/private/var/folders/*/*/-Tmp-/
/private/tmp/