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Clearing the DNS cache

How do I clear it?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.6)

Posted on May 5, 2009 5:55 PM

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Posted on May 5, 2009 6:24 PM

Use:

dscacheutil -flushcache
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May 5, 2009 6:35 PM in response to Seanrobrien

HI,

Camelot has the command. You need to open Terminal. (Applications/Utilities)

Launch Terminal. It should open a bash window for you.

You can copy/paste Camelot's command right into the Terminal window, then hit Return on your keyboard and that's all there is to it.

Don't forget to quit Terminal.

More info here. http://infosonic.wordpress.com/2008/02/16/os-x-flush-dns-cache/

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Open Terminal, and enter “man” and the name of the command.
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As a simple example, to learn about the uptime command, enter the following in Terminal:
man uptime

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Carolyn 🙂

Clearing the DNS cache

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