Bibble saves your current application settings in a cache so that it is convenient to open the application and continue your work without having to reset or reconfigure the application preferences. The cache is also used to store temporary files that the application uses to track edits and process images.
Bibble's cache preference provides options to configure the following properties:
• | Setting the amount of time to keep settings data in the cache |
• | The amount of memory to allocate to the cache |
• | Selecting the cache folder |
To set the cache preferences:
1. | From the File menu, click Preferences. |
2. | In the left panel, click Cache. |
3. | Under Cache Settings, you can configure the following settings: |
4. | To specify the Bibble user data directory: |
o | Click Browse to go to the folder that you want to use to store Bibble user files. User files include thumbnails, global settings files, and layout preference files, etc. |
o | Select the folder and click OK. |
1. | To automatically remove old images from the cache: |
o | Turn on the Remove items older than option. |
o | In the days field, enter a number that specifies the number of days that files are held in the cache. |
1. | To set the maximum cache size: |
o | Turn on the Keep cache size under option. |
o | In the MB field, enter a number that specifies the maximum amount of memory (in megabytes) allocated to the cache. |
1. | To limit the cache size to a percentage of available memory: |
o | Turn on the Limit cache to available free memory option. |
o | In the percent field, enter a number (between 0 and 100) to limit the percentage of free memory available to the cache. |
1. | To select the cache folder: |
o | In the Browse for Folder dialog box, navigate to the folder you want to set as the cache folder. |
o | If you want to create a new cache folder, navigate to the folder that will contain the new folder and click Make New Folder. |
o | Click on the name of the new folder and when the text tool comes into focus, type a new name for the folder. |
1. | To reduce the cache to the specified limits: |
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