Safari temp files location?

[OrganLeroy]

IE for Mac has an easily located "Explorer Temp Files" folder, which comes in very handy when visiting annoying sites that don't want to let you save their Quicktime movies. Just go to the Explorer Temp Files folder, option-drag, and you can save the Quicktime movie.

I can't find the equivalent in Safari. Does it exist?

[symphonix]

The Safari cache files are kept in your home folder at:

~/Library/Caches/Safari

[dlloyd]

I was wondering that too. However, what the heck are those files?!

[DeltaMac]

your browser creates an internal <cache> file for each page that loads, when you return to that page, the browser may check for changes to that internal file. If no changes, then the page loads from that cache file, causing a dramatic speed increase of the browser (in theory) You can usually force the browser to download the page regardless of the cache (some browsers are stubborn about cache files) and the browser will then replace or update that individual cache file (again, in theory) The cache files are (generally) a safe bet to trash for initial troubleshooting of browser problems. Some people disable the cache to prevent the browser from creating cache files, which may be OK for fast internet connections.... Some of this explanation is a little simplistic, but cache files are by their nature temporary, and Windows calls them just that....

[OrganLeroy]

Hmmm...opening my home directory to ~/Library/Caches/Safari, I find 15 sub-directories (numbered 00-15), each of which contains 15 sub-directories (numbered 00-15).

But it gets better: the directories don't seem to be sorted by date. Any subdirectory might hold a cache file from any particular time. So you can't just open subdirectory 15 of directory 15 to find your latest cache file.

I really hope I'm missing something here. Searching through 225 directories: not my idea of fun.