{"id":11097,"date":"2021-04-01T10:38:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T15:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manage4.performancescoring.net\/kb\/?p=11097"},"modified":"2021-04-01T10:38:00","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T15:38:00","slug":"how-to-clear-a-browser-cache-on-mac-os","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/upstreamreporting.app\/support\/?p=11097","title":{"rendered":"How to Clear a Browser Cache on Mac OS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/securedb.io\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Upstream+<\/a> is a web-based application that runs in a browser cache stores copies of web pages you visit which allows the pages to load faster. Clearing the cache helps keep pages updated with the correct information and can often fix errors caused by old\/invalid information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s how to clear the cache on your handy-dandy Mac.  Using a Windows machine? 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