Configuring Cache Settings

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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
Purging the cache

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:
oClick Set Folder.
oClick 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.
oSelect the folder and click OK.
1.To automatically remove old images from the cache:
oTurn on the Remove items older than option.
oIn 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:
oTurn on the Keep cache size under option.
oIn 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:
oTurn on the Limit cache to available free memory option.
oIn 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:
oClick Browse.
oIn the Browse for Folder dialog box, navigate to the folder you want to set as the cache folder.
oClick OK.
oIf you want to create a new cache folder, navigate to the folder that will contain the new folder and click Make New Folder.
oClick on the name of the new folder and when the text tool comes into focus, type a new name for the folder.
oClick OK.
1.To clear the cache:
oClick Purge Cache
1.To reduce the cache to the specified limits:
oClick Reduce Cache

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