Get rid of TimeMachine and all related files?
How do I remove all aspects of TimeMachine from my HD?
Yeah, agree that I'd like options on these things, but the OS is aimed at iPhone 7 remote control users, not computer users anymore.
Anyway, to rid Top Sites & the annoying accumulation of stuff it stores, see this page...
http://forums.cnet.com/7723-6126_102-399559/disabling-safari-s-top-site-feature/
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by Mr. Gregg - 7/11/10 4:25 PM
In Reply to: Disabling Safari's Top Site feature? by ergo2
To completely disable Top Sites, go to Safari > Preferences > General
New windows open with: Top Sites
Change it to something else. Obviously, you can do the same for New Tabs.
(You'll also see Top Sites in the Show All Bookmarks window. Drag that up, don't stop when it first stops moving. It will be reduced to a thin bar.)
Now delete the Image Cache. Choose Safari > Reset Safari... and select Remove All Webpage Preview Images. Click Reset. Now go to YourUserName/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari and select the Webpage Previews folder. Press Cmd-I and click Locked. Now it won't accumulate a jpeg and png of every web page you visit. I saved over 500MB of disk space!
Or WZZZ's post here...
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2041659?start=0&tstart=0
Try this one? (From just after release of 4.0. Sorry, don't remember to whom the credit for this goes. Haven't tried it myself, but heard back it works).
cd ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari/
rm -rf "Webpage Previews"
ln -s /dev/null "Webpage Previews"
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kabb30 wrote:
i used time machine,
Ok, check
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