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Over the past few months I have had to sign in every time I come back to the forum after waking either of our Macs from sleep. I trype (not a smelling mastike) in a 'J' to start my forum name and the full Jonzjob appears then click to trype my password. That is also filled in for me, and then I just have to hit enter and I am signed in again.

It doesn't take much time or effort, but I used to stay signed in all the time before. Is this the 'norm' now or am I doing something wrong? It doesn't matter if I click the box to stay logged in or not.

Any ideas at all please folks? :Confused::Confused:
 

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...or am I doing something wrong?

This would be my guess.;) I stay signed in all this time.:)

Maybe not exactly "you" doing something wrong...but maybe a setting issue, ISP, VPN, etc. issue

Possibly a cookie or cache issue.

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Also John, when signing in, there is a tiny box "Remember Me". Worth ticking that.

And I say signed in all the time.

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John, my first question would be 'What browser are you using'?
People, including myself, had that issue at least twice not too long ago. But at the same time many other members had no problem staying signed in.
At that time the issue seemed to revolve specifically around Firefox and for some reason the issue would happen only on this site.
In the end, nobody really figured out what happened, but eventually things worked again.
I remember at one point you would get logged in automatically if you visited the site again within an hour or so, but not if you waited longer - very mysterious.

You of course need to have the box "Remember Me" (or similar words, checked - that will remember your user name.
Then, after you enter your password, the browser will give you the option to remember the password or not - you have to make sure you selected that.
If this still doesn't work, I would check your cookie setting and also clear the cache as Nick suggested.
And if it is still a problem, try it with a different browser, one that you have never used to access this forum.
 
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I said in my OP that I ticked the box to stay logged in. That is because my not so perfect memory forgot what the box was really called krs :[:[ I'll forget my own name soon me-thinks?:Oops:

We started to use Waterfox because of a problem we had with a site on Firefox, but as far as I can remember (?) it was OK to start off with? I have never got on with Safari so that doesn't normally get used and we have used Firefox since we went Mac about 10 years ago. I'll try it again, but on both Firefox and Safari and see what happens.

Ta for the replies folks.
 
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Same problem here

I've given up using the forum several times because I have to re-log in every time I visit.

No other website gives me this issue and I always re-check the "remember me" box.
I'm using Safari 11.1.2, Sierra and a Mac Pro. I don't use a VPN and I've changed my preferred DNS a couple of times.

I think I've signed in about 10 times over the last 6 months and not once have I been able to log in again without inserting my creds.
Haven't tried another browser, but even if it worked I'd probably not switch to it just for the forum. Cache has been cleared (I use Onyx).

If any of you guys can think of something that I haven't tried (other than a different browser) I''d love to hear it as this forum is worth the effort!
 

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I don't use Safari, but I just tried it on Safari 11.1.2 with ElCapitan

In my case with Safari - if I actually log out of the forum, close Safari (or maybe not) - if I then launch Safari and click on the bookmark for this site, I have to log in again with both user name and password.
Clicking "Remember Me" doesn't seem to work - it should remember the user name and populate that automatically.
In my case, the user name is remembered but to populate it one needs to click on the user name window.
As far as remembering the password as well (which is what I want), I didn't see an option in Safari to remember both user name and password the way I see it on FireFox or Brave.
Maybe I just missed that.

On the other hand, if I don't log out, just close Safari, I'm into the forum automatically next time I launch Safari and select the forum bookmark.
 
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I never logout, just close the tab (or if I leave it long enough without doing anything I seem to recall that I am logged out anyway).
When I return, I am always logged out if it's longer than a couple of minutes. The user name/password fields are both empty.
In my case I can click on the user name and it repopulates. Then I click on the password box and I get the usual Safari pop that allows me to select the login and pass which will fill in the password.
Nothing happens automatically.
Perhaps I should try on a different computer.
 

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I used to have that type of problem with this site on Firefox.
If I selected the forum again in my bookmarks within an hour or so after closing the browser or checking other sites - I would still be logged in.
But if I waited much longer, say morning to night or the next day, I had to log in again.

With Firefox that somehow eventually got "fixed"
I deleted various settings on FireFox on my Mac, I don't know if there were changes made in the forum software as well - bottom line was that nobody really knows exactly what the problem was and how to fix it.
But a number of members here had similar problems - "auto login" worked for them on all other forum sites, just not for this one.

I don't think this is a computer issue - it's some interaction between Safari and the forum software
 
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I've given up using the forum several times because I have to re-log in every time I visit.

No other website gives me this issue and I always re-check the "remember me" box.
I'm using Safari 11.1.2, Sierra and a Mac Pro. I don't use a VPN and I've changed my preferred DNS a couple of times.

I think I've signed in about 10 times over the last 6 months and not once have I been able to log in again without inserting my creds.
Haven't tried another browser, but even if it worked I'd probably not switch to it just for the forum. Cache has been cleared (I use Onyx).

If any of you guys can think of something that I haven't tried (other than a different browser) I''d love to hear it as this forum is worth the effort!

What are the Preferences for Safari, for Auto Fill, and Privacy sections? For Auto Fill, I have “user names and passwords” selected. And for Privacy, I have “Block all cookies” unchecked.


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If any of you guys can think of something that I haven't tried


Try using a different browser, and if nothing else, just for diagnostic purposes and see what the results are or if anything improves.


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What are the Preferences for Safari, for Auto Fill, and Privacy sections? For Auto Fill, I have “user names and passwords” selected. And for Privacy, I have “Block all cookies” unchecked.

Autofill is the same, for cookies I have Allow from sites I visit....

Methinks I'll just try another browser/computer as pm-r suggested...for diagnostic purposes.
Will report back what I find.

Thanks guys...sometimes it's good to be "spurred on"
 
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I reported the same problem some months ago. I still have the same issue. Login is never saved. Perhaps mac-forums just doesn't like me :)
 
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Autofill is the same, for cookies I have Allow from sites I visit....

Methinks I'll just try another browser/computer as pm-r suggested...for diagnostic purposes.
Will report back what I find.

Thanks guys...sometimes it's good to be "spurred on"
You could also create a new user account on your Mac for testing purposes? If it still happens in the new account, then there is a different issue. And I mean, specifically create a new account, not to just use an account you already created.
 
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And I mean, specifically create a new account, not to just use an account you already created.

Why??? That would just setup another second variable and make any problem diagnosis harder, whether the problem is on the users and or at the forum servers end.

I know I had the same problem several months ago and someone at the forum server end must have done something because it just suddenly started working one day and I hadn't changed a thing that I can remember. And neither did changing Browsers work when it was not working.


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Why??? That would just setup another second variable and make any problem diagnosis harder, whether the problem is on the users and or at the forum servers end.

I know I had the same problem several months ago and someone at the forum server end must have done something because it just suddenly started working one day and I hadn't changed a thing that I can remember. And neither did changing Browsers work when it was not working.


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To me, a new account, is cleaned up. And it would rule out any user changed settings being the issue. If it works, it's not the website, it's the old users settings, or [possibly] the website.
 
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Well just for giggles, I tried Firefox on the same computer......Kept me signed in just like it should.

Something else I recall is that I had this problem when I first registered and I was using Safari 10.1.2
Over the last few months I updated Safari to 12.1.1 and then went down to 11.1.2 because I didn't like 12.
Had the problem in all three versions.
 
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On the other hand, I'm using Safari (13.0.3) and have no problems at all. And I didn't have problems with 12 or 11 either. So it's not a bug in Safari.
 

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Just for added info:

From the very first day of my membership of these Forums till the present, I have only ever used Safari in whatever version was current. Never had any problem signing in or posting attachments (other than human error!!)

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Well just for giggles, I tried Firefox on the same computer......Kept me signed in just like it should.

Something else I recall is that I had this problem when I first registered and I was using Safari 10.1.2
Over the last few months I updated Safari to 12.1.1 and then went down to 11.1.2 because I didn't like 12.
Had the problem in all three versions.
So, it could be a user account setting somewhere in your user account, and the reason I suggested a NEW user account on your Mac for testing purposes. It can then be deleted when the problem is/isn't confirmed.

- - - Updated - - -

Just for added info:

From the very first day of my membership of these Forums till the present, I have only ever used Safari in whatever version was current. Never had any problem signing in or posting attachments (other than human error!!)

Ian
Me too, I only use Safari. And, I have had issues, but I believe they were all user instigated issues.
 

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