Techno-buffoon here, conflicted on how to clear cache in 9.0.3 (OS X 10.11.3 El Capitan). Some recommend removing entire cache folder. Others say just clear com.apple.Safari, which I've been doing. So....what happens if I remove contents of the entire Caches folder? (I've nothing special set up in this computer.)
Mac mini, OS X El Capitan (10.11.3), 5.1 2.3GHz i5 16GB RAM 1333 MHzDDR3
Open Safari Preferences --> Advanced. At the bottom, make sure "Show Develop menu in menu bar" is checked. Then go up to Develop --> Empty Caches.
Open Safari Preferences --> Advanced. At the bottom, make sure "Show Develop menu in menu bar" is checked. Then go up to Develop --> Empty Caches.
Safari/Preferences/Advanced - enable the Develop menu, then go there and Empty Caches. Quit/reopen Safari and test. Then try Safari/History/Show History and delete all history items. Quit/reopen Safari and test. You can also try try Safari/Clear History…. The down side is it clears all cookies.Doing this may cause some sites to no longer recognize your computer as one that has visited the web site. Go to Finder and select your user/home folder. With that Finder window as the front window, either select Finder/View/Show View options or go command - J. When the View options opens, check ’Show Library Folder’. That should make your user library folder visible in your user/home folder. Select Library./Caches/com.apple.Safari/Caches.db and move it to the trash.
Go to Safari Preferences/Extensions and turn all extensions off. Test. If okay, turn the extensions on one by one until you figure out what extension is causing the problem.
Safari Corruption See post by Linc Davis
With that developer menu present, you can empty the Safari cache via keyboard shortcuts: option+command+E. This beats navigating to the entry on the developer's menu.
Eric, After trying several suggestions that didn't work fully, I just cleared complete history and will deal with the consequences. Thank you very much for your response and input.
Yep, sure does. Great tip! Thanks so much for your insight.
You are welcome.
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