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# Misc

The Misc tab of the Cleaning panel allows you to delete various files.

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Recent Items: This option allows you to remove the Recent Items in the Apple menu, the list of Recent Items in Disk Utility, the Recent Folders in the Finder's Go menu, the Recent Servers in the Terminal, the Recent Places in the Opening and Saving dialogs, the Recent Items in the File > Open Recent menu item of applications and the display of Recent Items (files, folders, searches, servers...) of third party applications. Every time you connect to a computer, its address is stored in a file in the /Library/Recent Servers/ folder of your Home Folder. This option also allows you to remove all these files.

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Recent Conversions of Calculator: This option allows you to delete the conversions recently used in the Calculator.

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Items in the Mail Downloads folder: This folder, situated in the Library Folder of your Home Folder, contains a copy of files opened in the Mail application. To remove these copies, select this option.

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Items in the Saved Searches folder: In the Finder's windows, you can save your searches as a SmartFolder. This option allows you to remove these saved searches located in the default folder.

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Obsolete Files: Under some conditions, a copy of the program state while a crash, is stored in core.xxx files located in the invisible /cores/ folder. This option allows you to remove all core.xxx files.

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Previous iTunes Libraries: When you open a new version of iTunes, the existing library is saved in a "Previous iTunes Libraries" folder then it is upgraded. If the library is upgraded correctly, the old library can be deleted with this option. This may free several MB of disk space.

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"My Computers" List of Screen Sharing: This option allows you to delete the list located in the "My Computers" section of the Screen Sharing application.

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QuickTime's Content Guide: By default, launching QuickTime Player displays the content listing in entertainment on the Internet (also available from the Window menu > Show Content Guide). This option allows you to delete the Cache files of this content.