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To be clear: It was not just metadata, it was actual PDF:s — I tried opening several of them — named d<digits>-<digits>. But, as I said, after an OS update (to
by Pinus 4y ago
To be clear: It was not just metadata, it was actual PDF:s — I tried opening several of them — named d<digits>-<digits>. But, as I said, after an OS update (to 11.7.1) (including a reboot, obviously), they were gone, and only metadata files (named c<digits>) remain.
- yrro 4y agoVery interesting. That certainly sounds like PreserveJobFiles was set to 'yes' or a stupidly high number. And it sounds like, as you say, a subsequent OS update changed it to a sensible setting. FYI the default value is 24 hours so it might be interesting for you to print something now, see if the job file (starting with d, I guess this is sort for 'document') is preserved after the print job completes, and then check a couple of days later to see if it's been removed by cups. [subsequent edit] Maybe you ran into https://github.com/apple/cups/issues/5747 https://github.com/apple/cups/issues/5747, "You really need to use a current release of CUPS. I suspect this is due to a known bug that was fixed a long time ago" - maybe that bug shipped with an older version of macOS and that explains what people are seeing.