Where does Apple OSX 10.6.7 store Flash Temp Files

Report · Jun 04, 2011

Report · Jun 04, 2011

Users\Library\Application Support\Adobe\Flash (or Shockwave)

They are hidden by default though. Unless you use a pref pane like "Secrets" and can show hidden files, it may look empty.

Are you looking to manually delete them?

Report · Jun 04, 2011

No, Actually I was wanting to try and Capture the Flash to store and play at another time (I suppose as a side to this would be what kind of ease would there be in changing the file format from Flash to .... Say MP4? or other common video format?

Report · Jun 05, 2011

The way I do it is using a plug-in called DownloadHelper for Firefox. It saves the FLV wherever you want it. Then I run the FLV through Adobe Media encoder if I plan to use it somewhere else. If not I keep the FLV to play in VLC Media Player.

There is also a "converter" that DLH sells so you can convert the video right after downloading it. It's $30 I think, but since I can do it with AME which I already have, I couldn't justify the expense.

Report · Jun 04, 2011

As a follow-up to I_Know_Nothing_at_all (Are you looking to manually delete them?): I have used CCleaner for many years to clean lots of stuff on Windows. I just learned today that CCleaner for Mac is now available as a beta at http://www.piriform.com/mac (sorry, I don't know if Flash cleaning is implemented in the Mac version yet).

Report · Jun 04, 2011

CCleaner is good for Windows.

I've used AppleJack since 2005 on three different Macs, and I'll swear by it.

Message was edited by: I_Know_Nothing_at_all (Dang keyboard!)