You’ve certainly heard the term cookie; not the kind that’s crunchy and sweet, but the kind that your web browser uses. Cookies can be useful, because they save information about you. When you revisit a website, you won’t have to log in again, because your Mac or iOS device has stored information about your session using cookies. Browser cookies can, however, be nefarious when used in certain ways.
In this tutorial, you’ll learn about browser cookies and how to manage them in every major browser on Mac and iOS. I’ll also explain what it means to delete your cookies–and why it might be a good idea to do so.
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