Any other ideas?

Can you provide more details?

Bridge CS 6 is not a stand alone application but is delivered with PS or an other Adobe Suite Application.

If you use the default install procedure (lets assume you have PS CS6) then this will install both PS and Bridge in your default application folder on root (not user!) level.

Also by default in OS Lion the user library is hidden. Do a Google search to make it visible again (many ways form easy to slightly more difficult).

The use library cache folder is the default location for your Bridge Cache file.

Could you report back if we still are on the same route up until now?

Where did you set your cache location in preferences?

When I go to ~Library/Caches/ there is a folder for com.adobe.bridge5 but there isn't one for com.adobe.bridge6

Your in the wrong folder. Follow the path you have discovered yourself using the pref settings Curt suggested

~library/caches/Adobe/Bridge CS6 and inhere should be 2 files:

Adobe Bridge Plug-in Cache

and the folder called Cache. Inhere should be 4 folders called '254', '1024', 'data' and 'full'

All those folders carry the content of the respective quality of the thumbs and preview as well as 100 % cache and Bridge database.

Any way, Since you have not used Bridge you have no relevant amount of cache and I would suggest you quit both PS and Bridge and manual delete both the items (plug in and folder called cache at the end of the Bridge CS6 path mentioned above.

(both files will refresh itself after a restart of Bridge).

To be on the save side also visit in same user library the folder Preferences and look for the file called "com.adobe.bridge5.plist" (yes it is Bridge 5 that comes with CS6, all Adobe apps have their own version number and they are presented in the same Suite version. CS6 has PS version 13 and Bridge version 5 )

also drag this file to the trash.

Then hold down option key (alt) while starting Bridge and this should give you the option to reset the preferences as mentioned earlier in this thread.

Choose reset prefs and try again.

Maybe should we do a features request (to have both work the same)

You mean that after 20 years pressing those buttons for the wanted behavior and being able to do it in your sleep this now has to change?

I have no objection if you Windows guys and girls will change your odd behavior to the logical of a Mac, so if that is your FR I will vote for it. Otherwise it might be a long and hard battle...

And history has proven it already has taken less then the difference between 3 buttons to start a war and also proven that every war is pointless and only has losers. Therefor it might be wise to spend a spilt second to look it up in Google when in doubt...

Hold down alt key, start Bridge and it gives you the opetions! Had the same problem and it fixed it! Cheers!!

The alt key solution does nothing for me. It doesn't give me any options and I'm not sure what you mean by "ticking" the boxes. I hope you get this soon. Thanks.  Barb

That still didn't work. I have to leave now, I will check back later with another question.

I never got the 3 options. When I turn on my computer and log in, that box that says I need to purge the cache but, as with the others, it didn't work.

I have restarted the computer and after logging in I go to my start menu and find Adobe, then I held down the Ctrl button and clicked on Bridge. Nothing happened. No menur, no options.

Now what?

Barb

This didn't work either. I don't even use Bridge, or at least I haven't before. I use CS6 to edit videos so I'm not sure how the Bridge even got a problem.

I'm just annoyed that the box keeps popping up when I get on my computer.

Barb

I fixed it last night, but now I can't for the life of me remember what the processes were. I have just tried to retrace my steps and can't do it. I'm really sorry. Just for your future reference I have an HP Pavilion dm4.

I wanted to be able to let you all know what I did, but it was after midnight and I didn't think about writing it down at the time.

I'm so sorry!!!  Thanks for everyone's help.

Barb