I have searched the Mac ... deleted a couple of other old accounts (ones I've used for 'testing' and things) - I cannot find reference to "Twynham" (old address) anywhere on my Mac ... anyone any thoughts please ?
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Safari autofill getting old address from somewhere
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I have searched the Mac ... deleted a couple of other old accounts (ones I've used for 'testing' and things) - I cannot find reference to "Twynham" (old address) anywhere on my Mac ... anyone any thoughts please ?
Yes, that's what I see ... believe me I'm not an idiot - I have done, I think, everything correctly as I said in my original post "deleted old card and created a new contact card for "My Card""
Safari is finding an old address from somewhere ...........
Safari is finding an old address from somewhere ...........
Thank you
[doublepost=1494832021][/doublepost]here's a perfect example of the blank form with the autofill drop-down and what Safari autofills, the grab in my previous reply shows "MY" card information
[doublepost=1494832021][/doublepost]here's a perfect example of the blank form with the autofill drop-down and what Safari autofills, the grab in my previous reply shows "MY" card information
Hmm... sorry. I'm at a loss. 
Changing that card like you did should do it and you have it setup correctly.
Changing that card like you did should do it and you have it setup correctly.
Good thinking MC ... but it just comes up with the correct NEW address ... I can always find a way round the problem (except for the day I didn't notice and a £20 value parcel was delivered to my old address) but I'd really like to know where Safari is looking !
That's really crazy. I noticed that after autofill fills in fields you can click on a field and then select the autofill icon pulldown and it says where the contents came from, such as "home". You could see if your address fields are somehow different.
It is very strange ... I have searched (for "Twynham" - the old address) on my Mac using spotlight, I have searched 'contacts' as well, I have cleared Safari's caches etc etc ... I cannot think of anywhere else the old address might be !
Hi Jon ... I eventually got through to Apple 'chat' support in the States and after several people tried, without success, I was passed onto a supervisor who showed me where there were some data 'caches' that I deleted - I'm really sorry I didn't spot where the folder was.
In case anyone else is still having this issue, I was able to resolve it by:
1. Signing out of iCloud
2. Removing all files with "com.apple.safari" in `~/Library/Caches/`
3. Removing the folder `~/Library/Safari/`
4. Restarting my computer
5. Signing back into iCloud
6. Restarting my computer again
Hope this is helpful.
1. Signing out of iCloud
2. Removing all files with "com.apple.safari" in `~/Library/Caches/`
3. Removing the folder `~/Library/Safari/`
4. Restarting my computer
5. Signing back into iCloud
6. Restarting my computer again
Hope this is helpful.
Just did this exactly as written. I believe it may have worked in your case, however in mine it rendered autofill to not work at all and I lost 7 years of browsing history.
Forums have sooo much mis-information out there folks. My suggestion is to just call apple's tech support with any issues. They actually have pretty decent help these days.
Forums have sooo much mis-information out there folks. My suggestion is to just call apple's tech support with any issues. They actually have pretty decent help these days.
I was having the same problem. I edited my contact card and removed my old card but Safari kept using my old address. I even went into the Contacts app to be sure my old address was not in there. Turns out you have to close out of Safari and reopen after editing the card. This seems like good programming would not require you to do that but there it is. At least that worked in my case.
I know this is an old thread, but for me, I figured out that Safari was autofilling using my 1Password plug-in contact card data. So no matter what I did to my Apple/iCloud contact card, 1Password, or and other similar 3rd party app, will always override your Apple contact info.
This drove me nuts and I seem to have found the problem in my situation. My contact card was up to date, and I tried toggling Autofill settings on and off as described elsewhere. The problem persisted. Here's what fixed it:
1. In Finder, open the Library file (https://www.macrumors.com/how-to/reveal-library-folder-in-macos/)
2. Open the Safari folder, and move the "Form Values" file to the trash.
3. Empty the trash.
You may need to restart Safari or the Mac, I don't recall. But my old address is now gone!
(4. You may also need to move the following to the Trash, although when I initially tried this it didn't work. It was only after I deleted "Form Values". Anyway, also delete these from the Safari folder: AutoFillCorrections.db, AutoFillCorrections.db-shm, AutoFillCorrections.db-wal. MacOS will re-create clean versions for you.)
This old post talks about the Form Values file. I'm guessing it's something some of us have been carrying around from old versions of Mac OS.
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1. In Finder, open the Library file (https://www.macrumors.com/how-to/reveal-library-folder-in-macos/)
2. Open the Safari folder, and move the "Form Values" file to the trash.
3. Empty the trash.
You may need to restart Safari or the Mac, I don't recall. But my old address is now gone!
(4. You may also need to move the following to the Trash, although when I initially tried this it didn't work. It was only after I deleted "Form Values". Anyway, also delete these from the Safari folder: AutoFillCorrections.db, AutoFillCorrections.db-shm, AutoFillCorrections.db-wal. MacOS will re-create clean versions for you.)
This old post talks about the Form Values file. I'm guessing it's something some of us have been carrying around from old versions of Mac OS.
Where are autofill values stored? - Apple Community
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Thank you!! This has been driving me crazy for 16 months. Removing the ~/Library/Safari/Form Values folder did the trick.
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This is the answer!!!This drove me nuts and I seem to have found the problem in my situation. My contact card was up to date, and I tried toggling Autofill settings on and off as described elsewhere. The problem persisted. Here's what fixed it:
1. In Finder, open the Library file (https://www.macrumors.com/how-to/reveal-library-folder-in-macos/)
2. Open the Safari folder, and move the "Form Values" file to the trash.
3. Empty the trash.
You may need to restart Safari or the Mac, I don't recall. But my old address is now gone!
(4. You may also need to move the following to the Trash, although when I initially tried this it didn't work. It was only after I deleted "Form Values". Anyway, also delete these from the Safari folder: AutoFillCorrections.db, AutoFillCorrections.db-shm, AutoFillCorrections.db-wal. MacOS will re-create clean versions for you.)
This old post talks about the Form Values file. I'm guessing it's something some of us have been carrying around from old versions of Mac OS.
Where are autofill values stored? - Apple Community
I have this issue every time I change my address.
- Often switching "My Card" to a different card and then switching back fixes it.
- Sometimes deleting My Card and re-adding works but this time it didn't.
- I just got off the phone with Apple and 78 minutes and 3 supervisors later, this was the solution. Go open a Finder window > select the Go tab, push the option key on the keyboard, and then select Library. Scroll down to the Safari folder. Within the Safari folder, delete the "Form Values" folder.
Hurray, @MacLayan, you solved the mystery! This finally solved the issue for me too. Thanks a lot for sharing, M.This drove me nuts and I seem to have found the problem in my situation. My contact card was up to date, and I tried toggling Autofill settings on and off as described elsewhere. The problem persisted. Here's what fixed it:
1. In Finder, open the Library file (https://www.macrumors.com/how-to/reveal-library-folder-in-macos/)
2. Open the Safari folder, and move the "Form Values" file to the trash.
3. Empty the trash.
You may need to restart Safari or the Mac, I don't recall. But my old address is now gone!
(4. You may also need to move the following to the Trash, although when I initially tried this it didn't work. It was only after I deleted "Form Values". Anyway, also delete these from the Safari folder: AutoFillCorrections.db, AutoFillCorrections.db-shm, AutoFillCorrections.db-wal. MacOS will re-create clean versions for you.)
This old post talks about the Form Values file. I'm guessing it's something some of us have been carrying around from old versions of Mac OS.
Where are autofill values stored? - Apple Community