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MacBook Pro(Retina, 15 inch, Early 2013); 2.4 GHz Intel Core i7; 8GB 1600 MHz DDR3. Since upgrading to OS X, Safari seems to have lost its ability to slow or block cookies. I normally allow fourteen cookies to reside on my computer to ease visiting frequented sites. This morning viewed ONE news site to acquire 48 additional cookies, 159 from last night.
I've done all the Privacy preferences twice and still get infected with these cockroaches. Who has a good insecticide?
Have the same problem on both my Mac Pro (late 2013) and my Macbook Pro. I am now reduced to forever clearing these out each time I use Safari. I have not upgraded the OS X to EL so still on Yosemite but did upgrade Safari which is now Version 9.0 (10601.1.56.2).
Yeah, and it's beginning to suck. Visit a website, go to preferences, clear out cookies; repeat at next website. Google is the biggest offender, which is strange due to the fact that I avoid Google like the plague.
1. Empty Cache
Safari > Preference > Advanced
Checkmark the box for "Show Develop menu in menu bar".
Develop menu will appear in the Safari menu bar.
Click Develop and select "Empty Caches" from the dropdown.
2. Delete Cookies
Safari > Preferences > Privacy > Cookies and other website data:
Click the “Details” button.
Remove all cookies except ones from Apple, your internet service provider and banks.
Thanks, Dom. Been there, done that and got a tee shirt. Still did not solve the problem. Cut to four cookies, checked one site, got 10 cookies. The paranoid side of my brain is beginning to scream conspiracy.
New record this morning: one site visit= sixty-eight cookies. The conspiracy theory grows.
Send Apple feedback. They won't answer, but at least will know there is a problem. If enough people send feedback, it may get the problem solved sooner.
Or you can use your Apple ID to register with this site and go the Apple BugReporter. Supposedly you will get an answer if you submit feedback.
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