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User profile for user: EdisonW
EdisonW Author
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Safari 5.0.5 OSX not remembering cookie settings after reboot

Hi everyone,


I'm having a very frustrating issue lately with Safari 5.0.5 on my MBP with OSX 10.6.7...


I want to have my cookie settings under Preferences -> Security -> Accept Cookies to permanently be "Only from sites I visit". When I started Safari, and set that setting, it will remember the setting for the entire machines' session. However, if I reboot, or shutdown/restart my Mac, it will revert to the Always setting.


I have tried trashing the Safari plist file under ~/Library/Preferences/, and trashing the associated caches.db file as well, hence resetting Safari, with no success.


Any advice on this would be greatly appreaciated!


Cheers

MacBook Pro 13" i7, Mac OS X (10.6.7), RAM: 6GB / HD: Seagate Momentus XT 500G

Posted on May 27, 2011 8:31 AM

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User profile for user: andyBall_uk
andyBall_uk
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Posted on May 27, 2011 9:25 AM

Hi Edison


try trashing this file

Home/Library/Preferences/com.apple.WebFoundation.plist


as well as the safari plist file, with safari closed. Might as well lose Home/Library/Cookies/Cookies.plist too.

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User profile for user: EdisonW
EdisonW Author
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May 27, 2011 11:23 PM in response to andyBall_uk

Hi Andy,


I tried your suggestion, once again it worked when I just re-started Safari, but as soon as I rebooted my Mac, the settings reverted to Always again 😟


This is getting worrying, because I don't want every site plunking cookies in, and I cannot disable them because I use certain sites that require them...


Any other ideas?

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User profile for user: andyBall_uk
andyBall_uk
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May 28, 2011 3:41 AM in response to EdisonW

Hi


it seems that something is changing that setting- a script or login item or application.


Is there anything in System Preferences-Accounts-Login Items ? if so, try removing them (note what they are first) then test again


If not, then check briefly in a New User Account to see if this affects every account or just your usual one, & we'll know where best to look.


per-account add-ons can be in Home/Library/LaunchAgents/ or .../ScriptingAdditions/ or .../InputManagers/ or .../Internet Plug-Ins/ commonly, or of course extensions should show in Safari - Preferences - Extensions

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May 29, 2011 1:03 PM in response to andyBall_uk

Hi Andy,


I just tried to temporarily remove Safari Cookies, and I'm sad to say the old issue re-occured as soon as the add-on gets uninstalled.


It seems also, that after launching Safari for the first time after a reboot and going into Safari Preferences fast enough before the add-on launches, the setting is still incorrect, but then gets modified by Safari Cookies.


I went and checked my Login Items, but there's nothing there that can affect Safari; the list hasn't changed in a long time. I don't have folders .../InputManagers or .../ScriptingAdditions under Home/Library.


Under .../LaunchAgents, I have the following:


com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist

com.adobe.ARM.df0ab5bbe6f698196fcc21e3c1e66dcb758bd911f4d637272d9d8109.plist

com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-<blocked>-SharedServices.Agent.plist

com.apple.FolderActions.enabled.plist

com.apple.FolderActions.folders.plist

com.apple.FTMonitor.plist

com.apple.imagent.plist

com.apple.marcoagent.plist

com.google.GoogleContactSyncAgent.plist

com.google.keystone.agent.plist

`

The first three are related to my Adobe CS5 and Acrobat X Pro installations.


Now that I have the add-on which seems to keep things in check, this isn't as high a priority as it was, but I would definitely love to find out what's causing this so I can eventually nip it in the butt!


Cheers

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andyBall_uk
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May 29, 2011 1:22 PM in response to EdisonW

Nice that you've found a way around it - assuming that a new account behaves as expected - my next effort would be to remove those files temporarily & see whether or not the cookie setting sticks. If it does - put back say the adobe ones & try again, then the apple ones, and finally the google ones.


Hopefully, you'll easily see which group causes it & can pin it down from there.


Sounds long-winded, and maybe is - but if you use log out rather than restart (after proving that it is an account-specific problem) you'd be done in under ten minutes, I'd think.

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EdisonW Author
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May 29, 2011 3:53 PM in response to andyBall_uk

I just moved all the files I listed out of that folder and into a temp folder on the Desktop, and logged out and back in again, and the problem persisted.


I went ahead and created a new account under Accounts and made it an Administrator account. Tried multiple log-outs and log-ins on that one after setting the cookies to "Only sites I visit", and it remembered the setting each time.


Looks like the issue is with my main Admin account.


Any ideas what to do next?


Cheers

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