Completely eliminate the browser cache in Safari
Feb 20, '03 10:07:00AM
Contributed by: ppatoray
After growing weary of constantly trying to reload images in Safari after making web page updates, I tried the following, and seem to have successfully disabled the caching of web pages in Safari:
- Delete the Safari cache folder. This should be in ~/Library/Caches/Safari/.
- Create an empty text document and save it as 'Safari' (no extension) and place in ~/Library/Caches/. I think just about any type of Document would work for this, just make sure the name of the file matches the name of the old folder, this way, a new folder can't be created by Safari when one is needed
That's it. I haven't seen any negative results so far!
[robg adds: In the terminal, you can create this file quickly and easily by typing:touch ~/Library/Caches/Safari
I tested it a bit this morning, and it does indeed seem to work fine and prevent the caching of pages.]
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