Safari 9.0.1: since the end of August, even though I clear all cookies every evening, hundreds are loading each day.

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Safari 9.0.1: since the end of August, even though I clear all cookies every evening, hundreds are loading each day.

Even though I clear all cookies every evening, hundreds of cookies are loading each day. IMac desktop (21.5-inch, Late 2013), Safari 9.0.1, Currently updated to El Capitan 10.11.1, but the problem started probably in late August on while still on Yosemite. Previously, there might be there would only be 15 to 30 each day. Safari was also taking a long time to close down, which improved when I emptied the Cache.db

iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2013)

Posted on Nov 19, 2015 6:53 AM

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Linc Davis

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Nov 19, 2015 1:32 PM in response to darlenefromissaquah

Safari automatically checks certain sites for updates:

Top Sites

Subscribed feeds

Sites that you've selected for Quick Website Search

Pages that turn up as Top Search Hits

Pinned tabs

Cookies and databases from those sites will be reloaded even if you don't visit them. If there are particular sites that you don't want to accept cookies from, follow the instructions in the support articles linked above to exclude them. Note that if you visit a page often, it may be added to your Top Sites unless all the available slots are already occupied by pinned sites.

To block all cookies from a site selectively, you'll need to use third-party software or a different browser. I don't have a specific recommendation.

The file in which web cookies are stored may also be used by third-party applications that use the same mechanism as Safari for communicating with web servers. Those apps may add cookies from sites that you've never visited in Safari.

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Answer 2

Nov 22, 2015 12:20 PM in response to Linc Davis

Thanks so much for your response. Since your reply, I have looked into all the suggestions, except blocking cookies from a site selectively. So far, no success. However, I am trying to determine if there are specific sites that may be loading on lots of cookies.

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Rudegar

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Nov 22, 2015 12:47 PM in response to darlenefromissaquah

Most sites these days add cookies

A cookie is not malware mind you

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie

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