I updated Safari amongst other updates yesterday.
I just went to clear out cookies as I do regularly and there is nowhere to do this!!! The Delete Cookies has disappeared!!!
Safari - Preferences - Privacy shows as completely blank. HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MacBookPro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Hello and welcome to the Apple Support Forums.
Im not shure why your Privacy preferences are blank I am personally running Lion and if it helps i will provide a screenshot with the Privacy tab.
Im sorry i don't have the knolage to help you out on this one.
Good luck.
It doesn't really help, Revv e,. to see the screenshot of your Privacy tab. 😕
My concern is that mine is blank and it shouldn't be . . .
If anybody could actually help on this one, I would be very grateful.
Quit Safari. Move the following file in your home folder to the Desktop:
Library/Preferences/com.apple.Safari.plist
Relaunch Safari and try again.
Thanks for the suggestion but no that doesn't make any difference at all.
I am finding this quite worrying . . .
Anyone able to direct me to a copy of the previous version of Safari?
If so, I'll chuck this one off and revert to the old one.
Nothing is wrong with Safari. Something is wrong with your setup. Figuring out what it is will take a little bit of effort. If you want to continue, please say so.
Quit Safari. Open a Finder window select your Home folder in the Sidebar on the left. Then open the Library folder, then the Caches folder, then the com.apple.Safari folder. Move the cache.db file from the com.apple.Safari folder to the Trash. Relaunch Safari.
If that doesn't help, you may have a third party Safari add on installed that was compatible with the prior version of Safari but not 5.1
Read here > Safari: Unsupported third-party add-ons may cause Safari to unexpectedly quit or have performance issues
No this doesn't help, Carolyn. 😟
Hi Linc,
Installed the additional update today hoping this would solve the problem but it hasn't.
I've done nothing except install the updates so something has gone awry.
Any suggestions gratefully accepted.
skalarocks wrote:
Hi Linc,
Installed the additional update today hoping this would solve the problem but it hasn't.
I've done nothing except install the updates so something has gone awry.
Any suggestions gratefully accepted.
Why not post in the Safari forum area?
Hi Linc
Thanks for helping.
I booted in Safe Mode and the Privacy preferences were there exactly as they should be.
So how do we find the culprit?
In Safari Menu choose "RESET": when you have this you can delete whatever you want. The cookies are in "remove all website data".
Do not reset Safari.
Your problem is caused by a third-party system modification.
Reboot as usual (not in safe mode) if you haven't already done so. Launch the Terminal application, copy or drag -- do not type -- the line of text below into the window, and press return:
kextstat -kl | awk ' !/apple/ { print $6 } '
Post the lines of output (if any) that appear below what you just entered (the text, please, not a screenshot.)
Next, do the same thing with this line:
sudo launchctl list | sed 1d | awk ' !/0x|apple|com\.vix|edu\.|org\./ { print $3 } '
That's one line, not two. You'll be prompted for your login password, which won't be displayed when you type it. You may get a one-time warning not to screw up. You don't need to post the warning.
Next, this command:
launchctl list | sed 1d | awk ' !/0x|apple|edu\.|org\./ { print $3 } '
Again, one line. Finally, one more:
ls -1 /Library/{InputManagers,StartupItems}
Remember, this is all drag-and-drop or copy-and-paste, whichever you prefer -- no typing, except your password.
If I may, I'm having the same problem as the original poster. I don't understand totally what you mean by a third-party system modification. I'm relatively new to macs. This is a work computer, but I used to be able to clear my cookies.
I don't understand totally what you mean by a third-party system modification.
Software you install that changes the way other software works, not necessarily as intended. That's what is happening here.
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