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November 21, 2009
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How do I delete temporary Photoshop files?

  • November 21, 2009
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I'm using a friend's Mac and in Photoshop, every so often it keeps telling me that the scratch disk is almost full and can't perform actions til I get rid of things on the computer. I delete misc files but after a while it keeps happening - i'd rather just delete the Photoshop temp files instead of my friend's files. But I haven't been able to find it anywhere - where is this folder located? or what should i enter in a search?

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    You don't need to do this manually.

    You can purge the scratch disk:

    Edit-Purge-All

    You will lose your history if you do this (all undos).

    Basically you are running out of room on the system drive - not a good situation. I would talk to your friend about perhaps archiving some files and then deleting them. Or, buy a firewire drive and use that as a scratch disk.

    Don't delete your friend's files if you want to remain friends.

    pbc

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    Anonymous
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    November 21, 2009

    You don't need to do this manually.

    You can purge the scratch disk:

    Edit-Purge-All

    You will lose your history if you do this (all undos).

    Basically you are running out of room on the system drive - not a good situation. I would talk to your friend about perhaps archiving some files and then deleting them. Or, buy a firewire drive and use that as a scratch disk.

    Don't delete your friend's files if you want to remain friends.

    pbc

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    x_defectAuthor
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    November 22, 2009

    that was nice and easy - seems to be doing the trick. thanks!

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    x_defectAuthor
    Participant
    December 8, 2009

    Purging the files has worked for a while up til now, but it seems to be only a very temporary fix. After purging I can work in Photoshop for a little while, then I soon get another warning about the scratch disk being full despite that I've also moved/deleted tons of files from the hard drive and emptied the trash to clear up space. and I often get the warning popping up as I'm opening a file so there's nothing yet to purge..

    Is there ANYTHING else I can do to clear up scratch disk space?? I assumed that deleting files would clear up the most space but sometimes it doesn't even help and i still get the warnings..

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