Editing The Mac Hosts File

The hosts file on Mac or Windows can be used to override the default DNS settings. Editing the Mac hosts file is pretty easy and only takes a few minutes. To make changes to your Hosts file make sure you have the Administrator’s password handy. In this video I will show you how to edit the Mac host File in Finder.

Why make changes to your hosts file?

Network Testing: If you’re developing a network, you can reroute the real domain name to the development site to see how real users experience it. This will not affect other users accessing the real site.

Block Malicious Sites: Apart from the risk of viruses and malware, undetected add-ons can also find their way into your system and begin slowing things down. Although it’s always worth investing in pop-up ad blockers, editing the hosts file prevents known malicious sites from being accessed. If a link or pop-up attempts to enter the site, your OS simply re-routes it and takes you to a safer page.

Increased Speed: As we said earlier, finding a website via the DNS is like flicking through the yellow pages for the correct address. With the hosts file being localized to your Mac, this could potentially speed up your browsing by omitting the middle man.

Improved Productivity: Maybe you or your team are getting distracted with social media sites or video streaming. Blocking access to time-wasting sites is a good way of keeping focused on the job at hand.

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Transfer iPhone Contacts To New Computer

(This video may be outdated for your particular hardware & software)

Transfer Iphone Contacts To New Computer.

1. On your old computer, mac or pc, sync/backup your iphone.

2. On your new computer, mac or pc, open iTunes and look in preferences then devices and make sure you select “Prevent iPods, iPhones, and iPads from syncing automatically”.

3. Plug your iPhone into the new computer that you want to transfer your contacts to. Once your iPhone appears in the left navbar, select it.

4. Now you should see “Summary, Info, Apps, Ringtones, Music etc.” Select “Info” and place a check mark in “sync address book contacts” and all contacts should be selected as well.

5. Scroll to the bottom and make sure “advanced” has nothing checked.

6. Don’t worry about syncing anything else for now, we just want to focus on getting your contacts over to your new computer.

7. Now it is safe to sync your iphone with your new computer.

8. The last thing you will see is a windows pop up. It will say, the information on your phone is synced with another user account. Do you want to sync this iPhone with the information from this user account instead. There will be 3 options, cancel, replace info and merge info. Select Merge Info!

iTunes Error Troubleshooting – Get Support (954) 895-2555

iTunes Error Troubleshooting is one of those things you would prefer not to get involved with. If your lucky iTunes troubleshooting won’t take too much of your time. Otherwise you could be without iTunes until a solution is found. At one time iTunes errors were a big problem. These days, iTunes runs usually runs without errors on Windows 10. Most of my iTunes error troubleshooting was spent in the Apple support forums. Let me show you how I was able to remove the iTunes Error 9808 from Windows Vista. The Apple forums pointed me in the right direction, but had no clear answer. Watch this video. Post in the comments if you need help or contact us directly here with any iTunes errors. Thanks, Anthony. iTunes Error Troubleshooting