browser show forbidden 403, what can I do

How can I solve the problem with my searching to get rid of " 403 forbidden " for the appletips website

iMac, macOS Sierra (10.12.6)

Posted on Sep 2, 2017 9:25 AM

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Sep 5, 2017 9:23 AM in response to jaapdev

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/Cache.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


Safari Reset


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Sep 2, 2017 9:35 AM in response to jaapdev

I would first delete your cookies for that site. Go to Safari > Preferences > Privacy and click on "Cookies and other website data, and click on "Details." Look for the cookies for that site. Delete all of those, close the pane and immediately quit Safari. Restart after a few seconds, and try the site again.

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