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Blocking a website on Safari

fjon · 2010-07-16 15:56:23

There's a certain dodgy imageboard website I would like to block on my Mac. I could probably do this through parental controls, but I don't want to have to set up different accounts. Does anyone know of a way of doing it? Preferably without installing software? I use Airport Extreme - might be possible to block through…

16-07-2010 3:56pm

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fjon

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There's a certain dodgy imageboard website I would like to block on my Mac.
I could probably do this through parental controls, but I don't want to have to set up different accounts.

Does anyone know of a way of doing it? Preferably without installing software?
I use Airport Extreme - might be possible to block through there?

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#2 16-07-2010 4:01pm

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Add it to the hosts file.

See here:
http://osxdaily.com/2007/03/19/block-access-to-specified-sites-by-modifying-etchosts/

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#3 16-07-2010 4:05pm

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This will probably work. Find your HOSTS file in somewhere like /private/etc/hosts or /etc/hosts and add this:

127.0.0.1 dodgysite.com

That'll send it to localhost.

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#4 16-07-2010 4:13pm

fjon

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Thank you both for the help - exactly what I was looking for!
I followed those instructions and that site is no longer accessible, both in Safari and Firefox!

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#5 16-07-2010 4:17pm

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That'll work for all internet connections/programs

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