How lock Safari icons/favicons folder (lock box grayed out)

[Norm Nager]

It's easy to empty the Safari icons folder, but how does one lock it from accumulating new favicons if Get Info shows the icons folder's lock box is grayed out? Thanks. Norm

[Old Toad]

Create a TexEdit file and name it "Icons", no extension. Lock it and replace the folder "Icons" with it in your User/Library/Safari folder. That should do it. Close Safari before you do this.

[Norm Nager]

Quote: Originally Posted by Old Toad Create a TexEdit file and name it "Icons", no extension. Lock it and replace the folder "Icons" with it in your User/Library/Safari folder. That should do it. Close Safari before you do this.

Thank you so very much, OT! Has this been previously submitted as a Hint?

Respectfully, Norm

[Irene]

As a help to beginners:

You'll want to change the order of the original directions, because once you lock the folder you create you won't be able to move it from the Desktop to the ~Library/Safari folder.

Reordered directions:
1.Create a TexEdit file and name it "Icons", no extension.
2. Replace the folder "Icons" with it in your User/Library/Safari folder.
3. Lock the new flder Icons.

[Old Toad]

Thanks Irene, you beat me to the correction.

Norm:

I don't know. At least not by me.

[Norm Nager]

Thanks, Irene. And thanks, again, Old Toad.

Old Toad, with your directions, I was almost there, close enough for a bit of trial and error for me to get it to work even before Irene posted. Here's what I did and what finally worked.

How to keep favicons/icons from being saved in Safari
1. Quit Safari
2. Create a TextEdit file and name it "Icons"
3. Remove the extension TextEdit puts in both the file name and GetInfo.
4. Replace the folder "Icons" with the file in your User/Library/Safari folder.
5. Lock the new “Icons” file.

Respectfully, Norm

Postscript: Just in case it hasn't been Hinted, Old Toad, I clicked on the button to call your counsel to Rob's attention.

[Fisaw]

Using the same methods as above, I created a file called "WebpageIcons.db" and locked it. Managed to do the trick.