Update and Troubleshoot browsers in MacOS

Update browser (not Safari) e.g. Edge, Chrome or Firefox: click on Help menu then click on About e.g. ‘About Edge’. Opening this webpage will initiate the update process. If an update is done click on ‘Relaunch’ to finish updating. (Safari updates automatically with MacOS updates)

Quit then reopen the browser: To quit the browser go to the top application menu bar ❯ browser name ❯ Quit

Force Quit the browser: Click on Apple menu ❯ Force Quit, select the browser then click ‘Force Quit’

Clear History and the Cache: In Safari open ‘History’ ❯ Clear History. In Chrome open ‘History’ ❯ ‘Clear browsing data’. In Edge open ‘History’ ❯ options ❯ Clear browsing data

Disable browser extensions: Open browser Settings to see ‘Extensions’. To turn off an extension, untick its box. To uninstall an extension, select the extension and click the Uninstall button

Clear DNS cache: – Google Search for method in MacOS

Reinstall the browser e.g. Chrome or Edge after deleting: To delete, drag and drop the application in the bin. To reinstall, Google search for the browser to download, make sure it is a legitimate site then download and install