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Where'd it go?
AdBlock used to maintain a file in /Users/artie/Library/Safari/LocalStorage that was a database of my manual edits, but that file has disappeared.
Since I like to maintain a backup of my edits in case of emergency, I'd like to now where it is now stored.
Thanks.
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1 Posted by Artie Hall on 05 Aug, 2015 08:32 AM
This discussion should NOT have been closed! (I clicked on "Read More", and the thumbs-up icon appeared. [Bug?])
"IN THE WINDOW THAT APPEARS, GO TO: SAFARI -> LOCALSTORAGE
DELETE THE "SAFARI-EXTENSION_COM.BETAFISH.ADBLOCKFORSAFARI-(LETTERS & NUMBERS).LOCALSTORAGE" FILE(S)"
Those steps are listed in the "How do I delete the settings file for AdBlock in Safari?" discussion, but the named file no longer exists, and that's the crux of my discussion.
Where has it gone?
Support Staff 2 Posted by Rhana on 07 Aug, 2015 12:21 AM
Hi Artie,
I'll ask our developers about this. In the meantime, can you please provide a link to the instructions you were reading?
Rhana
AdBlock Community Manager
3 Posted by Artie2 on 07 Aug, 2015 12:36 AM
Hi, Rhana,
First, I've gotten my question answered by another Extension developer with whom I happened to be corresponding when I posted my discussion. The data that AdBlock used to store in Local Storage is now stored in /Users/yourshortusername/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Safari.plist in Safari 5.1.0; it's in a separate plist in later versions of Safari, but I don't know precisely which ones.
Second, as I said, the discussion from which I got those instructions was "How do I delete the settings file for AdBlock in Safari?", but I can't find it again to provide you with a link.
Thanks for your response.
Artie
Support Staff 4 Posted by Rhana on 07 Aug, 2015 07:28 PM
Hi Artie,
Glad you were able to find an answer! I found the article in our Knowledge Base.
According to our lead developer,
"In OS X Yosemite, running Safari 8, I found our persisted data in the file:
com.apple.Safari.Extensions.plistin the directory~/Library/PreferencesI should point out that extensions don't pick the file name(s), locations, etc. Safari does this for us. There's a layer of abstraction between extensions and the file system provide by Safari."
I'll put updating our KB article to include this information on our to-do list. :)
Rhana
AdBlock Community Manager