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		thecleaner on Jan 23, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Blocking website ads with a hosts file Any ideas on how to get it to work on MacOS ? On High Sierra the browser seems to ignore the /etc/hosts file.

stblack on Jan 23, 2019 [–]

/etc/hosts is indeed used by all versions of MacOS.

On MacOS, try this in a terminal window to flush your cache.

    sudo dscacheutil -flushcache;sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder

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