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If you are unsure about deleting cache content then make backups. You

should find you never need them as the caches rebuild themselves over time.

4

More caches

Now repeat step 1, but this time type

~/Library/Caches (no ~ this time) to find

more caches to clear out. As before, delete

all the inner content and restart your Mac.

1

Open Preferences

In Finder, press Cmd+N to open a new

Finder window and then click on the ‘Go’

menu and select the ‘Go to Folder’ option.

5

Clear Safari cache

To clear out your Safari cache, go

to Safari>Preferences and click on the

‘Advanced’ tab. Now enable the ‘Show

Develop menu in menu bar’ option.

2

Format the text

You will now need to manually type in

the folder location. Type ~/Library/Caches

and then hit Enter to proceed to this folder.

6

Use Develop menu

Now you need to click on the new

‘Develop’ menu and select the ‘Empty

Caches’ option. Once done, quit and then

restart Safari.

3

Adjust the size

You can now go through and clear out

the contents of each folder, but keeping

the actual main folders themselves.

As we use our Macs, small files are stored

in cache folders that speed up certain

processes. For example, Safari keeps

copies of website images so that the

loading times are reduced the next time

you visit that site. Over time though, these

caches get rammed and so it is good

practice to clean them out and then allow

them to rebuild themselves. After all, it may

be keeping images of sites you are unlikely

to visit again.

In this walkthrough we show you how to

clean out your caches and help speed up

your Mac.

Clear out

your caches

Remove the clutter that

builds up over time

Use stacks

If your desktop is a jumbled

mass of folders, files and

documents then it can affect the

performance of your machine.

Thankfully, macOS Mojave has

a feature that helps to reduce

your desktop clutter – Stacks. To

enable it, simply right-click on

your desktop and then choose

the ‘Use Stacks’

option. You

can then just

click on a stack

to reveal its

contents.

Reset your PRAM

Resetting your parameter

random access memory

(PRAM) can be an effective

means of improving the

performance of your

Mac, especially if it’s a

MacBook. To do this, shut

down your Mac, reboot it

and then press and hold

Cmd+Alt+P+R until the

computer restarts and you

hear the startup chime for

the second time. Now simply

release the keys and let your

Mac finish booting up.

If you drag

cache content

to the Trash,

remember to

empty it!