Edit Locked Host File On Mac OSX Lion

[TheDarkness187]

Dude, you are a godsend.

[midas1200]

I did that all and my Host Files are still locked... ?????

[Kennstro]

disliked cuz ur a yankee fan

[TheDirtyShoreMedia]

when i go into my host files the last 2 lines im supposed to delete arent even there to begin with yet im still locked out. any suggestions?

[yourpodhelp]

YOU ARE GOD OMG THIS FIXED MY BRICK THANK YOU SO MUCH

[bigk23]

Saved me man!

[seideseide]

when in terminal do i add this file sudo nano /etc/hosts or am i looo

king to just delete the gapple file

[Geekintouch]

Thanks a lot man, spread the word it's been hours I'm fighting with any account including root and no results.

You came and you solved that.

Thanks again.

[kpeshin1]

Um okay, I want to reset the host files because iTunes is not restoring my iPhone (error 1600,21) How do I restore this?

[VisitorQ2]

Great work!!!

THX alot!



[wrongmark]

BOOM! NICE ONE! Thanks dude. I've been getting the 1600 Error all afternoon when trying to restore my iPhone 4 after messing up a Jailbreak. This solved it.... well the restore has got a lot further up to now thanks.

[thealambrix]

It worked! Thanks for the tip man :D!

[mkabilly]

Sorry for bad english, not locker, padlock...

[mkabilly]

To unlock the hosts file:

Finder > Go > Go to folder...

type "/etc/hosts" or "/private/etc/hosts"

right-click the hosts file > Get Info

On hosts info, expand "Sharing & Permissions" (the last)

Click on the locker and type your password

set the "wheel" permission to Read & Write by clicking on the wheel's Read only

If you want to, lock that again for preventing changes...

It is safer to set it back to Read only after you edited the file.

Please like this comment so it can stay on top.

[TheMarotron]

@mkabilly actually IMO you should change permission settings of the /private/etc folder

[allcapp]

man tank you soo much... i've been looking for hours all around the net and youtube, and ZERO NICKLES! but you went straight to the point. and solved my problem! TANK YOU SOO MUCH PROPS

[richmannewton]

For people with block adobe your file will have a list of

adobe's host after fe80::1%lo0 localhost

Only ONLY delete these 2 lines at the end

74.208.10.249 gs.apple.com

#127.0.0.1 gs.apple.com

[yourpodhelp]

@richmannewton Thank you so much you fixed my iPad subscribing

[mcbass999]

Awesome! Second time I needed to change my host file and this really helped me out. Thanks man!

[HurricaneTVchannel]

LEGEND !!

[alainbreton]

Thanks a lot! Really helpful video, well explained, rock on! :]

[1998kings]

Love you bro! <3 after effects here i come! :D

[bocenzano]

i'm getting a prompt screen when i try to "go to '/private/etc/hosts/" that says "the folder 'hosts' can't be opened because you do not have permission to see its contents"

[nateonearth]

Thank You Very Much!



[karunald]

I can't edit/delete the file in Terminal at all. I've no clue how people are pulling this off.

[TheHugovoos]

SUPER MOTHERFUCKING BADASS THANK YOU KEEP IT UP

[CalleNJ908]

Great video Man! This is the only one that explains - Everything, in English - Clearly!

[minitrucker007]

Thank you, I have been trying to edit my host file. This worked for me.

[rosedoughty]

Dude you are star, I had a major issue with my iphone 4, I tried updating my device and it blocked, had no shsh files saved apart from 4.3.3. on another iphone 4, i was on 4.2.1 but could restore to 4.3.3 any way, I couldn't upgrade to 5.0.1 (was getting error 21) but the issue was I could not get service and been trying for 2 solid days to over come this, I've just done exactly what you posted in this vid and went straight for the update and it worked 1st time with no problem

[oqendro]

it tells me that my iphone is not "eligeble for the requested build" after i have followed all of your steps multiple times. can you help with this?

[Jbrealow]

Awesome video .. Thanks a lot .. that helped me editing my host file !

[ikkepic]

Worked SUPER!  Thanks!

[dollersluvyou]

127.0.0.1  localhost

255.255.255.255 broadcasthost

::1 localhost

fe80::1%lo0 localhost

74.208.10.249 gs.apple.com

#127.0.0.1 gs.apple.com

wat to do now ???? its in terminal

[ItsTheDman10]

@dollersluvyou delete those last 2 lines only

[adrianlee3]

i did this but it still couldnt be downgraded, i can see the changes in terminal but not the actual file.

[ItsTheDman10]

@adrianlee3 thats weird, try changing your rights on changing user files

[siggiestardust]

@ItsTheDman10 Similar problem here, but I can actually see the changes in the host file. However, I still get a message saying my phone isn't eligible for the rebuild. Halp!

[muguripon]

thank you bro

[AmericanOppression]

Duh! A "DORK" figured out that utilization of "terminal" grants "root" access privileges... Lol! Future menial laborer has no-place executing Linux commands 'cause he just might "brick" the whole Mac!

[tenniscoachlee]

i am trying to upgrade to 4.3.5 or below but my iTunes won't do it. i tried doing this and still nothing. can you help? thanks!

[TheMistaJORDAN]

THANK YOU

[dylonian55]

whoo hoo!

Thanks!

[RAYXNUM1]

Man, I spent like 2 hours looking the way to resolve this, i found your video too late, it could have saved me a big headache.Good vid. By the way which program did you use for screen recording?

[WebDevInternetKiller]

awwwwesome! what do you use to screen record bro?

[cnabilou]

Thanks man... you saved me a lot of time...

[roariloveyouu1]

OMG, you are a life saver ... !!

[nkurunzy]

Thanks man! U saved me

[TheRoadMurder]

THANK YOU

[Booth612]

thanks worked for me 100% i wish i wouldve seen this video 6 hours ago

[RAYXNUM1]

@Booth612 Me too : /

[xXHTOWNKINGXx]

Everything works perfectly all the way to the end until i test if the method works. So i tried editing my hosts doc and now its telling me "The document 'hosts' can not be saved" what do i do please help!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lucifer7482]

when i try to open my host files it says that i dont have permission plz! tell me what to do

[chris747f]

thank you so much man :)

[asphaltface234]

f@ckin genius is what u are

[luxuryminduk]

You are a fuckin legend mate!

[DPLQatar]

BIG THANK U MAN :)

[Id4Design]

Thank you!!!!! worked perfecly 

[llxDUBSTEPxll]

Hey dude, can you give me the original host files for this? Because im trying to get 5.0.1 and i can b/c of my host files. If you can, i would love you. no homo. Thanks man.

[ichmahdyar]

it really helped me dude :) , actually survived me today ;)

[synjerome]

when i paste something long into the hosts file, it will get distorted. and it will not get saved. how do i fix this?

[Jooobieable]

Yeah it doesn't work anymore for me I'm on 10.7.2

[videocioso]

thanks a lot! You are great!!

[salaheamean]

thanks alot...

[mpdpr1]

at the end i always get stuck in recovery mode

[gisaraCleoN]

This worked for me when i was still on 10.7.1 But i just updated to 10.7.2 and it wont work anymore. Any help? Please. Thanks!!

[leandritodiaz1]

i do not have a login password, but when terminals asks for it, i hit enter and it rejects me, any ideas¨?

[ItsTheDman10]

@leandritodiaz1 set a password

[asphaltface234]

@leandritodiaz1 maybe just make a password and then remove it afterwards?

[selimsaim]

what happens if i accidentally deleted those files... how can i get them back.. computer is 2 days old.. can i just reinstall lion? i don't care if i lose anything on it..

[ItsTheDman10]

@selimsaim yeah that will work

[selimsaim]

@ItsTheDman10 sweet thanks man

[walker8222]

Dude!!! You are a GOD!!! Thanks so much for this video!!! Please keep up the good work!!

[Py205]

Thanks!

[Py205]

You Rock!!!!! Thank You So Much!!! Wish I could Subscribe more than once!!! Thank You!!!!

[lovemachine737]

awesome worked thanks



[talaven]

Thanks for the guidance. I ended up enabling the root login. From root, you are able to edit files directly from the /ETC folder.

[sqion]

Thanks buddy subbed :)

[markaaaaaaaaa]

yo man, so i manually typed in the blocked adobe activation codes so that i can get adobe master collection cs5.5, i do not know what to do from here, could you help me out ?

[markaaaaaaaaa]

@markaaaaaaaaa just kidding im a dumbass lol i figured it out! many thanks!

[Davidka1978Xoroshiy]

excellent video on hosts file. All the best to you.

[mamaAfowler]

You Rock, you just helped a 39 year old MOM JB her iPod touch!

[ItsTheDman10]

@mamaAfowler glad i can help haha

[elarmas22]

Thanks Dman10 !!

[TheAquila727]

gs apple keeps on coming back!!!:(

[sjaffe]

after editing the hosts file (if you are doing this for photoshop or any other similar program which is trying to phone home), type in to terminal: sudo dscacheutil -flushcache

[garciamedina1]

Thank you, for some reason i wasn’t able to update my iPod touch 4 to iOS5 it said it wasn’t eligible for the required build and this fixed it

[jergauger90]

You are amazing! Thank you!!! :)

[thedebo777]

It doesn't accept my administrative password, what should i do?

[TheOreoDude123]

i cant enter my pass in terminal please help meee

[513769]

Thanks dude!! Cheers from Brasil!!!

[windtumb]

Awesomeness!! It works for me. Thanks dude!!!

[irock2drums]

Thanks bro...

[l4zersnake]

Dude NICE!

[teodull]

now my computer is fucked can't update to ios 5 -.- fuck

[madenit]

worked a treat thanks alot

[MegaKei22]

worked for me, thanks

[jorgeflea]

did everything as explained in the video, but it still gave the "this iphone isn't eligible for the requested build"

this is an iphone 4 running on 4.3.5

[Gerardo1510]

It says i dont have permission to see it, what can I do?

[HighImMat]

Worked like a charm, cheers :)

[TheJunkShez]

Cheers, This helped me out :)

[adser19]

now the last 3 lines of my host file reads:

#74.208.105.171 gs.apple.com

74.208.10.249 gs.apple.com

#127.0.0.1 gs.apple.com

is it ok to delete all 3 lines after I'm done downgrading? None of these lines were there before I edited the host file

[brace110]

@adser19 Yeah delete those

[nparenu]

u r the man :)

[kidduelists]

omg i could kiss you through the computer and im not gay, that how much i love you, i have been trying to do this for the pass 3 days and no luck till i stumble across this vid, THANK YOU SO MUCH

[teamlarry1]

where do you find your password

[ItsTheDman10]

@teamlarry1 its you computer login password

[sjysong]

great!!!!!!

[totin734]

You rock dude!!! Keep it up!!!!

[D1926A]

THANK YOU!



[Szamanke]

Thank you very much :D

I'm from Germany :D

Your video helped me a lot and i was very suprised :)

Thanks

By the way: Your videos are great :D

[guymetter]

it didn't work :( i followed your steps and then i got (when trying to restore) your iPod is not eligible

[apple4life13]

you saved my life man, thank you so much!



[s0ccerplayer127]

@ItsTheDman10 by using the go to on finder? then what?

[LatinChickWithMedley]

What if my computer still has the snowleopard? Am I good? How can I tell?

[mariusserbann]

thanks! very helpful!

[s0ccerplayer127]

when i get into the folder in terminal its blank, but i know for a fact that the actual folder isn't blank. whats wrong?

[ItsTheDman10]

@s0ccerplayer127 find the folder manually

[s0ccerplayer127]

@ItsTheDman10 nevermind i got it, but every time i try to downgrade it says "The iPod "iPod" could not be restored. This device isn't eligible for the requested build."

[sixstring78]

Wicked, worked like a charm! Thanks!

[ericmartinmckee]

I Did it it worked then I got 1013 error



[ItsTheDman10]

@ericmartinmckee you can try editing your host files again and putting you device into dfu mode and restoring without tiny umbrella, that might work, but if not just save your shsh files in the future and ios5 will be released very soon due to the apple event on the 4th of october and there will deff be a jailbreak so stay tuned for that

[Bigja14]

@ericmartinmckee me too. did you find away around it?

[rks5000]

i love you !!!!!!!!!!!!

[mdschrad]

YOU ARE THE MAN! Thanks dude.



[belacertube]

you have any idea why the why the 74.208.10.249 gs.apple.com from host is still there after I've deleted from the terminal? I checked numerous times and tried editing the host file with a duplicate, the pasting back into the folder. It's still there! please help

[ItsTheDman10]

@belacertube it returns everytime you attempt to downgrade. try unchecking the setting in tiny umbrella

[RockabillyLovin]

I tried it and it worked so now i will see if the error on my i tunes goes away thanks for the help though

[baoX5]

hello, after I type the code name sudo name /etc/host and enter it said file name not found and sometimes it said sudo name etc/host denied what do I do now pls help thanks. I subscribed to u already. if u could pls send step by step how to in PM pls thanks.

[345168]

Thanks allot bra!

[yglivetoparty]

Dude, you just freaking SAVED my life. Thank you so much!

[AnimeGrl4u]

I'm at the part where you're supposed to press CTRL+X to save it, and all i'm getting is a beep noise that's telling me I can't do that...

[ItsTheDman10]

@AnimeGrl4u it should work? are you doing it at the same time?

[5450HarryS]

@AnimeGrl4u press CTRL+X not cmd+x

[nommer14]

Does this work for snow leopard too?

:)

[ItsTheDman10]

@nommer14 yes

[ItsTheDman10]

@lnicholson29 make a password and then take it off later

[lepitzki]

Thank you sir!

[roboptions]

/private/etc/hosts is the directory for lion. You editing the one that was used by snow just won't do a damn thing jack ass.

[sergio909909]

so you just delete every line containing gsapple

[ItsTheDman10]

@sergio909909 yes

[DeCiMaTESLaYEr]

u r a bloody legend

[J47]

hey bro i cant open the hosts folder everytime i go to open folder and type in /private/etc/hosts it says i dont have permission to acces it ne info on this

[ItsTheDman10]

@J47 just do /private and go through it manually and 2 finger click the file or right click etc and go to get info and change you permission to read and write on your username

[knarkautomat]

as someone said earlier the code to delete isn't there for us that runs 10.7.1 and changes can't be done.. please help!!

[ItsTheDman10]

@knarkautomat then your fine if it dosent go through you might be stuck so just jailbreak tethered, i have videos on it and just save your shsh files in the future

[knarkautomat]

@ItsTheDman10 Ok, thanks very much!

[suppichan1811]

thank you so much!!!!!

[socrfanatic11]

i tried to do this to edit the host file and every time i entered the password it would show up and when i hit enter it said sorry wrong password of something to that extent. i know im using my adminstrator password. any suggestions on what to do? my iphone is stuck on the connect to itunes screen and itunes wont let me restore it.

[ItsTheDman10]

@socrfanatic11 when you type no dots come up you just need to type it once, i was confused too at first

[CodingFlux]

Awesome bro, gave you a thumbs up for not only sporting the Yanks but also for the good video :) thanks again bro

[ItsTheDman10]

@CodingFlux thanks man

[DCSHEEP158]

i am running 10.7.1 and the code you deleted wasn't there at all.

[ItsTheDman10]

@DCSHEEP158 then your good to go

[mafiblah]

Thanks for this video! You the man!

[Akar166]

hi i don all but wen it come to return how to do it plz

[ItsTheDman10]

@Akar166 i dont understand pm me your question

[lubanasher]

Hey i tried this and i got this error 1600, can you help me please?

[ItsTheDman10]

@lubanasher try putting your device into dfu mode and editing your host files

[WinterBase]

Thanks. It worked for me :)



[susiebize]

where do you get code from to unlock terminal?

[ItsTheDman10]

@susiebize check the description

[trolleymusic]

Thanks!

[kudeki]

Thanks man! Great video. Very helpful!

[ceagusto17]

cuold you plz do this in windows 7

[ItsTheDman10]

@ceagusto17 im making a video

[zchosen]

for people who are having problems with passwords, (no passwords) they should set up one, go to system preferences>>users account> old password keep it empty>new password and verify password

[zchosen]

sorry just saw it in the directions:

Directions:

Open Terminal in Spotlight

Enter code: sudo nano /etc/hosts

It'll prompt for your admin password, then it'll let you edit the file.

ty

[zchosen]

u didn't even mentioned what u copied and pasted on the terminal?!?!

[TheBethanymoller]

So Helpful, Big Thanks!!

[GiMM3M0R321]

So I had to edit my host to get photoshop and i put the #Activation Blocker but each time now i delete all the photoshop crap and save my host back to the original way it was.. after i hit control + x and 'y' i close it and it re-appears BACK in my host again. and idk why. Help?

[mpdpr1]

what happens when you don t have a password for the mac  in the terminal part