The hosts file is used by your computer to map hostnames to IP addresses. By adding or removing lines to your hosts file you can change where certain domains will point when you access them in a browser or using other software. You can block certain hosts names, like ad-serving/malicious hosts, or used for web development purposes, i.e. to redirect domains to local … [Read more...] about How to Edit Hosts file in Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite
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How To Clear DNS Cache In Mac OSX 10.10 Yosemite
DNS request are usually cached, that’s good as it help to speeds up the lookups within the same host but sometimes we will want to clear the cache so it don’t hold the values that are no longer valid or we edited hosts file to block or redirect hosts or IP. To clear DNS cache in Mac OSX, we can do it with the help of Terminal. Mac OSX 10.10 Open Terminal.app and type … [Read more...] about How To Clear DNS Cache In Mac OSX 10.10 Yosemite
How to Edit Hosts file in Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks
The hosts file is used by your computer to map hostnames to IP addresses. By adding or removing lines to your hosts file you can change where certain domains will point when you access them in a browser or using other software. You can block certain hosts names, like ad-serving/malicious hosts, or used for web development purposes, i.e. to redirect domains to local … [Read more...] about How to Edit Hosts file in Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks
How to Disable Drop Shadows from Appearing on Window ScreenShots in OS X 10.9 Mavericks
OS X defaults to including drop shadows behind window-centric screen shots (not full screen captures), but these can be disabled. … [Read more...] about How to Disable Drop Shadows from Appearing on Window ScreenShots in OS X 10.9 Mavericks
How to Change the Screen Capture File Format in OS X 10.9 Mavericks
If you don't like to have screen shots in default PNG format, this HowTo will help you changed it. You can change the default file type for screen captures by using a terminal command. Most major image formats are supported including PNG, PDF, GIF, TIFF, and JPG. … [Read more...] about How to Change the Screen Capture File Format in OS X 10.9 Mavericks
How To Take a ScreenShot via Terminal (Command Line) on OS X 10.9 Mavericks
I you use screen shots constantly to share bits of information with people, and for troubleshooting, here is HowTo about taking screen shots via Terminal for advanced users. The screen capture will then appear in the directory that the command was executed. … [Read more...] about How To Take a ScreenShot via Terminal (Command Line) on OS X 10.9 Mavericks
How To Clear DNS Cache In Mac OSX 10.9 Mavericks
DNS request are usually cached, that’s good as it help to speeds up the lookups within the same host but sometimes we will want to clear the cache so it don’t hold the values that are no longer valid or we edited hosts file to block or redirect hosts or IP. To clear DNS cache in Mac OSX, we can do it with the help of Terminal. Mac OSX 10.9 Open up the application called … [Read more...] about How To Clear DNS Cache In Mac OSX 10.9 Mavericks
How To Clear DNS Cache In Mac OSX
DNS request are usually cached, that’s good as it help to speeds up the lookups within the same host but sometimes we will want to clear the cache so it don’t hold the values that are no longer valid. To clear DNS cache in Mac OSX, we can do it with the help of Terminal. Mac OSX 10.4 And Below Open up the application called "Terminal" lookupd -flushcache Mac OSX 10.5 And … [Read more...] about How To Clear DNS Cache In Mac OSX