Flushing DNS Cache on Common Operating Systems
Windows
- Open Command Prompt:
- Press
Win + R, typecmd, and hit Enter. - Or search for “Command Prompt” in the Start menu, then right-click and choose “Run as Administrator.”
- Press
- Run the DNS Flush Command:
- Type:
ipconfig /flushdnsand press Enter. - You should see a confirmation message:
Successfully flushed the DNS Resolver Cache.
- Type:
- Optional: Clear ARP Cache:
- Type:
arp -d *and press Enter.
- Type:
macOS
- Open Terminal:
- Press
Command + Space, typeTerminal, and press Enter.
- Press
- Run the Flush DNS Command:
- For macOS Monterey and later:
- For macOS Catalina, Mojave, and earlier versions:
- Enter your admin password if prompted (it won’t be displayed).
You can also try using ‘incognito’ or private browsing mode on most browsers, this should fix the problem. Also a hard restart of your PC / Mac and a reset of your modem / router at the point it comes into your house would work too. If you want to reach out to me direct you can get me at richard [at] continentaltelegraph.com
While it was the DNS change that caused the initial problem, it persisted because my browser cached the “contact your hosting provider” page as the root page of https://www.timworstall.com That page has a ridiculously long expiry time on it.
It might be a good idea to advise people to clear their browser cache too.
FYI the site is still AWOL on Feedly. Not sure if anything needs to be done.
Another trick is to put a querystring like ?a=1 which won’t be in the local cache, so will do a server retrieval.
Also, happy to explain expiry to your chap ..
Across all device types, Android is the world’s most popular OS with 45% of the global market, followed by Windows with 27%, then iOS with 18%, macOS with 6%, and desktop Linux with 1.6%…
The Richard (NOT Murphy) did make me LOL
Rest assured unless you develop an unprecedented capacity for unredeemed evil I doubt I’d confuse the two of you….
Woz “bash” mean?
Woz “bash” mean?
Either a bloody great piss-up or, more likely, Mac computeritis
I tried the Mac fix but no joy… I’ll re-boot and see if that helps…
It’s the Bourne-again shell.
(You can file this under “accurate but not helpful in the slightest”!)
You can also follow these Google instructions on how to clear your browser cache. You’ll need to select something longer than 7 days which is when the page changed
https://www.google.com/search?q=clear+browser+cache&oq=clear+browser+cache&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOdIBCDQxMTVqMGo3qAIPsAIB&client=ms-android-google&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8
I always thought MacOS used ksh or something. Huh. Every day’s a school day.
The Richard (NOT Murphy) did make me LOL
Rest assured unless you develop an unprecedented capacity for unredeemed evil I doubt I’d confuse the two of you….
Hmmm.
Maybe Tim and Murphy are actually friends and Richard Murphy does the tech stuff for Tim.
If you ask the Murphster, I’m sure he would claim to have a level of expertise in computing. He has a YouTubes channel and everything dontcha know?!
This non-Murphy claim could just be a smokescreen and their rivalry a big con to pull us all in.
Time to come clean?
*Squints suspiciously at Tim*
Hahahaha.
@MntM25
The site has been working fine for me on Feedly the entire time. I wouldn’t have known there was a problem if people hadn’t mentioned it.
Hmmm. It isn’t working for me. The last article I see is December 9th. Strange.
Feedly support pointed me at:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/timworstall/KTZv
Which isn’t updated since December 9th. Looks like this might now be:
https://www.timworstall.com/feed/
Is that right?
Clearing the (Chrome) Browser Cache for four weeks worked for me although I thought I’d done that before…