Deleting Flash Cookies

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Deleting Flash Cookies

The NY Times has an article today about so-called flash cookies, http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/21/technology/21cookie.html?_r=2&scp=1&sq=flash&s t=cse

Does anyone know how to delete them through Safari, or where in MAC OSX they are kept?

Mac-Mini, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Sep 21, 2010 12:16 PM

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Carolyn Samit

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Sep 21, 2010 12:42 PM in response to William Martin

HI William,

Try here... http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20091114062050800

Carolyn 🙂

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Answer 2

Sep 21, 2010 12:53 PM in response to Carolyn Samit

Exceedingly helpful. Thanks.

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Sep 21, 2010 12:54 PM in response to William Martin

I'm so glad you posted the topic and thanks for the star 🙂

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avedon

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Sep 22, 2010 2:13 AM in response to Carolyn Samit

Hi Carolyn,

Where can i find the flash player settings manager?

thanks.

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Sep 22, 2010 4:01 AM in response to avedon

Follow the link that she has in her reply to my original question to find the settings manager. The Mac Hints page has the link to the Adobe web page with the application. Oddly, the settings manager is only available on-line. Its not an application that you download to your hard drive.

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Answer 6

Sep 22, 2010 11:22 PM in response to William Martin

You can delete Flash cookies quite easily by installing and using "Safari Cookies" available here: http://sweetpproductions.com/safaricookies/index.htm
It works quite well as a cookie manager for Safari.

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Answer 7

Sep 23, 2010 1:05 PM in response to AnonyMouse

I tried the Safaru Cookies application but it froze my browser when I tried to access the "Cookies" tab on the Safari preferences.

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