This thumbnail cache – thumbs.db, ehthumbs.db, thumbcache_*.db – is used by Windows to speed up the display of thumbnail files in folders. Thumbs.db file in Windows OS ...

One reoccurring SQL Server question that I see: Why is my TempDB database so large and what can I go to reduce the size of TempDB? The answer requires some basic understanding of the internals of ...

Windows 11/10 creates thumbs.db files within folders on Network drives & centralized thumbnail cache. Learn how to disable and remove them.

And, due to stupidity, I deleted the DB file (s) hoping that you could force File History to "reattach" to that store, scan it, rebuild the DB and we could get on with life.

For starters, the consolidated.db file stored location data for up to a year. Users naturally wondered how old data was useful in Apple’s efforts to determine location today.

9:41 am April 21, 2011 By Julian Horsey If you are a little concerned over the recent discovery of the an iOS file consolidated.db file that records all your movements, you are not alone.

In conclusion, while the discovery of the consolidated.db file’s behavior is concerning, it is reassuring to know that it is likely a bug rather than a deliberate design choice.

If you use Safari on your Mac for your private browsing needs, you might want to stop. MacIssues points out that all those URLs you visit in private mode are still saved in a database file that ...