In How To Delete Cookies On A Computer and How To Clear A Browser Cache I have shown how to run a manual cleanup to delete the cache and cookies of a web browser. That’s handy to know and helpful in certain situations, for instance if you work on a computer where you cannot install [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Google caches all websites and pages of that site when it crawls them with its bots. Most cached pages are then linked to from Google Search as well. This can be handy at times, for instance if a website is not responding or down. The cached version provides access to the website’s contents even if [...]

Categories: Browsing, Google Chrome

Ghacks regulars know how to clear the cache of their web browser. I get support emails occasionally from new readers who do not know how to do that, or who, when asked to clear the cache, do not know how to do it. Telling customers how to clear the cache was a regular thing back [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Opera, Tutorials Basic

Websites sometimes are not accessible. It can be that the server the website is hosted on is currently down, that the webmaster accidentally or willingly deleted data on the website or that the user’s computer and Internet connection currently cannot establish a connection to the desired website. While it may be out of reach to [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox

The write speed of Solid State Drives is usually lower than the read speed. Many write operations on SSDs can slow down the system performance and reduce the longevity of the drive. Specialized programs such as SSD Drive Tweaker or Flash Fire aid the user in optimizing the system for Solid State Drives. We have [...]

Categories: Tutorials Basic

Every Internet users eventually stumbles upon a website that is not accessible at that time. Most web browsers will display a simply problem loading page error message with no troubleshooting options at all leaving the user with no choice but to try to reload the page or to try accessing the website at a later [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox

In order to improve connection times for users from all over the world, Ghacks enabled a content delivery network (CDN) yesterday. A CDN basically stores files and information on mirror servers all around the world in order to serve data to users from locations closest to them. This speeds up the connection process noticeably. In [...]

Categories: ghacks, The Web

You never know what is dirtying up your Linux system. Your Bash history, temporary files, usage history, clipboard, free disk space…there’s always a chance something is there that you don’t want. But how do you go through it all? Do we really have the time to actually sift through our machines daily or weekly to [...]

Categories: Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Security, Software, Tutorials Basic, Windows

Web users have quite a few possibilities to access websites that have been deleted or are temporarily unavailable for some time. Possibilities include using Google Cache, the Web Archive or other web caches that mirror websites. Web caches are great for accessing single pages of a website but not comfortable when multiple pages need to [...]

Categories: Online Services, The Web