Anyway, I think I am good to go and ready to pay my 15 bucks for the license. Thanks for your help.

ah perfect! great to hear it was a simple fix.

woah, thats a huge jump from Snow leopard to Sierra! Cookie5 should still be familiar but it actually has a lot more customisation options than Cookie4. Ive tried to simplify Cookie's interface... while adding more complexity... hopefully its not too cluttered and confusing. let me know if you run into more issues.