Cookies not deleted even after system restart

gmason

Firstly, I just love this product!

I run OS X 10.9 (Mavericks); Safari 7.0.1; Cookies 3.0.23; Remove: On Quit and On Browser Quit are both checked, Every: is not.

Sometimes - I am guessing a bit less than half the time - after I quit Safari, and after I then restart the system, looking at the "Cookie Window" before I do anything else I still have bunches of non-favorites and tracking cookies showing. I can manually delete them at that time. This seems to be an error.

gmason

OK, I lied in the OP, because I find that I do not always terminate Safari before I restart. Thinking that could be an issue, I tested it, and in fact even then Cookie sometimes has cleared things out when I check immediately after restart.

Which brought to mind some possibilities/questions:

In fact you treat a restart as including a Safari termination, in which case it doesn't always work.
If I really do terminate the browser before a restart, sometimes events proceed so fast that Cookie doesn't have a chance to do the clear before the system actually quits, and doesn't remember after the restart.

If this is not, in fact, a bug (or feature as some used to call them :)), then I would love to see another check box in the Preferences which specifies to clean out the undesirables on system restart.

SweetP

I would say number 2 is the culprit.

Cookie actually runs two 'cleans' when Safari quits, as the first clean immediately after quit does not remove all data. Safari tends to write cookie data upto 6-7 seconds after quit. Cookie gets around this by clearing data 8 seconds after safari is quit. (only Safari, no other browser has this issue).

So I guess, the system shuts down before Cookie can clear data the second time.

gmason

Ok thanks, I understand. I guess the question is: can you do something to change that? Like offering a user choice that, immediately upon starting, allows Cookie to clean up then?

SweetP

Ill maybe add an option to clean cookies on System restart, I think thats the safest way. I'll look at implementing this into version 3.0.26

gmason

Thanks a lot. I wish all software providers were that interested.

SweetP

ok,
its implemented.

I just need to localise it, and test.
If you are using the trial version,
feel free to email me for a test build.

info a t sweetpproductions d o t c o m

SweetP

V3.0.26 is available now in the MAS, I'll upload the trial version when I get home in a couple hours.

gmason

I DLed it and have used it today - so far, so good. Thanks a lot for addressing this issue so quickly.

SweetP

Perfect,

Thanks for the feedback.

gmason

More than four days and twenty or so restarts later, and the fix has been flawless. Thanks again.