[Ham-Mac] OT - Editing Form Values File

[Bob Nielsen]

On Apr 23, 2006, at 10:30 AM, Dino Papas wrote:

> Hoping one of you smart guys has the answer....tried OSX user area  
> at Apple Discussions with no response.
>
> Another poster asked:  "I can't seem to figure out how to remove  
> old searches from ebay and other websites that I've been to. When I  
> enter the first letter of a search word on ebay, it immediately  
> lists all the searches I've done that start with that letter.  
> Sometimes it's fun to see but I want to know how to stop this and  
> clear out that ebay cache that remembers all the old searches."
>
> The answer posted was:  "The file is in <username>/Library/Safari  
> and is called Form Values."
>
> Now that I know where the file is I wondering if Is there anyway to  
> actually edit that file? I don't want to lose all my searches and  
> have to re-enter them, just edit out the mistakes.
>


Since it is a binary file, you cannont directly edit it.  However you  
can clear out all of the eBay cache without affecting other entries.

In Safari Preferences, click on Autofill and then click on the "edit"  
button on the "Other forms" line.
Scroll down and highlight the .ebay.com line and click on "remove".

73, Bob N7XY