UPDATE: The terminal command highlighted below was corrected, at the request of the blog author (and numerous commenters). Apologies for any confusion. Are you in the habit of leaving your digital ...

Unlike PCs, which require manual maintenance to clear temporary file caches, the Mac's UNIX-based operating system is designed to automatically run maintenance and clear temporary files. Emergency ...

A file created by an application for its own purposes. In the days of limited main memory, temporary files were the only way to store large amounts of interim data that the application was generating.

Stump the PC Club is a free tech-advice column written by members of the North Orange County Computer Club, which has been in existence since 1976. Visit the club’s site at noccc.org. And don’t forget ...

If you've ever opened your Downloads folder only to find a ton of files you don't need, reader Márton Mészáros has a simple tip for keeping yourself organized: use your computer's temporary folder. If ...

When you're unable to view or add attachments in Microsoft Outlook, manually deleting the Outlook temporary files may help. Outlook creates these files whenever you view or add an attachment. While it ...

In Internet Explorer, it is possible to change the location of the temporary files folder (INetCache), this article will show you how. From this menu, you can change the space allocated to the storage ...

If you are a Windows 11/10 user, you might have seen the DumpStack.log.tmp file in your C drive. This file is located in the root directory of your Windows computer. However, it is not necessary that ...

Q: I keep getting a Windows message saying I’m low on hard-drive space which, after looking at my C: drive, is true. So I did a search for all files over 250 kilobytes and found a ton of files related ...