Tip: Turning off cache in Mac OS X Safari browser

A former student sent along this tip for ridding Safari of persistent cache problems when testing new Web pages.
1. Delete the Safari cache folder. This should be in ~/Library/Caches/Safari/.
2. Create an empty text document and save it as ‘Safari’ (no extension) and place in ~/Library/Caches/. The name of the file must match the name of the old folder, thus preventing Safari from making a new one.

Tip: Mac OS X and Linksys routers

After painful hours trying to get my new Linksys EtherFast Cable/DSL Router to connect both my Windows XP machine and my Mac OS X machine to the internet, I discovered that the Mac OS X instructions for using PPPoE with this router do not work. Do not select PPPoE, as instructed. Use DHCP instead. That works!

The Windows machine works fine with the same router following the PPPoE instructions.