Receipts folder
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ElDiabloConCaca
U.S.D.A. Prime
I would recommend not deleting anything out of that folder unless you are absolutely sure the application is no longer installed, like MisterMe said.
Be aware that there may be stuff in there that you think you don't need, but really do -- for example, stuff like "BSD.pkg" you may think you don't need anymore, but if that one gets deleted, you cannot repair permissions at all.
In addition, Software Update also checks this folder to see if you need an update or not to Mac OS X and various applications, which can cause problems if you remove the wrong receipt file.
My recommendation would be to leave that folder alone. 100MB is not a lot of space, considering Mac OS X takes about 3 - 4GB of space.
Be aware that there may be stuff in there that you think you don't need, but really do -- for example, stuff like "BSD.pkg" you may think you don't need anymore, but if that one gets deleted, you cannot repair permissions at all.
In addition, Software Update also checks this folder to see if you need an update or not to Mac OS X and various applications, which can cause problems if you remove the wrong receipt file.
My recommendation would be to leave that folder alone. 100MB is not a lot of space, considering Mac OS X takes about 3 - 4GB of space.
sourcehound
Registered
aicul said:
This folder is vital to your computer running correctly: for example, the repair permissions process uses the contents of this folder. I wrote an application called Mac HelpMate http://www.macworkshops.com/machelpmate that provides a GUI to inspect the contents of each receipt. It's very informative and can help you decide which receipts are part of OS X and which are "extras." However, I would reccomend against delted ANY of them.
Sourcehound, author of Mac HelpMate:
http://www.macworkshops.com/machelpmate