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Trying to flush the local DNS cache. How is this done on Snow Leopard?

Using System Preferences and using the terminal?

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sudo dscacheutil -flushcache or sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder

In 10.6 the handling of Unicast DNS is now managed by mDNSResponder - dscacheutil -flushcache now just tells mDNSResponder to restart (the second command above).

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dscacheutil -flushcache
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can it be done via pref pane? – jdiaz Sep 9 '10 at 20:34
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@jdiaz No. There is no option in System Preferences to flush the DNS cache. – ghoppe Sep 9 '10 at 21:28
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After I upgraded to OS X Lion, dscacheutil -flushcache does not seem to work anymore on my system. Using Chealion's suggestion of sending a HUP signal to mDNSResponder does still work for me though. – todofixthis Aug 5 '11 at 11:47

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