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Re: Google Chrome takes 6 GB of my hard disk

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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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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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