Comments on: Block access to websites on a Mac by modifying /etc/hosts

By: Conni

Conni — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 18:35:43 +0000

Oh, got it! never mind!!

Thanks.

By: Conni

Conni — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 18:32:18 +0000

I tried deleting it, and can’t. It just stays.

By: Beran

Beran — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 18:20:23 +0000

Remove the entry from /etc/hosts

By: Conni

Conni — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 18:19:49 +0000

Blocked perfectly, but need to unblock it now! What’s the procedure…pretty please???

By: dodo

dodo — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:51:10 +0000

try to tape http://www.facebook.com instead of facebook.com (idem for other sites)

By: Dn

Dn — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:53:45 +0000

Control+O saves it in nano editor

By: Travis

Travis — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:50:34 +0000

What program do i need to save it? When i press ctrl o return it doesnt let me save i just brings up my folders. What program do i need etc? or where should it be stored?

By: Seven reasons why I don’t have a Facebook account | Kevin Burke

Seven reasons why I don’t have a Facebook account | Kevin Burke — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 01:14:25 +0000

[...] build a profile of your activity. It's for this reason that facebook.com and http://www.facebook.com are blocked in my /etc/hosts file.I have ten extra minutes every day.I won't ever remark out loud about someone's funny status or [...]

By: Finding Balance in the Age of Digital Overload

Finding Balance in the Age of Digital Overload — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 19:17:46 +0000

[...] spending too much time checking sports scores or gossip news or other unproductive content you can block it. You can always unblock the page but the extra step will make you think [...]

By: Michael Tangstad

Michael Tangstad — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:49:54 +0000

Works on the first 2 addresses but not on # 3 and 4 ???
I’m on Lion.

help please
thanx

By: Mark Crane

Mark Crane — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:31:27 +0000

Facebook is delivered via many different servers:

# Block Facebook

127.0.0.1 http://www.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 facebook.com
127.0.0.1 static.ak.fbcdn.net
127.0.0.1 http://www.static.ak.fbcdn.net
127.0.0.1 login.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 http://www.login.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 fbcdn.net
127.0.0.1 http://www.fbcdn.net
127.0.0.1 fbcdn.com
127.0.0.1 http://www.fbcdn.com
127.0.0.1 static.ak.connect.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 http://www.static.ak.connect.facebook.com

By: Master David Goodmen

Master David Goodmen — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 23:09:58 +0000

I do not see any screens, above.
Even so, I tried ” sudo nano /etc/hosts”.
It returned “sudo: nano: command not found”, which is zero help!
I am using OSX 3.5.

I am looking for something which will, when a browser or other software, makes a request for a commercial, ad, or some other annoyance, that something useless be returned to the requester.

Comcast is too lousy to download as many things are requested. This means garbage is loaded, then nothing useful. I want to ignore the junk, given Comcast’s functioning-challenged state, and have only the content download.

The difference between an ad and a commercial is functional: An ad minds its own business. A commercial interferes with your enjoyment or usage of your time.

By: AW

AW — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:19:29 +0000

Thanks for the assistance. Worked like a charm

By: lukea79

lukea79 — Fri, 20 May 2011 23:56:23 +0000

when it asks me for password: i then cannot type anything in? the grey box just stays there…… how do i enter my password??

By: Pri

Pri — Sun, 01 May 2011 12:58:27 +0000

Sorry for inconvinience :

Correction in above comment :

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I tried using deleting and saving the host file using pico cmd. It gets saved but the website remains BLOCKED.

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