Disable Safari cacheing for good

MacPC · 01-17-2013, 07:59 AM

Hi, I am using Mountain Lion 10.8.2 with Safari 6.0.2.

I am wodetring how I can disable Safari cache once and for all. I checked Develp-> Disable Cache, but it only seem to work while Safari is still open, once I quit Safari and restart again, I will have to re-check it. I went through the Preferences, and did not see any options to turn cache off, is there a plist or something I can set to turn it off permanently?

Thanks.

benwiggy · 01-17-2013, 08:30 AM

Can I ask why? Caching is generally a good thing, and if you have some problem with Safari, there may be another solution.

MacPC · 01-17-2013, 08:49 AM

Good or bad is relative and subjective. Depends on how you use it.

acme.mail.order · 01-17-2013, 09:16 AM

For the average user, caching is good. For developers, it's slightly less desirable than having the Kraken at a pool party.

The nuclear option for disabling caching is symlinking Safari's cache.db file to /dev/null. I did this with Chrome's cache, no complaints so far.

DeltaMac · 01-17-2013, 09:38 AM

I don't speak for benwiggy, but your OPINION about caching is not really at issue.
The reality is that caching generally improves the performance of both the system, and specific apps - and particularly for web browsing. That's the Good Thing™ that benwiggy was referring to.
If you are having browsing performance issues, then that could be related to either app or system caches - or maybe not related to caches at all.
What kind of Safari issues are you having that you feel will be improved by _permanently_ disabling Safari's caches?

MacPC · 01-17-2013, 09:57 AM

Precisely what acme.mail.order pointed out. I agree caching is good for day to day browsing and I have not issue with it. But on my development machine when I need to test and debug CSS, it becomes an issue.

Thanks acme.mail.order for the useful reply, I will give it a try

01-17-2013, 07:59 AM	#1
MacPC Prospect Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 21	Disable Safari cacheing for good Hi, I am using Mountain Lion 10.8.2 with Safari 6.0.2. I am wodetring how I can disable Safari cache once and for all. I checked Develp-> Disable Cache, but it only seem to work while Safari is still open, once I quit Safari and restart again, I will have to re-check it. I went through the Preferences, and did not see any options to turn cache off, is there a plist or something I can set to turn it off permanently? Thanks.

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01-17-2013, 08:30 AM	#2
benwiggy League Commissioner Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 5,071	Can I ask why? Caching is generally a good thing, and if you have some problem with Safari, there may be another solution.

01-17-2013, 08:49 AM	#3
MacPC Prospect Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 21	Good or bad is relative and subjective. Depends on how you use it.

01-17-2013, 09:16 AM	#4
acme.mail.order League Commissioner Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tokyo Posts: 6,057	For the average user, caching is good. For developers, it's slightly less desirable than having the Kraken at a pool party. The nuclear option for disabling caching is symlinking Safari's cache.db file to /dev/null. I did this with Chrome's cache, no complaints so far.

01-17-2013, 09:38 AM	#5
DeltaMac League Commissioner Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 7,998	I don't speak for benwiggy, but your OPINION about caching is not really at issue. The reality is that caching generally improves the performance of both the system, and specific apps - and particularly for web browsing. That's the Good Thing™ that benwiggy was referring to. If you are having browsing performance issues, then that could be related to either app or system caches - or maybe not related to caches at all. What kind of Safari issues are you having that you feel will be improved by _permanently_ disabling Safari's caches?

01-17-2013, 09:57 AM	#6
MacPC Prospect Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 21	Precisely what acme.mail.order pointed out. I agree caching is good for day to day browsing and I have not issue with it. But on my development machine when I need to test and debug CSS, it becomes an issue. Thanks acme.mail.order for the useful reply, I will give it a try