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Re: Can't Stay Signed in to Web Sites

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In article <barmar-3C77C0.23331701062014@news.eternal-september.org>,
<barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote:

Davoud:
> > Latest OS, latest everything.
> > 
> > On one, and only one, of my five Macs, Safari does not keep me signed
> > in to web sites after I close their windows. I'm referring to Google,
> > Facebook, Yahoo, Flickr, and others, but not to financial sites, where
> > this behavior is expected.

Barry Margolin:
> Do you have Private Browsing enabled?

No.

> > I cannot find any setting in Safari or in System Preferences on this
> > machine that differs from settings on my other Macs. Perhaps I am
> > overlooking something, however, and that's why I am seeking advice.

> Sounds like you have something deleting cookies when you close Safari. I 
> don't see such an option in Preferences, but I'm using Safari 5.1, not 
> the latest version. It could also be an extension you have loaded.

I run the utility "Cookie," which I use to delete tracking and flash
cookies. But I run it on all of my Macs. All of the sites that I want
to be logged into seem to have the right cookies in place. I have no
Safari extensions on this machine that are not on my other machines.

Thanks!

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Can't Stay Signed in to Web Sites Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2014-06-01 22:59 -0400
  Re: Can't Stay Signed in to Web Sites Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-06-02 03:30 +0000
    Re: Can't Stay Signed in to Web Sites Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2014-06-01 22:29 -0700
      Re: Can't Stay Signed in to Web Sites Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2014-06-02 14:05 -0400
        Re: Can't Stay Signed in to Web Sites Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2014-06-02 19:06 -0700
          Re: Can't Stay Signed in to Web Sites Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2014-06-02 23:04 -0400
            Re: Can't Stay Signed in to Web Sites Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2014-06-02 23:54 -0700
  Re: Can't Stay Signed in to Web Sites Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2014-06-01 23:33 -0400
    Re: Can't Stay Signed in to Web Sites Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2014-06-02 01:13 -0400

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