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This article is from April 24, 2009, and is no longer current.

New dekePod: Trash the Cache

If you use Photoshop, then you probably browse your images with Adobes Bridge, which shows you thumbnails of your files.
The good news: The Bridge lets you preview images without going to the trouble of opening them. The bad news: Those previews result in large cache files that eat up your hard drive. Worse yet, they permit others to track what you’ve been looking at. Even if you’ve long since destroyed the original file, the thumbnail persists! Learn how to protect yourself–and maybe even save your job.
“When put to proper use, the powerful Adobe Bridge is a godsend,” comments host Deke McClelland. “But if you let cache files run amok, they can eat up gigabytes of valuable space and provide a (perhaps unfortunately) detailed history of your viewing habits. This eye-opening video shows several ways to locate, examine, and if necessary, delete all CS3 and CS4 cache files on your hard drive.”

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