can I remove old preferences files
I need to make room on my hard drive. Executes the great point of view, I realized that I have at least 10 GB of .plist files in ~/Library/Preferences which are several years old and that have not been opened for many years. I think it should be fine to delete. Just to be cautious, it's okay?
Since these .plist files are part of your account and not the system level, you should be fine. The good thing is that most of the apps will simply recreate a default .plist file if they find it missing at the launch. You should be good to go.
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