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Hello,
So recently I have noticed that LRC is loading up my external drive with cache files after I exit. I went into Settings, Performance, and down to Cache files. Yes it is set to my external drive. I attempted to reset it to "Default" but it's not giving me that option. Its asking what drive and what folder I'd like to place them in......but why am I not getting a "default" option? Is there a better scenario for where these can go? (Mac user) It seems so tedious to delete these all the time, can I just set it to a file on my desktop and delete it?
 
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Those are probably camera raw cache files. It means the location of the camera raw cache was changed to that location. It’s in the preferences.
 
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