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Re: Google Chrome takes 6 GB of my hard disk

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On 2015-01-18, Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
> On 2015-01-17, Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:
>> On 2015.01.17 10:06 , Jolly Roger wrote:
>>> On 2015-01-17, diceman <james.roberton@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I just removed Google Chrome from my applications as it will soon stop
>>>> receiving updates due to the hardware no longer being unsupported
>>>> (I've an old 32 bit iMac).  (I've switched to Firefox now, and this
>>>> works well, even allowing me to continue to use a webclipper for
>>>> Evernote.)
>>>>
>>>> When removing the app I quickly noted it was occupying 30 'whatever'
>>>> bytes of disc space (I think I assumed it was Mb, right?).  Then when
>>>> I right-clicked to empty my trash, it loaded up a long progress bar
>>>> and very slowly ground it up.  I then knew I had made a request to
>>>> delete a vast file, something I hadn't expected (it was the only item
>>>> in the trash).  I checked my disc space and was amazed to have freed
>>>> up 30Gb!!  Astonishing!  How has this happened?  I used to regularly
>>>> clear the browsing history and cache (so far as I know, unless there
>>>> is some hidden stuff I don't know about).  I think it was installed in
>>>> 2010, and I clipped a lot of text content to Evernote, but the
>>>> Evernote app only shows 200Mb usage and all content is still present
>>>> after deleting Chrome.
>>>
>>> Google Chrome keeps older versions of the application indefinitely. So
>>> the longer you have had it installed, and the more updates that have
>>> been applied to it, the more space it will consume:
>>>
>>> <http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20120426095831578>
>>
>> I've been using Chrome since its inception and haven't had that issue.
>
> Some people have had the problem. Others have, obviously.

*haven't*

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Re: Google Chrome takes 6 GB of my hard disk diceman <james.roberton@gmail.com> - 2015-01-17 04:34 -0800
  Re: Google Chrome takes 6 GB of my hard disk Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-17 15:06 +0000
    Re: Google Chrome takes 6 GB of my hard disk Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-01-17 12:45 -0800
      Re: Google Chrome takes 6 GB of my hard disk Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-17 21:48 +0000
    Re: Google Chrome takes 6 GB of my hard disk Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-01-17 18:21 -0500
      Re: Google Chrome takes 6 GB of my hard disk Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-18 01:21 +0000
        Re: Google Chrome takes 6 GB of my hard disk Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-18 01:25 +0000

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