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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

#68479 — Re: Google Chrome takes 6 GB of my hard disk

On Sunday, 10 November 2013 23:08:16 UTC, Juan I. Cahis  wrote:
> Dear friends:
> 
> Cleaning my Mac, I discovered that Google Chrome Browser takes 6 GB of my
> hard disk. Is this OK?
> 
> I use it very seldom. 
> 
> -- 
> Enviado desde mi iPad usando NewsTap, Juan I. Cahis, Santiago de Chile.

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.

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#68482

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>

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#68486

On 2015-01-17 15:06:16 +0000, Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> said:

> 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 don't have that problem with Chrome. I have version 39.0.2171.99 
installed and no others hidden away. The total file size is 375.8 MB.
I only use Chrome as a host for the Hola VPN so I can access the BBC 
iPlayer & content here in California. That works just fine for me.

-- 
Regards,

Savageduck

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#68489

On 2015-01-17, Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:
> On 2015-01-17 15:06:16 +0000, Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> said:
>
>> 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 don't have that problem with Chrome. I have version 39.0.2171.99 
> installed and no others hidden away. The total file size is 375.8 MB.
> I only use Chrome as a host for the Hola VPN so I can access the BBC 
> iPlayer & content here in California. That works just fine for me.

Don't ask me. I'm just reporting what I've read in the past. Perhaps
this was a behavior that more recent versions do not exhibit due to a
bug fix, or perhaps a preference setting is able to prevent the buildup.
*shrug*

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#68492

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.

As noted the last time this _really_ old thread was resurrected ... see 
post iceman was replying to....

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  determined by what remains after your
  bad habits are subtracted from your good ones."
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#68494

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.

> As noted the last time this _really_ old thread was resurrected ... see 
> post iceman was replying to....

Yet diceman's post isn't very old, is it?

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#68497

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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