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How To Block Websites on Your Mac Using Terminal | |
1. Open up Terminal | |
2. In the command line, type in "sudo nano /etc/hosts". | |
3. When asked, type your admin password. | |
4. In the screen that will appear, you’ll see the host database for your computer. | |
5. Using your down arrow, go to the bottom, right under where it says, "127.0.0.1 localhost". | |
6. Type in "127.0.0.1 hit ‘tab’, then enter facebook.com”. | |
7. On a new line, type in "127.0.0.1" hit ‘tab’, then enter www.facebook.com"; this is for extra measure. | |
8. Now, hold down Control + “O”. This will save the changes to the host database. | |
9. Hit “Return” and then Control + “X” to exit the screen. | |
10. Remove the existing cache by typing in "sudo dscacheutil -flushcache" in the command line, this refreshes the existing cache on the host database. | |
11. You should receive an “Unable to connect” error message when you go to Facebook.com now. |
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