ClearSafariCache.sh Stuck

[SweetP]

I have this fixed in Cookie v6.0.17

[alohart]

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

[SweetP]

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

[swip]

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.)