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This line used to work sudo -b "/Applications/Textedit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit" /etc/hosts

But on Yosemite, it does not work anymore.

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  • This should work: "open -a TextEdit /etc/hosts"
    – At0micMutex
    Sep 16, 2015 at 16:37
  • What exactly "doesn't work"' any longer? Any error messages?
    – nohillside ♦
    Sep 16, 2015 at 16:41
  • @IronCraftMan it does not work: when trying to save I have a error message : "You do not have the permissions... to edit hosts"
    – Colas
    Sep 16, 2015 at 19:51
  • @patrix Nothing happens!
    – Colas
    Sep 16, 2015 at 19:51

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Yes I just tried your command and it exists with error code 132 (I don't know why).

You can still use this to open your hosts file sudo open -t /etc/hosts. It will open the TextEdit app, if you want to run it in the background you can add your -b in the command line. Or you can use other text editors like vim and nano they're both working perfectly with Yosemite.

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    When trying to save I have a error message : "You do not have the permissions... to edit hosts"
    – Colas
    Sep 16, 2015 at 19:53
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    you need to duplicate the file before editing it with TextEdit and then copy it back
    – enzo
    Sep 17, 2015 at 8:26
  • I think on OS 10.9, it used to work without copying the file. I was looking forward to the same behavior.
    – Colas
    Sep 17, 2015 at 16:25

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