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- #MAC OS HOST FILE LOCATION MAC OS X#
- #MAC OS HOST FILE LOCATION PASSWORD#
- #MAC OS HOST FILE LOCATION OFFLINE#
- #MAC OS HOST FILE LOCATION WINDOWS#
#MAC OS HOST FILE LOCATION OFFLINE#
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#MAC OS HOST FILE LOCATION WINDOWS#
#MAC OS HOST FILE LOCATION MAC OS X#
The above instructions will work on Mac OS X 10.2 and above.
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In this situation, map the bad domain to 127.0.0.1. Thereby preventing the computer from reaching the domain. Similarly, it’s possible to block a harmful domain by mapping it to the localhost. That’s it! You’ve added entries to your Hosts file, go ahead and reload your web browser to see the results. OS X 10.4 or earlier use: lookupd -flushcache OS X 10.5 or later use this command: dscacheutil -flushcache Now for your new entry to take effect, the DNS cache needs to be flushed.(letter O, not zero) It will ask where to write, with the Hosts file already typed, press Enter to write. Check you entries, and Save the file by pressing Control + O keys.Use tab key or spaces to separate the IP from domains. Append your entries to the end of the file.
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Hashed lines (#) are comment lines and are ignored by the system. It has one entry per line, with the hostname followed by the IP address. You will now see the contents of the Hosts file.
#MAC OS HOST FILE LOCATION PASSWORD#
You will be asked for your password because root privileges are needed to edit the Hosts. This command is using nano, the built-in command line editor to open the Hosts file.It’s located at /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app