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I have some problems at first when installing this Squid 2.7 stable 9 on Mac OS. I will try to explain this as I remember, later 🙂

What do we need?

  • XCode

I use XCode 3.2 came from Mac OS DVD Installer. Basically we just need to be able compiling the source. That’s all. Without error of course. As long as the compiler works that’s fine.

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After installing XCode, I remove some unnecessary files to reduce the space. So it’s just take about 850 Mb on my Developer folder.

Squid proxy mac os x server - anonymous proxy servers from different countries!! 1 minute ago proxy list - buy on ProxyElite. In Catznip, open the preferences (CTRL+P), select the 'Setup'tab and press the 'Adjust proxy settings'button. Enter the network address of the machine now running squid, in this case it's named 'MiniMac', If you are running the proxy on the same machine as you use for secondlife it will be 'localhost'.

  • squid 2.7 stable 9 http://www.squid-cache.org/

The reason I pick the 2.7 version because I need the store_url feature. As I know, we can easier install squidman but they don’t have the 2.7 version. We may go to squidman 3.0/3.1 and set the ICAP, but I’m no squid expert and setting ICAP seem more complicated (see http://squid-web-proxy-cache.1019090.n4.nabble.com/Youtube-dynamic-content-caching-with-squid-3-2-DONE-td4655311.html).

Okay, now we go to compiling part. Here some references you may want to check:

  • okomestudio.net/biboroku/?p=816

Extract the squid source code archive somewhere, and go to that folder. At first I configure it, I use this code:

but then squid won’t cache anything. No Hits, no increase on cache folder size. I guess it’s permission issue, but all of my chmod “jutsu” didn’t make any difference.

Then I wonder why squidman work fine. So I change the code to this:

I need to say thanks to Tony Gray at http://squidman.net/squidman/ for the quick reply 🙂

There is no –disable-ipv6 option on squid 2.7 but compile still work anyway with that command.

Then run this command:

Squid will installed to /usr/local/squid/

Edit squid configuration file

And edit as you want 🙂 Okay, here my squid.conf as reference:

Save that files. Now we need to create the cache folder, if you follow my setting we will create squid cache folder on our user cache library, for me it’s /Users/nawaikhsan/Library/Caches/squid/, change to your user path. I did this because I will use squidman later, and use the same folder for this.

Squid will create cache folder on that path above. If you do like I did, these folder will be owned by you(user):wheel. If not, change the ownership to your user:wheel

In theory, if you change the owner to nobody:nobody squid will happily accept it. But because squidman use that above ownership, so I’ll stick to that.

Now we can run squid.

Use this command if you want to run squid in background. There will be two squid process.

And if you want to see what’s happen with squid in front of your eyes you can use this:

Please note I don’t run squid as root, and it’s work fine here.

To quit squid on background use:

and for the later, you can use ctrl+c.

Check if squid really cache something.

There maybe various way to check squid cache.

  • You may look in to squid cache.log and see if there is hit at there.
  • Or you can check store.log and read the log, except for the ffffffff (memory) that should be your cached files.
  • You can also use squidclient, this will give some squid summary info.
  • The last one, the simplest and my favorite, we can just check the folder size. This may won’t give you lot info, but it does what I need.

Now, everything should work. I do not recommend you to load squid at startup because I will use squidman for the manager. This will be worthy if you had a problem with some site, like dynamic content caching.

I will post about integrating it with squidman in next post. If you had any question, you can post any comment below. And if you like these post consider to click the share button. Thanks for reading!

Credit: squid-cache.org, Tony Gray, okemestudio.net, maxpowerindustries.com, aacable.wordpress.com, th30nly@comstuff.net

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Optimized Storage helps you save storage space space by storing your content in iCloud and making it available on demand:

  • When storage space is needed, files, photos, movies, email attachments, and other files that you seldom use are stored in iCloud automatically.
  • Each file stays right where you last saved it, and downloads when you open it.
  • Files that you’ve used recently remain on your Mac, along with optimized versions of your photos.

If you haven't yet upgraded to macOS Sierra or later, learn about other ways to free up storage space.

Find out how much storage is available on your Mac

Choose Apple menu  > About This Mac, then click Storage. Each segment of the bar is an estimate of the storage space used by a category of files. Move your pointer over each segment for more detail.

Click the Manage button to open the Storage Management window, pictured below.

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Manage storage on your Mac

The Storage Management window offers recommendations for optimizing your storage. If some recommendations are already turned on, you will see fewer recommendations.

Store in iCloud

Click the Store in iCloud button, then choose from these options:

  • Desktop and Documents. Store all files from these two locations in iCloud Drive. When storage space is needed, only the files you recently opened are kept on your Mac, so that you can easily work offline. Files stored only in iCloud show a download icon , which you can double-click to download the original file. Learn more about this feature.
  • Photos. Store all original, full-resolution photos and videos in iCloud Photos. When storage space is needed, only space-saving (optimized) versions of photos are kept on your Mac. To download the original photo or video, just open it.
  • Messages. Store all messages and attachments in iCloud. When storage space is needed, only the messages and attachments you recently opened are kept on your Mac. Learn more about Messages in iCloud.

Storing files in iCloud uses the storage space in your iCloud storage plan. If you reach or exceed your iCloud storage limit, you can either buy more iCloud storage or make more iCloud storage available. iCloud storage starts at 50GB for $0.99 (USD) a month, and you can purchase additional storage directly from your Apple device. Learn more about prices in your region.

Optimize Storage

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Click the Optimize button to save space by automatically removing watched movies and TV shows. When storage space is needed, movies or TV shows that you purchased from Apple and already watched are removed from your Mac. Click the download icon next to a movie or TV show to download it again.

Your Mac will also save space by keeping only recent email attachments on this Mac when storage space is needed. You can manually download any attachments at any time by opening the email or attachment, or saving the attachment to your Mac.

Optimizing storage for movies, TV shows, and email attachments doesn't require iCloud storage space.

Empty Trash Automatically

Empty Trash Automatically permanently deletes files that have been in the Trash for more than 30 days.

Reduce Clutter

Reduce Clutter helps you identify large files and files you might no longer need. Click the Review Files button, then choose any of the file categories in the sidebar, such as Applications, Documents, Music Creation, or Trash.

You can delete the files in some categories directly from this window. Other categories show the total storage space used by the files in each app. You can then open the app and decide whether to delete files from within it.

Learn how to redownload apps, music, movies, TV shows, and books.


Where to find the settings for each feature

The button for each recommendation in the Storage Management window affects one or more settings in other apps. You can also control those settings directly within each app.

  • If you're using macOS Catalina or later, choose Apple menu  > System Preferences, click Apple ID, then select iCloud in the sidebar: Store in iCloud turns on the Optimize Mac Storage setting on the right. To turn off iCloud Drive entirely, deselect iCloud Drive.
  • If you're using macOS Mojave or earlier, choose Apple menu > System Preferences, click iCloud, then click Options next to iCloud Drive. Store in iCloud turns on the Desktop & Documents Folders and Optimize Mac Storage settings.
  • In Photos, choose Photos > Preferences, then click iCloud. Store in iCloud selects iCloud Photos and Optimize Mac Storage.
  • In Messages, choose Messages > Preferences, then click iMessage. Store in iCloud selects Enable Messages in iCloud.
  • If you're using macOS Catalina or later, open the Apple TV app, choose TV > Preferences from the menu bar, then click Files. Optimize Storage selects “Automatically delete watched movies and TV shows.”
  • In you're using macOS Mojave or earlier, open iTunes, choose iTunes > Preferences from the menu bar, then click Advanced. Optimize Storage selects “Automatically delete watched movies and TV shows.”
  • In Mail, choose Mail > Preferences from the menu bar, then click Accounts. In the Account Information section on the right, Optimize Storage sets the Download Attachments menu to either Recent or None.

Empty Trash Automatically: From the Finder, choose Finder > Preferences, then click Advanced. Empty Trash Automatically selects “Remove items from the Trash after 30 days.”

Other ways that macOS helps automatically save space

With macOS Sierra or later, your Mac automatically takes these additional steps to save storage space:

  • Detects duplicate downloads in Safari, keeping only the most recent version of the download
  • Reminds you to delete used app installers
  • Removes old fonts, languages, and dictionaries that aren't being used
  • Clears caches, logs, and other unnecessary data when storage space is needed

How to free up storage space manually

Even without using the Optimized Storage features described in this article, you can take other steps to make more storage space available:

  • Music, movies, and other media can use a lot of storage space. Learn how to delete music, movies, and TV shows from your device.
  • Delete other files that you no longer need by moving them to the Trash, then emptying the Trash. The Downloads folder is good place to look for files that you might no longer need.
  • Move files to an external storage device.
  • Compress files.
  • Delete unneeded email: In the Mail app, choose Mailbox > Erase Junk Mail. If you no longer need the email in your Trash mailbox, choose Mailbox > Erase Deleted Items.

Learn more

  • The Storage pane of About This Mac is the best way to determine the amount of storage space available on your Mac. Disk Utility and other apps might show storage categories such as Not Mounted, VM, Recovery, Other Volumes, Free, or Purgeable. Don't rely on these categories to understand how to free up storage space or how much storage space is available for your data.
  • When you duplicate a file on an APFS-formatted volume, that file doesn't use additional storage space on the volume. Deleting a duplicate file frees up only the space required by any data you might have added to the duplicate. If you no longer need any copies of the file, you can recover all of the storage space by deleting both the duplicate and the original file.
  • If you're using a pro app and Optimize Mac Storage, learn how to make sure that your projects are always on your Mac and able to access their files.