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How to clear the cache or do a hard refresh in Safari?
I am used to doing this in Windows with FireFox or IE by pressing Ctrl + F5 . Is there a way to do this for Safari on a Mac?
I am used to doing this in Windows with FireFox or IE by pressing Ctrl+F5.
Is there a way to do this for Safari on a Mac?
Abe Miessler
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Apr 14, 2011, 08:43 PM
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Distortion and window sizing issue on external display, when refresh is higher than 30
I have been using this setup (Macbook Pro M2 + Philips 276E display) since at least November and haven't had a single issue with it until now. As you can see in the youtube video I've linked to below, there's a strange distortion on the screen, and the windows don't scale properly even though the se...
I have been using this setup (Macbook Pro M2 + Philips 276E display) since at least November and haven't had a single issue with it until now. As you can see in the youtube video I've linked to below, there's a strange distortion on the screen, and the windows don't scale properly even though the secondary monitor is set to default resolution.
The issue is not with the monitor itself nor with my HDMI cables (unfortunately I don't have a display port as of right now) but with the Mac itself, as the distortion and sizing problems go away when I lower the refresh rate to 30 hz or below. The issue starts already at 50 hz. I tried upgrading to Sonoma 14.5 but to no avail.
Is there anything I can do about it? Any help is highly appreciated.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/RBD-84DNIHY
marje181
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May 19, 2024, 12:26 AM
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How to change refresh rate without changing resolution to low resolution mode on MacOS Venture13.4.1
I have a LG IPS MP77 monitor and trying to use it as my external monitor on my MacBook M1 which runs Venture13.4.1. I connected them with a HDMI cable and at first it shows that refreshment rate is exceeded. Then I found that it is because the monitor only support refreshment rate between 30-83kHz,...
I have a LG IPS MP77 monitor and trying to use it as my external monitor on my MacBook M1 which runs Venture13.4.1. I connected them with a HDMI cable and at first it shows that refreshment rate is exceeded. Then I found that it is because the monitor only support refreshment rate between 30-83kHz, but the 25kHz refreshment is the only option that has been shown on the display option.
I have looked up the issue online and found that if I choose the resolution 1980x1080(low resolution) then 50kHz and 60kHz options for the refreshment rate shows up. However the result is unacceptable as words and picture are hard to see. I have tried using Better Display to force the setting become 1980x1080(normal) with 50kHz, but it's still having very low resolution. Is there any way to fix it? Thanks!
Cheku chuke
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Aug 15, 2023, 02:56 PM
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How can I force Microsoft Teams to refresh the list of upcoming meetings?
I use Microsoft Teams on iPad and noticed that the list of upcoming meetings is often outdated. [![Microsoft Teams app with the left sidebar of meetings list visible][1]][1] How can I force Microsoft Teams to refresh the list of upcoming meetings? [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/LRSLW.png
I use Microsoft Teams on iPad and noticed that the list of upcoming meetings is often outdated.
How can I force Microsoft Teams to refresh the list of upcoming meetings?
How can I force Microsoft Teams to refresh the list of upcoming meetings?
Franck Dernoncourt
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Jun 30, 2022, 03:39 PM
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How to refresh the display rate MacBook Pro?
[![enter image description here][1]][1] Currently I'm on a MacBook Pro2016 and macOS Monterey ver 12.6.2. My screen is choppy right now, is there any way I can change the rate? Symptom [![enter image description here][2]][2] [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/b4gtx.png [2]: https://i.sstatic.net/jtsCy.jpg
Currently I'm on a MacBook Pro2016 and macOS Monterey ver 12.6.2. My screen is choppy right now, is there any way I can change the rate?
Symptom
Le Hoang
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Jan 22, 2023, 12:29 PM
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How do I get my 2019 MacBook Pro to support higher refresh rates than 60 Hz?
If I switch my the external monitor to 85 Hz, it goes really weird. What does it need to support an lg uhd with 85 Hz? MacBook Pro 2019 i7 16 GB & lg gk950-b
If I switch my the external monitor to 85 Hz, it goes really weird.
What does it need to support an lg uhd with 85 Hz?
MacBook Pro 2019 i7 16 GB & lg gk950-b
Ourjamie
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Jun 17, 2020, 04:08 PM
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How to clear the cache or do a hard refresh in mobile Safari?
On OS-X it's Opt + Cmd + E or Cmd + R or certain menu options (https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/12049/how-to-clear-the-cache-or-do-a-hard-refresh-in-safari). Is there a way to do this for Safari on an iPhone or iPad? ------------ This seems like a duplicate? What do you think? I really don'...
On OS-X it's Opt+Cmd+E or Cmd+R or certain menu options (https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/12049/how-to-clear-the-cache-or-do-a-hard-refresh-in-safari) .
Is there a way to do this for Safari on an iPhone or iPad?
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This seems like a duplicate? What do you think? I really don't like force-quit: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/74797/can-i-force-a-cache-refresh-in-safari-running-on-ios
This sounds better: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/73153/how-to-clear-browser-cache-for-just-one-specific-site-in-mobile-safari
Csaba Toth
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Jul 25, 2017, 03:53 PM
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How can I make my finder refresh a NAS volume mounted using AFP?
Regrettably I'm using a WD EX2 on my bridged home network (current and 4th gen Airport Extremes), and the finder doesn't refresh my AFP volumes. The NAS is attached on the 4th gen APE. Anyone have a solution? I've been relaunching the finder and/or connecting/disconnecting. I'm using 10.10.5 on a la...
Regrettably I'm using a WD EX2 on my bridged home network (current and 4th gen Airport Extremes), and the finder doesn't refresh my AFP volumes. The NAS is attached on the 4th gen APE.
Anyone have a solution? I've been relaunching the finder and/or connecting/disconnecting. I'm using 10.10.5 on a late 2012 mac mini. Thank you.
andy
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Aug 22, 2015, 05:40 PM
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Auto-Refresh Page for Google Chrome on iPad
Is there an extension I can download on an iPad to auto-refresh a Google Chrome page?
Is there an extension I can download on an iPad to auto-refresh a Google Chrome page?
Danielle
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Sep 12, 2016, 06:35 PM
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What happens if I open an app during it's background refresh period?
If an app running on my iPhone is currently in the process of background refreshing, if I open up the app and bring it to the foreground, what happens to the app and to the background fetch? Does the background refresh process keep running until it is complete or times out, or does it stop the proce...
If an app running on my iPhone is currently in the process of background refreshing, if I open up the app and bring it to the foreground, what happens to the app and to the background fetch?
Does the background refresh process keep running until it is complete or times out, or does it stop the process?
Does it prevent the app from loading until it's background refresh process has completed?
Danny Goodall
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Oct 27, 2016, 08:16 AM
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Re-install stock Net-SNMP?
Apologies in advance if this has been answered. What is the exact procedure to reset Net-SNMP to "factory defaults" on, say, OSX 10.10 - or any other OSX flavor? A number of our Xserves were upgraded from 10.6 to 10.8 to 10.9 or 10.10 and in the process appear to have their Net-SNMP executables and/...
Apologies in advance if this has been answered.
What is the exact procedure to reset Net-SNMP to "factory defaults" on, say, OSX 10.10 - or any other OSX flavor?
A number of our Xserves were upgraded from 10.6 to 10.8 to 10.9 or 10.10 and in the process appear to have their Net-SNMP executables and/or configuration corrupted - e.g. snmpd daemons crashing frequently, not reporting CPU/mem loads, etc. Tried comparing folder structures between affected and unaffected nodes and haven't gotten too far.
**Edit**: just to be clear, this isn't about snmpd.conf - but about snmp executables, MIBs and what not.
Appreciate any ideas!
kindzmarauli
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Jul 10, 2015, 09:57 AM
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how to stop background app refreshing in iOS9
I'm using the latest version of iOS on iphone 5s (till the date of this post) and I want to stop apps like whatsapp and so from refreshing in the background but without stopping notifications of these apps so that I can get notifications ONLY when running these apps. When I go to the app settings in...
I'm using the latest version of iOS on iphone 5s (till the date of this post) and I want to stop apps like whatsapp and so from refreshing in the background but without stopping notifications of these apps so that I can get notifications ONLY when running these apps.
When I go to the app settings in SETTINGS and disable ( Background App Refresh ) I still get notifications when someone msg me .
Does that means the apps still working in the background ?
Emad Saeed
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Oct 23, 2015, 10:54 PM
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Clear cached frameworks to reload OSX UI (graphics only)
With the release of Yosemite I'll no doubt be needing to update our OS X UI at work, basically just white-labeling various parts of OS X. I lost my bash aliases a while back and have forgotten the command to reload the UI of OS X. I'm looking for a way to tell the OS to clear any frameworks it might...
With the release of Yosemite I'll no doubt be needing to update our OS X UI at work, basically just white-labeling various parts of OS X. I lost my bash aliases a while back and have forgotten the command to reload the UI of OS X.
I'm looking for a way to tell the OS to clear any frameworks it might have cached somewhere and load them fresh from disk. The ultimate goal in doing this would be to force any changes you made to your 
*Menu Bar Icons*
*Lockscreen Icons, Text*
*Function Key Icons*
.framework packages to get reflected in the OS.
Shutting down and logging off don't seem to do the trick. But there should be a bash command that will work.
Just to clarify, I'm **not** looking for a way to restart the **Window Server**, that won't really do what I want.
Here is an example of a framework that I'd like to refresh:
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/LoginUIKit.framework/Resources
**EDIT**
For example, I used to be able to reload the following types of system graphics, I'm 90% sure it wasn't a chain of commands either, just a single magical UI refresher:
*Finder Icons, Textures*
*Menu Bar Icons*
*Lockscreen Icons, Text*
*Function Key Icons*
8eecf0d2
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Aug 1, 2014, 10:49 AM
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Why isn't Finder updating a folder's contents?
Today I had the strange behavior that I added some files to a folder in Finder (that happens to be in dropbox) from Outlook, but Finder did not show them. I could see them from the Open File dialog of Outlook and of Adobe Acrobat Pro XI, but returning to Finder, still not there. Hitting the F5 key t...
Today I had the strange behavior that I added some files to a folder in Finder (that happens to be in dropbox) from Outlook, but Finder did not show them. I could see them from the Open File dialog of Outlook and of Adobe Acrobat Pro XI, but returning to Finder, still not there. Hitting the F5 key to force a refresh, still nothing. Finally, I forced Finder to quit and relaunch, and they showed up. This is OS X Yosemite v10.10.2.
What is going on? Why would Finder not show the new files until forced to restart?
WilliamKF
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Apr 24, 2015, 04:13 PM
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Auto or manual refreshing of mounted volumes
I use Transmit to mount a Linux server disk on my Mac. ![enter image description here][1] The issue is that when I do something on the remote server with ssh, the change is not reflected in the mounted volume in my mac. How can I manually/automatically update the changes? [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/...
I use Transmit to mount a Linux server disk on my Mac.
The issue is that when I do something on the remote server with ssh, the change is not reflected in the mounted volume in my mac.
How can I manually/automatically update the changes?
The issue is that when I do something on the remote server with ssh, the change is not reflected in the mounted volume in my mac.
How can I manually/automatically update the changes?
prosseek
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Jan 29, 2014, 08:34 PM
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Desktop refreshing icons every 15 seconds or so
I've been on Mavericks since it was open to the general public. But yesterday it started frequently refreshing he desktop icons, over and over again, possibly every 10-15 seconds. It's very strange. I'm not moving any windows or moving the mouse around. Often I'm just reading a web page or some emai...
I've been on Mavericks since it was open to the general public.
But yesterday it started frequently refreshing he desktop icons, over and over again, possibly every 10-15 seconds. It's very strange.
I'm not moving any windows or moving the mouse around. Often I'm just reading a web page or some email and I'll notice the desktop repaint all the icons, then read a bit more, then notice it doing it again.
Macbook Pro retina, Mavericks. Have noticed on 2 extern displays (Apple Thunderbolt display at work and on 1080p TV/monitor at home). Laptop itself is typically closed.
I've posted other questions about desktop icon placement, not sure if any of that is related, just full disclosure.
Mark Bennett
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Nov 5, 2013, 07:00 PM
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How to speed up screen refresh on MacPro + Bootcamp?
I'm a .Net developer running Windows 7 Ultimate (x64) on a 2010 MacPro (2.27Ghz/6GB RAM) using Bootcamp. Until about a month ago its been, imo, the ultimate dev workstation. However recently I've noticed that Visual Studio 2010 takes a very long time to redraw its windows. This is most noticeable wh...
I'm a .Net developer running Windows 7 Ultimate (x64) on a 2010 MacPro (2.27Ghz/6GB RAM) using Bootcamp. Until about a month ago its been, imo, the ultimate dev workstation. However recently I've noticed that Visual Studio 2010 takes a very long time to redraw its windows. This is most noticeable when switching to it after its been in the foreground.
I don't get this problem with other Windows apps and am baffled because the machine has more than enough grunt to handle a few MDI'd windows yet grinds for up to five minutes sometimes when reactivating the VS environment - the screen update seems to slow everything down. My colleagues are using identical hardware and software but running Windows under Parallels on their Macs does not lead to this behaviour.
I'm getting desperate (and I've asked this same question at StackOverflow.com) - does anyone know why this might be happening and whether there's a fix ...?
immutabl
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Aug 2, 2011, 12:01 PM
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Screen refresh rates on mobile devices
Are there any hand held devices, PDA , phones or pads that have a screen refresh rate of 120Hz.
Are there any hand held devices, PDA , phones or pads that have a screen refresh rate of 120Hz.
user5230
Apr 9, 2011, 09:46 PM
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How can I set the screen refresh rate for a CRT VGA monitor in Leopard?
I need to operate a CRT monitor in 100 Hz (1280 x 1024) on a Leopard Machine. The same monitor was working fine on a Tiger machine in the mentioned range but I switched to Leopard and it does not show the 100 Hz option in the list any more (but I am sure the monitor can support it). Is there a way t...
I need to operate a CRT monitor in 100 Hz (1280 x 1024) on a Leopard Machine.
The same monitor was working fine on a Tiger machine in the mentioned range but I switched to Leopard and it does not show the 100 Hz option in the list any more (but I am sure the monitor can support it).
Is there a way to manually modify the list?
Ali
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May 2, 2011, 02:38 PM
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