Safari can't find the server

After an hour with apple support I tried the advice posted here and it worked!

If other user doesn't work, system related problem is occurred. Shut your mac down. Restart it and press CMD+R during start up. Here we go , you will see Recovery Partition screen. Click on Get Online Support. Try to hit your website. If yes: There is no DNS or IP related problem, your modem works fine, there is a problem in your Software. Turn on your computer, go to system preferences > network (be sure it seems connected)> Location > " + " new one(name is not important probably you will have untitled 2)> Choose previous one and " - " delete it. > Apply changes. refresh safari. Here you go! it solved mine.

This worked perfectly for me. One thing to note is that in our case we didn't have ANY DNS server in our configuration to begin with and that may have been the issue from the start. Just stating that so others could take notice of their configurations.

I found the answer to be almost TOO EASY. Go to Safari in the upper Left. Then to Preferences. Then go to GENERAL. Once there you will type in HOME PAGE as http://google.com It's the .COM you MUST add to the page. NOT: GOOGLE NOT http://google BUT http://google.com. Had the same problem and I stumbled on this using another search engine (yahoo) and once there I looked up google (search) and at the top of the page where it tells you where you are is showed http://google.com so I typed that in my safari preferences and VIOLA! Problem SOLVED!

Good Luck and I hope this works for you as it did me.

The only suggestion I have at the moment is to try using different DNS servers to see if the problem is resolved. It's easy enough to switch servers:

Open System Preferences, Network. Click on the Advanced tab, and then select the DNS tab at the top.

In the dialog box that opens, click on the small plus sign at the bottom and add these two servers:

8.8.8.8.

8.8.4.4.

Those are the Google Public DNS servers which generally are faster and more responsive than that of a typical ISP. Let me know if it works for you.

I'm having the same problem and it's driving me nuts! Did not have this issue prior to Yosemite

+1 Safari cannot resolve this address (Yosemite was installed before 10.10.2 is released - no more such mistake)

http://support.apple.com/kb/PH18451?viewlocale=en_US

Chrome opens it with no problems. 8.8.8.8 is set on my router as a primary DNS.

PS I wanted to turn off this f..g auto correction which is suitable for iOS but NOT for Mac OS X

My solution: stopped using garbage like Safari (a.k.a. Internet Explorer by Apple), and I use a s real browser instead, Chrome or Firefox. Works like a charm.

Yep, its not a DNS issue, its a Safari bug. Open the sites in any other browser and the y work 100% of the time.

Still broken in the beta release of Safari 8.0.6

For this kind of issues there are some Troubleshooting steps;

I assume that google DNS is not working!

You can see this post in 2 way:

1-) To learn all troubleshooting steps for any internet connection issues, skip #2 and keep reading the post till the end.

2-)Go to the end of the post, read the bold places. Try it and if it doesn't work turn #1

 First of all Im sure that you tried to open another page, probably it is working. Only a specific page is not working.

What you can do is try to send ping to website. Go to Finder > Go>Utilities > Network Utility> Ping: write here the landing page's URL. Send ping. If it is not working, try the next tab LOOK UP. if you can not get any solutions. Don't give up!

 Check safari in other user if working, it means you have user specific problem, turn your user and delete all cookies, caches etc.

 If other user doesn't work, system related problem is occurred. Shut your mac down. Restart it and press CMD+R during start up. Here we go , you will see Recovery Partition screen. Click on Get Online Support. Try to hit your website. If yes: There is no DNS or IP related problem, your modem works fine, there is a problem in your Software. Turn on your computer, go to system preferences > network (be sure it seems connected)> Location > " + " new one(name is not important probably you will have untitled 2)> Choose previous one and " - " delete it. > Apply changes. refresh safari. Here you go! it solved mine.

please let us know 😉

Worked for me I was having issues with a big banks website not finding the server etc but this cleared it upstraight away, after weeks of clearing cookies and caches which made no difference. Thanks a lot :-)))

Simple solution that worked for me after trying some more complicated steps.... Safari was working properly on all devices except one of my MBPs.

Turn Off Wi-Fi on effected device/computer

Unplug Router from power supply (in my case Time Capsule) - wait 30 secs and plug back in.

Once router is up and all lights are green - turn wi-fi back on your effected device/computer.

This is as complicated I want a solution to ever be... I hope it works for you too.

I solved this issue by adding the number 75.75.75.75 to the DNS. The culprit DNS does not disappear, but it worked. Anyone having problems with this solution please advice. We are all ears.

Thanks