Tips and Tricks » Apple https://legend.ws/blog Random tech ramblings Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:06:08 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Flushing / clearing DNS in Mac OSX https://legend.ws/blog/tips-tricks/flushing-dns-on-mac/ https://legend.ws/blog/tips-tricks/flushing-dns-on-mac/#comments Tue, 11 Oct 2011 18:08:16 +0000 admin https://legend.ws/blog/?p=239 Below is how to clear / flush the DNS cache in Mac OSX.

  • Open the terminal (Finder -> Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal)
  • In case your operating system is ‘Leopard’ (10.5.*) or ‘Snow Leopard’ (10.6.*), issue the following command:

dscacheutil -flushcache

  • Otherwise, for older operating systems, issue the following command:

lookupd -flushcache

This is the equivalent of the following Windows command: ipconfig /flushdns…

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cmd + alt (option) + ctrl + 8

Colors are instantly inverted, giving the entire screen a negative-photography like feel.

Hit the same combination to restore the colors.…

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