For the last couple of days or so, everytime I log onto facebook i get this message. I've tried deleting caches, cookies, flush dns, change DNS servers...all that good stuffs that people suggest but it still doesnt work. This is getting really frustratiing. If there's anyone who could help me solving this problem, I'd appericiate it so much. Thanks alot!
MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Hi.
You mentioned that you deleted cookies but try this also...
From your Safari menu bar click Safari > Preferences then select the Privacy tab.
Click: Remove All Website Data
Quit then relaunch Safari, try FB.
If that doesn't help, boot in Safe Mode
A Safe Mode boot takes longer then a normal boot so be patient. This will delete system caches that may help.
Once you see the Desktop, click the Apple menu icon top left in your screen. From the drop down menu click Restart.
Try FB.
Facebook is blocked in Vietnam, which is where you are.
thanks for the advise, i have tried both of them and they dont work. I tried resetting safari and it doesnt work either
@Linc Davis: im living in the u.s, vietnam is just where i created my account
Check System Preferences > Network > Advanced > Proxies
If any of the boxes on the left are selected, deselect then click OK.
Quit then relaunch Safari.
And check Safari > Preferences > Extensions. If you have any installed, turn that OFF, try FB.
If nothing above has helped, try deleting the cache associated with Safari.
Go to ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari/Cache.db.
Move the Cache.db file to the Trash.
Try FB.
One other thing to try is to delete your Facebook keychain.
Open Keychain Access located in /Applications/Utilities
Select Passwords on the left.
Type facebook in the search field top right corner of that window then right or control click the Facebook keychain then click Delete.
Back to Safari. From the Safari menu bar click Safari > Preferences > Autofill
Make sure User names and passwords is selected.
Go to Facebook, enter your user name and password. Click Yes when prompted to save that data to a new keychain.
And try using a different browser.Mozilla Firefox Web Browser
edited by: cs
hey thanks for your help again. But sadly none of the methods worked 😟 I tried switching to firefox and then google chrome, they never worked. I always get the same message "invalid URL"
Doesn't help you at the moment, but you aren't alone > http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20120517001849AAc3I94
You might try creating a new account > https://www.facebook.com/index.php?stype=lo&lh=Ac9MiEY2u-Q456Np
When you were in Vietnam, you may have hacked your hosts file to enable access to Facebook. If you did, undo that hack. If you don't know how, ask for instructions.
I just tried logging on to m.facebook.com and it worked just fine! This is the first time this ever happended to me so I don't really know what's going on.
@Linc Davis: oh i didnt hack anything, i just changed the DNSs
Change your DNS settings to whatever your present ISP recommends, or use a public DNS service. Don't use the DNS servers you used in Vietnam.
I experience the same problems when I use certain sites (i.e. FB, twitter and now even my go daddy email is doing the same thing). I am in Florida. In the office I am the only one with a mac. Everyone else has a PC and never experience this. What do I do?
This looks like a DNS cache issue.
Flush your DNS cache regularly (I set all my Macs to flush daily at boot): http://applehelpwriter.com/2012/04/16/flush-dns-cache-in-lion
Try to use a different DNS server (eg 8.8.8.8) directly from your computer rather than via your router or ISP.
Adjust your Reset Safari settings to something you are happy with and in future start Safari via the following AppleScript. I use this script on old Macs to increase Safari speed. The first line overcomes the reluctance of some Safari versions to remove local storage when resetting. Local storage is sometimes used as an alternative to cookies by HTML 5 pages - Facebook uses HTML 5.
do shell script "rm -Rf ~/Library/Safari/LocalStorage"
tellapplication"Safari"toactivate
tell application "System Events"
tell process "Safari"
click menu item "Reset Safari…" of menu "Safari" of menu bar 1
clickbutton"Reset"ofwindow1
endtell
endtell
This solved my problem. Thanks
I am glad you have resolved your problem by flushing your DNS cache.
"Neville Hillyer" That was an excellent answer, and has fixed my problem as well. For googlers, and forum hunters looking for an answer to the dreaded "invalid url "/" " problem, flush the DNS cache is simple (This is for Mountail Lion anyway)
1:) Goto "Finder"
2:) Select "Utilities"
3:) Select "Terminal"
After opening a new terminal session, simply copy the following command line, and paste it into the Terminal session.
sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder
That will flush your DNS cache (OSX will ask for your admin password, which you will be prompted to enter in Terminal)
Hopefully that will solve a lot of problems, again, thanks to Neville and Phil Stokes.
Hello,
Flushing my DNS cache worked. Thank you for the advice.
How do I fix the "invalid URL" problem?
