Safari will NOT block cookies, ever

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Safari will NOT block cookies, ever

Safari will NOT block cookies, ever. No matter what they always show up (even from advertisers on a particular site) - I have reset safari, deleted its preference file, re-installed the OS, tried a different user, tried as root user - all with same same result. I tried to re-install Safari but was told by the OS that I need to have at least 10.6.7 installed and I am currently running 10.6.8!

I have an 27" iMac running 10.6.8 with all updates, Safari 5.05. I am also running VirusBarrier X6 10.6.12. VirusBarrier has a cookie feature as well but it doesn't block cookies. I have completely disabled VirusBarrier and still get the same results.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Posted on Jul 1, 2011 6:34 PM

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Answer 1

Jul 1, 2011 7:08 PM in response to Robert Maxwell

There appears to be several reports of this problem today. I've tried several of the posted solutions without avail. I hope someone from Apple is aware of the problem and will post a solution soon.

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dfp mbp

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Jul 2, 2011 9:42 AM in response to WH Florida

I too noticed this problem. It seemed to mysteriously appear after updating to 10.6.8. Also tried all of the solutions you did (short of reinstalling everything) to no avail. The only way I was able to completely block cookies was to select "never"under preferences and turn private browsing on from "file" in the Safari menu bar. Of course, when you first open Safari, you will get cookies from your home page as you cannot set private browsing as a default. Once Safari is opened, set private browsing, empty all cookies, and it should work. It is a pain and a hassle but at least it will block what you don't want showing up on your computer until Apple issues a fix. Good luck.

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Answer 3

Aug 13, 2011 3:54 AM in response to Robert Maxwell

This is true. The "block cookies always" setting in the Privacy tab is not 100% effective (evidently Apple programmers have their own definition of "always").

There will not be a solution from Apple. They don't care. Users that want to block cookies are almost surely poor consumers and probably troublemakers too.

dfp mbp's fix will work but what a pain.

It used to be one was willing to pay the Apple "tax" for a superior product, but that was then ...

Make your next computer a PC that runs Linux.

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