I've recently got this warning and tried every fix online, deleting the safari db folders only worked for a few days,,, has anyone any knowledge on this, and is the safe browsing not being available that big of deal on a mac, running current yosimeti and safari,, thx Jason
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.5)
Try this discussion > google safe browsing service is unavailable
tried it all, even sat with a senior advisor on the phone for hours, deleted safari db folders and it worked for a couple days, then back again and now can't find the safari db folders anymore!
With that Finder window as the front window, either select Finder/View/Show View options or go command - J. When the View options opens, check ’Show Library Folder’. That should make your user library folder visible in your user/home folder. Select Library./Caches/com.apple.Safari/Caches.db and move it to the trash.
I gave that a shot, but it didn't give me any options to show library folder?? i can't even find my library folder anymore,,,
i found the library, theres so much cache stuff, including a google safe browsing folder not sure what to delete, a lot more there than when i looked previously, should i delete all the safari db stuff
Start with the one I suggested. If that doesn't work, then delete the others.
You will need to quit Safari/restart to generate a new .db.
well i got that done and it worked for about 2 weeks, when i go to delete them now its says i can't because there still in use?? i did work great for a bit though, can't figure out why i can't delete the cache safari.db?? such a boggler, and thats the same thing apple support has me do each time, why would it suddenly tell me i can't delete them
Try restarting the computer and making sure Safari isn't open.
well that worked, so far the longest its worked is 2 weeks, is it ok to just dump those caches everytime the warning pops up, id rather do that then wipe my computer clean and install from a back up, thx for the help, is this an issue you have as well?
You are welcome. You can empty the caches as required, as they will get rebuilt. I don't have this problem, but I don't use any Google products/software.
thx a lot, if ya don't mind what do you run, I'm finding I'm not a fan of googles stuff either!
You are welcome. Safari with Firefox as a backup. Chrome isn't loaded on the computer.
well that worked for a bit, after updating to El capitan it worked for about a week, now when I go to delete safe browsing db, its no longer there, just safe browsing.db-shm and safe browsing.db-wal, can't find the original safebrowsing.db any more,
and when i go to library and delete the regular safari.db it doesn't do anything either
update 10 minutes later the google safe browsing unavailable warning disappeared??? so frustrating, is the google safe browsing even important enough to worry about? thx
the google safe browsing service is unavailable,, no fix only temporarily
