On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 2:58 PM, DavidW <[email protected]> wrote:
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> Hi Guy
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> Thanks for your suggestions.
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> I tried the change and when I look at my hosts file I see this:
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> Don't shoot me if I'm wrong, but Apple has definitely not made "hosts" easy
over the lifetime of OS X. For many versions, you (often) had to deal with
the NetInfo database - which was poorly documented, had a cryptic GUI and
was (I think) a NeXT hangover. NetInfo is now gone and I think they've put
in a new database for managing local hosts and the functions of "host". Some
people find that editing hosts works for them, others don't. (I don't
remember having a lot of luck.)
A quick google turns up many links, here's a more-or-less modern one that
may be of help.
http://jonathan.tron.name/2008/01/05/hosts-aliases-in-leopard
I haven't tired it out but hope it's of some help.
P.S. When I'm working on a Mac, I usually just type 127.0.0.1 and have done
with it.
