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How do apps get loaded on iOS for free
I have Googled over and over and cannot get an answer to a fundamental question I have. To get an app downloaded onto an iPhone, do I need to open an apple account of some sort and pay for the account ...
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How to change computer name so terminal displays it in Mac OS X Mountain Lion?
When I setup my computer I named it "Scott's MacBook Pro". And so when I go to System preferences->Sharing, it says Scott's MacBook Pro there as my computer name. However, opening up a terminal gives ...
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Unable to revert changes to hosts file in OS X Lion
I edited the hosts file and added:
10.0.0.1 devsys.crossreader.net
Later I commented out the entry:
#10.0.0.1 devsys.crossreader.net
When I ping or browse to devsys.crossreader.net the returning ...
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DNS: Search Domains not working correctly?
I am running OSX Lion.
I've looked all over the web for solutions to the issue I'm having and can't find a fix. I've found several entries where uses are trying to resolve custom_hostname.dev (etc, ...
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How make changing to the /etc/hosts file take effect?
I added some lines to my /etc/hosts file to resolve a private hostname, but every time after rebooting, the lines I added get lost. Should there be any setting options to make these changes take ...
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Changing permissions on /etc/hosts
I frequently (at least once per day) need to edit my hosts file, and typing my password every time is getting annoying. I know how to change the permissions to allow myself to write to the file, and ...
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Unable to save hosts file after adding websites to block.
I'm unable to save hosts file after adding websites to block,as well as unable to flush cache. I am not a techie, just researching on the web, and trying to follow directions for terminal and Text ...
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Why does OS X's Apache server give different results using real and virtual addresses?
I'm developing a WordPress site on my Mac, running OS X 10.6.4. I'm using OS X's built-in Apache server to run the site locally during development. I've set up WordPress and connected it to OS X's ...
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User specific hosts file in Mac OS X
I'm working on an OS X 10.6.8 machine, for which I do not have superuser privileges.
I'd like to imitate the effect of adding an entry to the hosts file, i.e. have a certain domain resolve to a ...
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Lion “hosts” File Bug
I have some serious problems with the hosts file on my Lion 10.7.2. My hosts file is like following;
127.0.0.1 localhost
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1 localhost
fe80::1%lo0 localhost
27.0.0.1 ...
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How to stop Windows firewall from blocking Bonjour hostname resolution
I have Bonjour installed on my Windows 7 PC, and the installer appears to have poked all the necessary holes in the Windows firewall. However, I can't ping windows-pc.local from my Mac. If I ...
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10.8.2 DNS in hosts lookup slow
As a web developer, I need to make a domain redirect to localhost. I modified the hosts file to do that. But I don't know why it always took so long to do the lookup.
How can I solve this?
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How set up a local domain such as local.test?
I'm web-developer and I need local domains. Before 10.7.2 update, I'm just fix /etc/hosts as I need, but new update crash this solution. How fix this new "feature"?
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Editing Hosts File to Redirect URL to different IP Address
When I edit my hosts file to redirect a URL to a specific IP address, nothing happens. My hosts file looks like this - 199.204.138.195 zionica.com this is in the directory /private/etc/hosts. I am ...
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Add a hosts file entry without jailbreaking
I have an iPad that needs to be able to connect to a server via its short hostname, e.g. http://app instead of http://app.example.com. The network it connects to assigns it a domain name other than ...
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Multiple IP addresses for same host name in /private/etc/hosts?
I have a corporate mail account (exchange 2007) that uses a self-signed SSL certificate. No matter what I do, Mail always complains about this when I connect. If I look at the details it always says ...
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Shared Internet apply /etc/hosts
How do I make those who connect to me via a shared internet connection use my /etc/hosts file? I was thinking something along the lines of creating a DNS server, but I was hoping maybe there is a ...
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Using hosts file on Mac OS X Snow Leopard
I have added two new host entries in
/pricate/etc/hosts
127.0.0.1/wys/sub-folder local.wys
127.0.0.1/les/sub-folder local.les
I have flushed the DNS using
dscacheutil -flushcache
I ...
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macbook pro hosts file not working correctly
I am trying to set up a production server ahead of the actual dns switch. I have edited my hosts file on my macbook pro 10.8.2.
I can pull up the index page but none of the style sheets are pulled ...
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Adding an entry to the hosts file on iPod touch 4G?
Is it possible to add an entry to your /etc/hosts type file (or whatever the equivalent is) on an iPod Touch 4G without jail breaking it?
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Something keeps directing sub domains back to my own local host 127.0.0.1
I run mamp pro locally for web development and for each site I have internal maps for:
domain.com = remote
dev.domain.com = remote
domain.dev = local
I expect domain.dev is handled by mamp on my ...
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Cannot use ssh/ping domain name after connecting to openvpn
I've got two macs, both on the same network, both using Tunnelblick to connect to vpn.
Both with same settings. Both connect fine and both have the same settings for DNS and search domain applied ...
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Apache works, 127.0.0.1 is accessible, but http://localhost/ is not
In 10.7.2 update Apple roll out new bug, - hosts bug. This crashed broken hosts. I had tried install and configure dnsmasq, reconfig /etc/hosts/, and after this manipulations http://localhost/ doesn't ...
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How can I apply changes to /etc/hosts file without restarting my mac? [closed]
I have found something for Linux but it looks I need help on Mac
