Cookie 7.4.1 : can't activate Safari

[Macfredx]

Hi,
I can't activate Safari in Cookie 7.4.1. Safari 18.0, MacOS Sequoïa 15.0
Full disk access is OK for cookie.
I try to delete ~/Library/Containers/Cookie and restart, but no change.
No problem with Firefox, Opera and Brave.

Need your help.

[SweetP]

Ive just updated Cookie to 7.4.2 which should fix this issue

apologies for the inconvenience

[Macfredx]

Works fine, thanks a lot.

[SweetP]

thats great!

[Logonaut]

I have the same problem, but not on every MacBook!

ALL MacBooks have macOS 15.0, Safari 18.0, and Cookie v7.4.2 with full disk access and licence recognised in settings.

In Cookie v7.4.2 on MacBook Air (Mac14,15) with M2, Safari is activated. ️

In Cookie v7.4.2 on MacBook Air (Mac10,1) with M1, Safari is NOT activated.

On M1-MacBook, Cookie v7 should have been installed for the 1st time (with full disk access granted after installation/start of v7). Also Cookie v6 has been uninstalled (after having killed sandbox settings and macOS reboot, without data export/import, but data should be taken from iCloud from other MacBooks, later). Maybe I downloaded v7 first, before uninstalling v6, but then uninstalled both, and finally have v7 installed exclusively.

Anyway, the "Activate Safari" button is greyed out, and any click on "allow" buttons doesn't bring any reaction or change.

[SweetP]

@Logonaut this looks like a permissions issue. have you tried deleting this folder:
~/Library/Containers/Cookie

perhaps also try a computer restart, before re-opening Cookie

[Logonaut]

Still the same, sadly.

Strangely enough, I have

two cookie containers on the new MacBook (where v7 works fine):

• shown as "Cookie", invisibly named: com.sweetpproductions.cookie.app
  (creation: 11/2023, last change: current date and time)
• shown as "Cookie", invisibly named: com.sweetpproductions.CookieApp
  (creation: 05/2022, last change: current date and time too)

one cookie container on the old MacBook (where v7 doesn't work):

• shown as "Cookie", invisibly named: com.sweetpproductions.cookie.app
  (creation: today, last change: current date and time)

ALL containers have identical permissions:

• "read+write" for "me"
• "none" for "everyone"

Well, it's strange, but it's not essential at the moment, since at least one of the MacBooks works fine.

So don't forget to have a nice and relaxing Sunday!
Looking forward to a good idea when it'll happen to come.

[SweetP]

The com.sweetpproductions.CookieApp container Is from Cookie 6

[SweetP]

Can you give Cookie access to the Global user folder?

[rafi]

Dear Developer.
I am experiencing the same issue as the original poster. I am using Sequoia 15.0.1 and Cookie v7.4.3. I deleted the ~/Library/Containers/Cookie folder during troubleshooting, but unfortunately, that didn’t resolve the problem. The app has full disk access, which I would prefer to avoid. Additionally, I am unable to enable Safari in the settings.

Thank you for your help!

Best regards

[SweetP]

Try updating to the latest v7.4.3 and see if that helps

[username]

I have this same issue. v7.4.3.

[SweetP]

If you open the Advanced tab in Cookie Settings click the button Remove all Sandbox Permissions

Then re-add permission’s to all your browsers.
Does this help?

[SweetP]

@username @rafi Ive had confirmation from another user, that removing Sandbox permissions, and a computer restart fixed their issue.

[SweetP]

@username & @rafi Ive just released v7.4.4 which should fix this issue. you can update from the Updates tab in Cookie Settings. The AppStore version is waiting to be reviewed, but should be available shortly it's also available now

[Logonaut]

Finally, it works, on all macOS Sonoma devices. Great! Thank you️

[SweetP]

@Logonaut thats great!
it was a really strange bug that I couldn't personally reproduce. I had to debug with a user who had the issue by sending multiple beta builds and getting feedback.

many thanks to Dirk for his help