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Can you delete Mac swapfiles?

September 10, 2017Technology

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alan avak 30 Posted

Can you delete Mac swapfiles?

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Matthew Hamilton Posted

Yes you can do but…….. It could crash the machine. If you must delete them, go to the go menu when in finder. Select go to folder, paste “private/var/vm” Without the “”. The folder will show the running swapfiles. you can delete as required.

A reboot will probably better clear the swapfiles.