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Jonathan Hendry

Q: Safari forgets my Plugin settings for web sites

How can I get Safari to remember my selection to Allow plugins on a site?

 

I have Safari set to Block by default, and would like to set www.bbc.co.uk to "Allow Always", but Safari forgets my setting.

 

Typically I run into the problem on Sundays when I try to listen to a BBC radio program (Cerys Matthew's show on Radio 6). I bring up the page, click Play, and I get a message that I need to install Flash. I go into Preferences->Security, and bbc is back to "Block". So I set bbc to "Allow Always", reload the show's web page, and then I can play the stream.

 

By next Sunday, bbc will be back to "Block". The same happens with any other site I try to set a default for. Here's my settings right now, corrected to allow listening to the BBC. It's working now, but by next week it'll be back to "Block" for no apparent reason.

 

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MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2010), OS X El Capitan (10.11.1)

Posted on Nov 29, 2015 8:04 PM

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  • by Linc Davis,

    Linc Davis Linc Davis Nov 30, 2015 7:27 AM in response to Jonathan Hendry
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    Nov 30, 2015 7:27 AM in response to Jonathan Hendry

    Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:

    ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Safari.plist

    Right-click or control-click the highlighted line and select  

              Services Show Info in Finder (or just Show Info)

    from the contextual menu.* An Info dialog should open.

    ☞ Does the dialog show "You can read and write" in the Sharing & Permissions section?

    ☞ In the General section, is the box labeled Locked checked?

    ☞ What is the Modified date?

    If you don't have read and write access to the item, change the settings as directed here. Note, however, that if one file has wrong access settings, most likely others do as well. If the item is locked, unlock it.

    *If you don't see the contextual menu item, copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Open a TextEdit window and paste into it (command-V). Select the line you just pasted and continue as above.

  • by Jonathan Hendry,

    Jonathan Hendry Jonathan Hendry Nov 30, 2015 9:20 AM in response to Linc Davis
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    Nov 30, 2015 9:20 AM in response to Linc Davis

    Everything checks out okay. Not locked, is writable by me, last modified a little while ago.

  • by Linc Davis,

    Linc Davis Linc Davis Nov 30, 2015 9:57 AM in response to Jonathan Hendry
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    Nov 30, 2015 9:57 AM in response to Jonathan Hendry

    As a test, please change the setting again, then immediately close and reopen the preferences window. Is the site now listed under Configured Websites?