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Looking through 'All my Files' I see several hundred outdated XML files created 2011 2012. Most of them have to do with adobe elements organizer.
I do have photoshop elements 10.
Is it safe to trash them?
jaybass
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Re: OS 10.12.6
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Old does not necessarily mean outdated. When were they last modified? If it's been a year or two since any software "touched" them, probably safe to delete. Then again, who knows what PS Elements 10 needs to operate? 
On a Mac since 1984.
Currently: 24" M1 iMac, M2 Pro Mac mini with 27" BenQ monitor, M2 Macbook Air, MacOS 14.x; iPhones, iPods (yes, still) and iPads.
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Re: OS 10.12.6
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Many computer headaches have their root in a user "cleaning things up" either by deleting things they don't think are needed anymore or by moving/renaming something to appear more organized but that was being relied on by something else.
And that's why (home)/Library is now hidden by default! Too many people mucking up their photo or music libraries mainly, by getting in there and "organizing things"
(I believe Spotlight also skips hidden folders?)
If you don't have to touch it, leave it be.
I work for the Department of Redundancy Department
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Many computer headaches have their root in a user "cleaning things up" either by deleting things they don't think are needed anymore or by moving/renaming something to appear more organized but that was being relied on by something else. That's one of the things I like about "CleanApp", which I use to remove unused applications. CleanApp checks off the items recommended for removal and, if I check something else, it cautions that I can do that but I'm likely to mess up an app that shares the item. I always heed the advice.
Last edited by ryck; 09/01/17 04:57 PM.
ryck
"What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits" The Doobie Brothers
iMac (Retina 5K, 27", 2020), 3.8 GHz 8 Core Intel Core i7, 8GB RAM, 2667 MHz DDR4
OS Sonoma 14.4.1
Canon Pixma TR 8520 Printer
Epson Perfection V500 Photo Scanner c/w VueScan software
TM on 1TB LaCie USB-C
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Good advice. I must confess to being guilty myself in the past.
jaybass
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That's one of the things I like about "CleanApp", which I use to remove unused applications. CleanApp checks off the items recommended for removal and, if I check something else, it cautions that I can do that but I'm likely to mess up an app that shares the item. I always heed the advice. Which is precisely why I greatly prefer and trust CleanApp over any other general purpose "uninstaller" app I have found.
If we knew what it was we were doing, it wouldn't be called research, would it?
— Albert Einstein
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