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juliamm
juliamm
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July 10, 2021
Question

Premiere filling up my disk

  • July 10, 2021
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Hi

 

Since the last Software Update, Adobe Premiere keeps filling up my hard drive when I use the software or try to render something. Same happens with Media Encoder. I already tried reinstalling creative cloud, resetting V-RAM and routing scratch disc, cache files etc. to an eternal hard drive with no effect.

I use a new mac Pro with OSX Catalina.

Can anyone help?

 

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lorenc_michell2797
Participant
September 1, 2024

C:\Users\YOUR USER\Documents\Adobe\Premiere Pro\24.0\Adobe Premiere Pro Video Previews

 

I just recovered 100+ GB of storage. xD

 

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Hutch Harris
Participating Frequently
July 15, 2021

Apologies if this is redundant, but are you sure you've actually moved your cache files location? I only ask because I went through this exact rigamarole on my last machine.
In Premiere, go to Premiere Pro > Preferences > Media Cache, and then set both Media Cache Files *and* Media Cache Database to your external drive. You can also set some management rules in the same panel, if you choose.

Another thing that might be helpful is using the OmniDiskSweeper utiliy https://www.omnigroup.com/more

It's a pretty easy way to get a look at what is on your hard drive, and where space is being taken up. Maybe it'll help you hunt down where Adobe is hiding these cache files & previews.

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    Michael Grenadier
    Legend
    July 13, 2021

    and you can revert to the previous version of premiere til this problem is sorted out.  I've attached a screen grab to show you how to do that

    juliamm
    juliammAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    July 13, 2021

    ...hmm. I'm working on a project with other people. They sent me files made with the newest premiere version. My older premiere version did reject to open these files. That was the reason to update...

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    Michael Grenadier
    Legend
    July 13, 2021

    what version are you working in?  You can revert to an earlier version of that specific update and the project file should probably open.

    R Neil Haugen
    R Neil Haugen
    Legend
    July 10, 2021

    What type of files, and in what folders?

     

    Neil

    Everyone's mileage always varies ...
    juliamm
    juliammAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    July 13, 2021

    Hi

     

    I checked the MEDIA CACHE and the MEDIA CACHE FILES in Library - Application Support - Adobe.

    Nothing seems to happen there. Haw can I find out with folder it is?

     

    J.

     

    Averdahl
    Community Expert
    AverdahlCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    July 13, 2021
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    Nothing seems to happen there. Haw can I find out with folder it is?


    By @juliamm

     

    In Premiere Pro, go to File > Project Settings > Scratch Disk. There you will find paths to different things and the one you probably want to check is Video Previews. Everytime you render the timeline to get the green render bar abowe the footage the rendered files will end up in the path specified under Video Previews.

     

    Maybe that´s what you are looking for.

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