How to Edit the Hosts File on Mac OS
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MAC OS X
Tips
Tricks
Terminal
Overview
Edit Hosts File Using Terminal
- Open Terminal
- Run following command
$ sudo vim /private/etc/hosts
Password:
NOTE!: If you still don’t get desire result, You have to Flush DNS Cache Guide.
NOTE!: If you don’t know how to use VIM, You can check VIM - An Advance Text Editor
Edit Hosts File Using Text Editor
- Open Finder
- Click on Finder’s Menubar
- Click on Go > Go to Folder
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In the box, type
/private/etc/hosts
location and press Enter. -
Right on
hosts
file and open with your favorite text editor.
##
# Host Database
#
# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
# when the system is booting. Do not change this entry.
##
127.0.0.1 localhost
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1 localhost
192.168.0.100 edytk.github.io
NOTE!: If you still don’t get desire result, You have to Flush DNS Cache
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