Cookie 6 not recognizing "Full disk Access"

[smolk]

The nuclear option still does not resolve the issue: Safari cannot be enabled.
Brave and Opera had no problems, Firefox was helped by the nuclear option.
I mainly use Brave, but airdrop always requires Safari, and some websites require Firefox to be used.

[SweetP]

@smolk Cookie checks that it has access to the Safari Cookie file:
~/Library/Cookies/Cookies.binarycookies

Also some users have found that if when enabling browsers - NOT selecting the Global permissions option, but selecting specific folder helps. If you initially opted to give Cookie Global access, try this:

• open the Advanced tab in Preferences
• click the Remove all Sandbox Permissions button.
• restart Cookie.
• enable specific folder permissions for each browser

[smolk]

That file did not exist, but files with the same name but a temp ending did. Renaming one did not help.
But then I deleted all (app, container files) and reinstalled everything from scratch and noticed the file ~/Library/Cookies/Cookies.binarycookies did not exist.
Thought once, then opened a website in Safari - and the file came into being. I immediately had Safari enabled.
The file is indeed the crux and it is created by actually using Safari.

[HFTobeason]

I continue to struggle with granting Cookie "Full Disk Access". No matter how many times I go through the process, I continue to get the attached error message when I launch the Cookie interface. Please advise. Thank you.

Cookie v6.0.7
macOS 10.15.2 (19C57)

[SweetP]

Do you always run Safari in Private browsing mode? If so, then the Cookies.binaryCookies file most likely does not exist.

Another thing to consider - Cookie does need to be in the Applications folder.

[HFTobeason]

@SweetP Thank you for your reply.

Safari is never in private mode.
Cookie.app is in /Applications.

Where should Cookies.binaryCookies be located? I cannot find it anywhere.

[SweetP]

@HFTobeason it should be here:

~/Library/Cookies/Cookies.binarycookies

The ~ means it is in you user folder, which you can access like so:
http://osxdaily.com/2016/12/12/show-user-library-folder-macos-sierra/

[UncleFuzzy]

@SweetP This worked for me.

[SweetP]

@UncleFuzzy great!

[workerBee]

@LEoM I restarted with no luck. Stuck in an infinite loop trying to "Enable" for Safari.

[StuFried]

I had this problem after initially upgrading to Cookie6 but it was resolved.

BUT NOW, after allowing AppStore to upgrade me to 6.0.12, I am back in the loop of having to grant access.
System level is macOS 10.15.3
Cookie does have full disk access. I have quit Cookie, removed disk access, restarted system. Doesn't help.
I have had to disable Cookie to get ANY work done.

[SweetP]

@StuFried does the cookie file exist?

~/Library/Cookies/Cookies.binarycookies

[StuFried]

@SweetP Yes it does. But it has a creation date of today. Unless it is destroyed at browser quit I would have expected it to have an older creation date

[StuFried]

@SweetP Its been 4 days since I answered your question. Any ideas?

[StuFried]

@SweetP Hey @SweetP,
Wanted to update that I stopped the app, removed the permissions, removed application (using AppCleaner), restarted my computer, downloaded the app from the App Store.
Now I can not even enable Safari (Firefox and Chrome are OK), and it STILL does not recognize that it has "Full Disk Access" granted

[SweetP]

@StuFried are you running Safari in private browsing mode?

[AF]

Same problem here, tried full uninstall / run maintenance tools / reboots. Cookie v6.0.12 on Catalina 10.15.4.

[SweetP]

Cookie checks for the existence of Safari‘s Cookie file. Does it exist on your computer:
~/Library/Cookies/Cookies.binaryCookies

[AF]

@SweetP Hello Russel, many thanks, great, that did the trick! There was a Cookies.binaryCookies file, but it had a corrupt ending. I deleted all ookies.binaryCookies versions and all is working! Thanks for the quick help. Kind regards, A

[SweetP]

@AF perfect!