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firefox temporary files folder
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Haven't found any specific temp folders. Sure it doesn't use the chaches folder ~/Library/Caches/Firefox/Profiles/<your profile>.default/Cache/?
Because I really don't think FF uses /tmp/ or /var/tmp/.
Because I really don't think FF uses /tmp/ or /var/tmp/.
After a little searching I found my FF cache here ...
Though it all seems to be stored in some type of DATA file that you can't directly access, at least that I could find. The only alternative I could figure is to use a program like File Juicer. It worked great for me, just drag each file through File Juicer and it spit out every HTML/txt/zip file I had downloaded recently. (The only problem I saw is that if you are trying to save a program this way like from inside a zip or dmg or tar file, it juices that as well so you can't get the application).
Can grab File Juicer here, it does offer a free trial if you want to give it a go with that route.
Also according to the firefox support page, if you want to change the default cache location you can, some info available at the link... http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/tips#oth_cache
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~/Library/Application\ Support/Firefox/Profiles/<profile-name>.default/Cache/Though it all seems to be stored in some type of DATA file that you can't directly access, at least that I could find. The only alternative I could figure is to use a program like File Juicer. It worked great for me, just drag each file through File Juicer and it spit out every HTML/txt/zip file I had downloaded recently. (The only problem I saw is that if you are trying to save a program this way like from inside a zip or dmg or tar file, it juices that as well so you can't get the application).
Can grab File Juicer here, it does offer a free trial if you want to give it a go with that route.
Also according to the firefox support page, if you want to change the default cache location you can, some info available at the link... http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/tips#oth_cache