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    pumpkin
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    Purchase directly from you april 30, 2016. Order #27069. Current rev 5.2.1.

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    have you tried a computer restart?
    that can sometimes fix strange issues like this

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    Not wanting to jinx anything but I did a reboot and so far all is well!

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    ralf.papenkordt
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    I have got the same problem and found a solution: Change the script clearSafariCache.sh from

    find /private/var/folders \! -name "*SafariTechnologyPreview*" -name "*com.apple.Safari*" -exec rm -r {} \;
    

    to

    find /private/var/folders \! -name "*SafariTechnologyPreview*" -name "*com.apple.Safari*" -exec rm -r {} \; 2>/dev/null
    

    Because the original script throws "Permission denied" errors and therefore opens the file descriptor stderr, it seems that the parent process (com.apple.foundation.UserScriptService) can't close it as long as a file is open.

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    SweetP
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    Thanks ralf!

    I'll update the script to your solution.
    🙂

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    SweetPProductions.com

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    alohart
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    This seems to be occurring with the App Store Cookie 5.12 under macOS 10.15.6 as well as earlier macOS versions. I see a gear icon appear in the menu bar. When I click on the gear icon, I see "clearSafariCache.sh Running" followed by "clearSafariCache.sh Failed". I've checked all the "fixes" in this thread and found that none apply to my situation. Any ideas?

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    SweetP
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    I have this fixed in Cookie v6.0.17

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    alohart
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    @SweetP If your Cookie v6.0.17 fix works in Cookie 5.12, what would that fix be?

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    Cookie 6 doesn’t use the script anymore as it’s not necessary on Mojave+

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    swip
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    The clearSafariCache.sh script takes a very long time (almost three minutes) on my machines, too, so I went ahead and optimized the find expression a bit so it won't unnecessarily descend into huge directories like com.apple.metadata.mdworker.

    Just replace the line

    find /private/var/folders \! -name "*SafariTechnologyPreview*" -name "*com.apple.Safari*" -exec rm -r {} \; 2>/dev/null
    

    with

    exec 2>/dev/null
    find /private/var/folders -name "*SafariTechnologyPreview*" -prune -o -name "com.apple.Safari*" -print0 -o -name "com.apple.*" -prune | xargs -0 rm -r
    

    Now the script finishes in less than a second.

    (I know that Cookie 6 and later do no longer use this script at all, but people who are still on older systems and cling to Cookie 5 might benefit.)

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