How to Edit the Hosts File in Mac OS X Lion

[anthonyfmiller]

Thanks man!

[richalbin]

Thank you so much for uploading this video - I was baffled on how to edit the Hosts file, really helpful.

[eggybounce]

is everybody's host file different?

[PitChargeGaming]

Can you write and save things in-between?

[Jiafan0]

i love you so much!!!! thank you !!!! :D

[TwyTcha]

this was a great help! thankyou :)

[jay24nunez]

oh, if I press ^X, nothings happen... just a beep... huhuhuhu

[lizards821]

@jay24nunez That's the only way to save it. Ctrl+x

[jaska323]

@lizards821 Yea.. it denies that saving..so ?

[LeBronFilms]

@jay24nunez Make sure your hitting ctrl not cmd

[jimmyjimmy918]

@jay24nunez don't click "cmd" click "ctrl" lol

[MELVINLATE1]

i did it on my new computer and it still doesn't allow me to do it

[ThePeckAtTech]

i can't type password it won't register help

[youngvns]

@ThePeckAtTech the password won't show when you type it ... just type your password and press enter

[ThePeckAtTech]

@youngvns now it says Error opening terminal: xterm-256color.

[AdamH108TA]

thanks great video!

[bigluv17]

i greatly appreciate the quality and clarity your video was. Exactly what i needed thanks a ton

[Suarkman]

where should i put now the 74.208.10.249 gs.apple.com ??

[dmargosian06]

The file modifies and saves in terminal, but when I check the actual hosts file, it stays the same as before. What am I doing wrong?

[lizards821]

@dmargosian06 Did you press "Y" then enter?

[dmargosian06]

@lizards821 Yeah, I realized I had to press enter after saving to overwrite the current file. Anyways, thanks for the video, it helped a lot. You know Apple and their anti-jailbreaking ways...

[JSantana319]

OMG bro, I'm so happy now. Thank you so much now!!! I can finally restore my iPhone and iPad without getting those stupid errors. Thanks a million!!

[keios666]

Thanks man helped me out a ton :)

[qwertyuiop1232123212]

what does this help you do?

[JSantana319]

@qwertyuiop1232123212 It helps you eliminate those errors you get when you restore your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. When I installed Lion I couldn't modify the hosts file and tried to restore my iPad to it's factory settings and I kept getting a message saying this device isn't elegible for the requested build. Now after using terminal and modifying the hosts file now I can restore all my devices :)