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  • SweetPS Offline
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    SweetP
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    For those of you having trouble with Firefox cookies, please check this setting in Firefox
    Privacy & Security >> Cookies and Site Data >> Keep until
    and make sure it is set to: Till they Expire

    ~
    Russell
    SweetPProductions.com

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    I'm switching from Firefox to Safari as my default browser. However I have a couple years worth of cookies saved in Firefox which I want to bring into Cookie v.5.2.1. These cookies are sites which I trust: https://www.dropbox.com/s/kzgyr9v89milzv9/Screenshot 2017-01-13 10.28.25.jpg?dl=0

    How do I export my Firefox cookies and bring them into Cookie v5.2.1?

    Should I use a third-party Firefox extension like https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/cookies-exportimport/reviews/?

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    chrism
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    Something has changed recently, either with a Firefox update or one from SweetP. The Cookie 5 menubar item never shows any unwanted content from Firefox, but does for Safari. If I open Cookie 5 however, it shows hundreds of cookies for Firefox on the badge on the sidebar, but only my favourited ones, but all are greyed out as if none are present. Cookies that track, say, the number of articles read on a news site are not showing in the list, but must be present as I am suddenly limited in articles in a way that did not happen before. I have given Cookie 5 Full Disk Access, and there is no option in Firefox preferences to "Keep Until They Expire" anymore. My Security prefs for Cookies and Data looks like this:
    http://drmoss.ca/Web Images/Screen Shot 2019-08-07 at 8.12.17 AM.jpg
    Any ideas?

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    chrism
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    I may have fixed it by removing ~/Library/Containers/com.sweetpproductions.Cookie5
    and then setting up all over again. (I wish I had figured out how to export my favourites first - I hadn't spotted the contextual menu item!) We'll see.

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    chrism
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    Hmm. Not successful after all. Unwanted data now shows up in the menubar item for Cookie 5, but removing it results in it becoming greyed out in that item, but it still shows a number in brackets afterwards indicating how many items are still present. If I open the Cookie 5 window and use the Remove Unwanted Data button at the bottom, the unchecked items do not disappear (they are not browser extensions). If I highlight one of the unchecked items, and click on Remove, it remains unchanged. Once again, I do have Full Disk Access granted to Cookie 5, and have even gone to System prefs, removed Cookie 5, and dragged it back into that pane from the Applications folder. Something just isn't working!

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    chrism
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    Another piece of the puzzle falls into place: going to the Removal pane of Cookie 5 and selecting not just Tracking Cookies and Non-Favorites, but also Cache, Webpage Previews, Form Values, Downloads, Website Preferences, and Other Search Engines allows the greyed out non-favorites to be removed. Presumably they were in the Cache for the most part. Now to find out if I can finally stop nationalpost.com from tracking me!

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    chrism
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    This is still messed up! I have refreshed Firefox and slowly set it all up again. Done another delete of the ~/Library/Containers/com.sweetpproductions.Cookie5 folder (this time exporting and re-importing my favorites). It seems to be working with Safari, Vivaldi and Brave, but with Firefox no new unwanted data shows up in the menubar dropdown (no bold text, no numbers in the brackets after data type), and the Cookie 5 window shows all my selected favorites greyed out. None are browser extensions. Some have the number 2 in brackets after them) but on clicking on the reveal triangle each with a number says it contains one cookie and one generic data file. A couple of hours of browsing has resulted in no change to this list. Yes, I've moved Cookie 5 into the Full Disk Access pane a couple of times by dragging from the Apps folder, but no change. What's up?

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    SweetP
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    @chrism what are your FireFox Privacy & Security preferences?

    I have:
    FireFox will: Remember History

    and the timer disabled for Firefox in Cookie.
    and I have no issues showing Firefox cookie data (on MacOS Mojave 10.14.6)

    ~
    Russell
    SweetPProductions.com

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    chrism
    replied to SweetP on last edited by
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    @SweetP I also have Firefox Privacy and Security set to 'Remember History' but I do have the timer set to 10 minutes for Cookie to remove Firefox unwanted data. Is this a problem?

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    SweetP
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    I would try disabling the timer, as it can cause corruption. especially since Firefox changed over to the new Quantum engine

    ~
    Russell
    SweetPProductions.com

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    chrism
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    @SweetP Thanks for the suggestion. I've changed it to 'When computer wakes from sleep' and will now see if any new cookies show up in the Cookie window.

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    chrism
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    Half an hour of browsing and the Cookie window for Firefox hasn't changed at all; no new cookies.

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    SweetP
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    really odd

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    Russell
    SweetPProductions.com

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    chrism
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    @SweetP I just created a new profile in Firefox and it didn't help. Still no changes in the Cookie window. I've also cleared all cookies and the cache in Firefox, but the Cookie window still shows the same greyed out favorites, some with a number after the name. Here's a screenshot with some of the 'reveal' triangles clicked:
    http://drmoss.ca/Web Images/Screen Shot 2019-08-07 at 5.17.55 PM.jpg

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    SweetP
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    which version of Firefox are you using?

    ~
    Russell
    SweetPProductions.com

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    chrism
    replied to SweetP on last edited by
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    @SweetP Firefox is 68.0.1

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    SweetP
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    @chrism said in Cookie doesn't see any Firefox cookies:

    http://drmoss.ca/Web Images/Screen Shot 2019-08-07 at 8.12.17 AM.jpg

    any chance you could export your profile and send to me at [email protected]

    https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/back-and-restore-information-firefox-profiles

    ~
    Russell
    SweetPProductions.com

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    chrism
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    @SweetP Even zipped, the profile folder is 41MB. Is that alright or should I put it up on Dropbox?

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    SweetP
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    @chrism dropbox, or here:
    https://send.tresorit.com
    would be better
    🙂

    ~
    Russell
    SweetPProductions.com

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    chrism
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    @SweetP I've sent the Tresorit link to your e-mail.

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