Safari cant access Facebook

Question

Just updated my 2010 iMac to 10.8.2, purely to use iCloud calendar syncing with my iPhone and wife's iPad, now cannot access Facebook site at all from Safari on the Mac (...Safari cannot access the server www.facebook.com...), dont even get as far as logging in. Followed a few previous threads and tried reset Safari, delete cookies, clear caches but no good. Only Facebook is affected, but we can still access the accounts from our phones/ipads. Any help please?? Thanks

Answer 1

Try using another browser.
Firefox
Try setting up another admin user account to see if the same problem continues. If Back-to-My Mac is selected in System Preferences, the Guest account will not work. The intent is to see if it is specific to one account or a system wide problem. This account can be deleted later.
Isolating an issue by using another user account
If the problem is still there, try booting into the Safe Mode using your normal account.  Disconnect all peripherals except those needed for the test. Shut down the computer and then power it back up after waiting 10 seconds. Immediately after hearing the startup chime, hold down the shift key and continue to hold it until the gray Apple icon and a progress bar appear. The boot up is significantly slower than normal. This will reset some caches, forces a directory check, and disables all startup and login items, among other things. When you reboot normally, the initial reboot may be slower than normal. If the system operates normally, there may be 3rd party applications which are causing a problem. Try deleting/disabling the third party applications after a restart by using the application un-installer. For each disable/delete, you will need to restart if you don't do them all at once.
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