Comments on: How to Clear DNS Cache in Mac OSX Leopard

By: 2 websites won't load - MacTalk Forums

2 websites won't load - MacTalk Forums — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 04:16:24 +0000

[...] a DNS cache that you can clear?? Goes to search Google lol. ****EDIT**** Yep looks like it does How to Clear DNS Cache in Mac OSX Leopard | Mac Tips Last edited by wullieb1; Yesterday at 09:31 [...]

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:10:41 +0000

@Tony Moore
Open up the application called “Terminal”
then (without the quotes) type “dscacheutil -flushcache”
press enter

that should clear your DNS cache

By: Tony Moore

Tony Moore — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:16:36 +0000

PUT THIS info dscacheutil -flushcache WHERE????????????
Specifics Please

By: Brad

Brad — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:18:56 +0000

Whoohoo, finally found this. Thanks for the post! I just got my mac and couldn’t figure this out for the life of me.

By: Antonie Potgieter

Antonie Potgieter — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:26:39 +0000

Thank you. It helped me when my ISP went down and I couldn’t open certain websites.

By: psps

psps — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 02:29:53 +0000

it doesnt fix the google problem for me :(

By: Carlos @ webbynode

Carlos @ webbynode — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:45:45 +0000

We just got new macs for everyone in here, and I was still using the old one ;)

Thanks.

By: bitcher

bitcher — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:36:36 +0000

Useful especially if you use P2P clear the cache and watch your dl rate soar!!

thanks

By: biscket

biscket — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:50:33 +0000

its very helpfull to me

By: Brett

Brett — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:53:41 +0000

I don’t know why, but I end up having to google this page every week or so. Never had this issue with Tiger, but thanks to this page being #1 in Google it’s pretty easy to fix ;)
Thx.

By: Adam Sherman Online » Flushing Leopard’s DNS Cache

Adam Sherman Online » Flushing Leopard’s DNS Cache — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 02:10:25 +0000

[...] I have run into problems similar this fellow, I thought I would link to the original page and reproduce the instructions [...]

By: Clearing the DNS Cache in Leopard - blog.scottlowe.org - The weblog of an IT pro specializing in virtualization, storage, and servers

Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:13:48 +0000

[...] cache due to a configuration error in the lab. Fortunately a quick Google search turned up this page, where I found that the correct command to use in Leopard is this [...]

By: Eris

Eris — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:47:26 +0000

Thanks, my college uses a capture page for logging into the wireless network and the first page opened redirects there so I was ending up with google.com cached as 1.1.1.1.