Lecter
10-22-2007, 03:13 PM
In /Library, /Library/Application Support, ~/Library, and ~/Library/Application Support, look for folder names matching applications you no longer use, and delete them.
Your /Library and ~/Library folders may contain other folders that store components of third-party utilities. Look in Application Enhancers, Bundles, Contextual Menu Items, InputManagers, and PreferencePanes for any system enhancements you no longer use, and drag them to the Trash.
Third-party Dashboard widgets live in ~/Library/Widgets. Any widgets you don't use can go.
Applications use cache files to increase their speed and efficiency, and rebuild them automatically if necessary, so you can delete them safely:
—The contents of /Library/Caches and ~/Library/Caches, can sometimes occupy hundreds of megabytes of valuable disk space. Drag these files to the Trash.
—You can empty Safari's cache by choosing Safari -> Empty Cache (Command-Option-E).
—Safari stores favicons (those tiny icons that appear next to a site's URL in the address bar) separately from its main cache. To remove them, quit Safari and drag the folder ~/Library/Safari/Icons to the Trash.
Software that requires some component to be running in the background all the time may install folders in /Library/StartupItems. In most cases, you should leave this folder alone, but if you see anything there from software you're sure you don't use, delete it.
Your /Library and ~/Library folders may contain other folders that store components of third-party utilities. Look in Application Enhancers, Bundles, Contextual Menu Items, InputManagers, and PreferencePanes for any system enhancements you no longer use, and drag them to the Trash.
Third-party Dashboard widgets live in ~/Library/Widgets. Any widgets you don't use can go.
Applications use cache files to increase their speed and efficiency, and rebuild them automatically if necessary, so you can delete them safely:
—The contents of /Library/Caches and ~/Library/Caches, can sometimes occupy hundreds of megabytes of valuable disk space. Drag these files to the Trash.
—You can empty Safari's cache by choosing Safari -> Empty Cache (Command-Option-E).
—Safari stores favicons (those tiny icons that appear next to a site's URL in the address bar) separately from its main cache. To remove them, quit Safari and drag the folder ~/Library/Safari/Icons to the Trash.
Software that requires some component to be running in the background all the time may install folders in /Library/StartupItems. In most cases, you should leave this folder alone, but if you see anything there from software you're sure you don't use, delete it.