Hard Refresh???

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I searched around and just couldn't find anything on this subject.

Somebody told me to do a "hard refresh" but I think he was a PC user as he said to use Ctl + F5. That doesn't seem to do anything. I am trying to make sure a certain thing isn't cached in my Safari browser.

Any ideas?
 
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you can empty safari cache, or thats not what you want to do?

just click Safari in menu for that.
 
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No I'm not talking about just clearing the cache. I wish it were that simple.

I'm looking for a way to force empty the cache. Something seems stuck and I just can't get out of a certain place -- in order words it won't let me log out.

So, somebody suggested doing a "hard refresh" whatever that is. Sounds to me like something is cached and isn't clearing properly for some reason.
 
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You can "reset" Safari. It's in the same Menu (FILE IIRC) as the Clear Cache option is. This will remove everything including History, cache and save passwords, and AutoFill info.
 
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To reload a page and bypass the cache:
either:
  • Hold down the Command and Shift keys, and press R.
  • Hold down the Shift key and click the Reload toolbar button.
 
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To reload a page and bypass the cache:
either:
  • Hold down the Command and Shift keys, and press R.
  • Hold down the Shift key and click the Reload toolbar button.
Thank you. I tried that too. I'm not really sure what helped the situation but now things seem to be working correctly. Somewhere along the line I must have got the cache really clear itself.

Thanks for all the help.
 

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