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On Mac OS X where does Firefox keep these following files?

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Where are these files kept?

Temporary Internet Files?

Cookies?

Browser history?

Cache?

Where are these files kept? Temporary Internet Files? Cookies? Browser history? Cache?

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Select a profile from

~/Library/Caches/Firefox/Profiles/

and then all your cached information should be in your Cache folder.


You can also determine your cache location by navigating to about:cache


Select a profile from

~/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/

and in this there are files called cookies.sqlite (cookies) and places.sqlite (browsing history).


More information can be found on Mozillazine

Modified by Paul Booker