On Oct 19, 2016, at 9:46 AM, John Robinson <[email protected]> wrote:
> I was having a problem with downloading Barron’s edition, had tried several > times… > > Called tech support and with Chrome it worked so the guy ask me to clear the > cache and cookies. > > Inside Safari Preferences, under Privacy there is an advanced button, inside > there a place to select those you wish to remove. > > HOLLY COW… > > There are hundreds, possibly thousands, the hard drive is still crunching and > crunching…. > > Most of these I don’t have a clue what they are, names of sites I have NEVER > visited, yet I have Safari to only allow cookies on sites I visit. > > So, is it safe to delete ALL of these? It may take hours to go through each > of these separately. > > What do you suggest? It’s pretty much okay to delete cookies with wild abandon. The typical consequences are you may have to authenticate at a site instead of the site remembering you and the advertisers won’t know what to show you for a few days. I clean mine out every once in a while just to kill cruft. L^2
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