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You can force refresh your browser by using the following key combination:<br/> On Apple: CMD + R<br/> </p> <h2 class="mac">Disable the cache permanently</h2> <p>This method only works on old versions of Safari 2 on OS X 10.4 and previous versions, and is not recommended as it may potentially cause system instability</p> <ol> <li>Quit Safari</li> <li>Open a Terminal window by double-clicking 'Terminal' within the 'Utilities' folder, which is within the 'Applications' folder</li> <li>Type the following commands, which are case-sensitive, each followed by the Enter key:<br/> rm -rf ~/Library/Caches/Safari<br/> touch ~/Library/Caches/Safari </li> <li>Quit terminal and relaunch Safari</li> </ol> <h2>Check other versions of Safari</h2> <ul class="archive-list"> <li><a href="/web/20161118232156/http://www.refreshyourcache.com/en/safari-5/">Safari 5</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20161118232156/http://www.refreshyourcache.com/en/safari/">Safari (older)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20161118232156/http://www.refreshyourcache.com/en/safari-mobile/">Safari (IOS)</a></li> </ul> </div> </article> </div> <footer id="footer"> <p> © 2016 - Powered by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161118232156/http://www.burst-digital.com/" target="_blank">Burst</a>.<br/> <span class="copyright"> This site is not affiliated with Apple, Microsoft, Opera, Google or Mozilla. 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