Russ, I found this in an Apple forum: > Safari automatically checks certain sites for updates: > > Top Sites > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__support.apple.com_kb_PH21460&d=DwIFAg&c=OAG1LQNACBDguGvBeNj18Swhr9TMTjS-x4O_KuapPgY&r=F2GFXrjLFqVo3VwvIlo_XYeEiRRjHv15rxcenz7A21woG2aFGcrzndoSsskxfmOs&m=ETHke1xnu-MilQDXPwpgTNFOqktoXhzUzEvYSt9q0jI&s=968SEt9uac1IOMD17RxGG7IByJZZYKtDT4jJQs_h8Y8&e= > > Subscribed feeds > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__support.apple.com_kb_PH21481&d=DwIFAg&c=OAG1LQNACBDguGvBeNj18Swhr9TMTjS-x4O_KuapPgY&r=F2GFXrjLFqVo3VwvIlo_XYeEiRRjHv15rxcenz7A21woG2aFGcrzndoSsskxfmOs&m=ETHke1xnu-MilQDXPwpgTNFOqktoXhzUzEvYSt9q0jI&s=At9ntmsDjyTZrWQFN9CIsLrZeN9aiLyUeC5_9839Haw&e= > > Sites that you've selected for Quick Website Search > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__support.apple.com_kb_PH21448&d=DwIFAg&c=OAG1LQNACBDguGvBeNj18Swhr9TMTjS-x4O_KuapPgY&r=F2GFXrjLFqVo3VwvIlo_XYeEiRRjHv15rxcenz7A21woG2aFGcrzndoSsskxfmOs&m=ETHke1xnu-MilQDXPwpgTNFOqktoXhzUzEvYSt9q0jI&s=YyZTndBSZgWE0tmMavsQYl3ToiQia3HpOVtcyvvSuaU&e= > > Pages that turn up as Top Search Hits > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__support.apple.com_kb_PH21448&d=DwIFAg&c=OAG1LQNACBDguGvBeNj18Swhr9TMTjS-x4O_KuapPgY&r=F2GFXrjLFqVo3VwvIlo_XYeEiRRjHv15rxcenz7A21woG2aFGcrzndoSsskxfmOs&m=ETHke1xnu-MilQDXPwpgTNFOqktoXhzUzEvYSt9q0jI&s=YyZTndBSZgWE0tmMavsQYl3ToiQia3HpOVtcyvvSuaU&e= > > Pinned tabs > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__support.apple.com_kb_PH21462&d=DwIFAg&c=OAG1LQNACBDguGvBeNj18Swhr9TMTjS-x4O_KuapPgY&r=F2GFXrjLFqVo3VwvIlo_XYeEiRRjHv15rxcenz7A21woG2aFGcrzndoSsskxfmOs&m=ETHke1xnu-MilQDXPwpgTNFOqktoXhzUzEvYSt9q0jI&s=_dvtg4T_II_j-QyDsmevwVfQTn29hrjjN-G3lOvXm3o&e= > > Cookies and databases from those sites will be reloaded even if you don't > visit them. If there are particular sites that you don't want to accept > cookies from, follow the instructions in the support articles linked above to > exclude them. Note that if you visit a page often, it may be added to your > Top Sites unless all the available slots are already occupied by pinned sites. > > Cookies can also be created by elements, such as ads and invisible "web > bugs," that come from a different web server than the one you browsed to. You > can block some of those cookies in the Privacy tab of the Safari preferences > window. > > To block all cookies from a site selectively, you'll need to use third-party > software or a different browser. I don't have a specific recommendation. > > The file in which web cookies are stored may also be used by third-party > applications that use the same mechanism as Safari for communicating with web > servers. Those apps may add cookies from sites that you've never visited in > Safari.
Jonathan > On May 7, 2018, at 11:15 PM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I have an odd question about the accumulation of cookies. -WHY- do they show > up when I haven't visited the web page(s) that would have generated them. > > Attached, find a graphic of the cookies that showed up after a full cookie > delete. I used Safari and only visited eBay, plus two or three items from my > typical feed and saved searches. Bing is my internet search engine. > -- Jonathan Fletcher [email protected] Kentuckiana FileMaker Developers Group Next Meeting: 5/29/18 _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list Posting address: [email protected] Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
