Hello,
I found an article online that showed how you could have your Mac look locally first for domain names in the Host file before going out to the internet. The advantage of this is to block ads from downloading regardless of browser.
I have done something very similar on my Windoze machines, but it was much easier. I guess Windoze automatically looks locally first.
The article is here:
http://www.macwrite.com/criticalmass...ts-panther.php
I have Mac OSX 10.4.5 (which I believe is called Tiger) but I was told the info at the above Panther link would work.
Any ways it's a two step process
- getting a list of domain names to block (point to a local loopback IP) and
- changing the mac lookup order.
My problem is... I'm in way over my head unfortunately. ;0(
Not only would I really like to get this to work... but, I've actually made some kind of change because my Yahoo Mail graphics (like the icons for Adding Contact to Addressbook) are broken.
So I'm hoping some unix guru out there would be willing to help me troublehoot my problem and perhaps even get this Host Lookup thing working after all.
I am a unix newbie, but not a total idiot ;0)
any knowledgable folks out there willing to help?
I found an article online that showed how you could have your Mac look locally first for domain names in the Host file before going out to the internet. The advantage of this is to block ads from downloading regardless of browser.
I have done something very similar on my Windoze machines, but it was much easier. I guess Windoze automatically looks locally first.
The article is here:
http://www.macwrite.com/criticalmass...ts-panther.php
I have Mac OSX 10.4.5 (which I believe is called Tiger) but I was told the info at the above Panther link would work.
Any ways it's a two step process
- getting a list of domain names to block (point to a local loopback IP) and
- changing the mac lookup order.
My problem is... I'm in way over my head unfortunately. ;0(
Not only would I really like to get this to work... but, I've actually made some kind of change because my Yahoo Mail graphics (like the icons for Adding Contact to Addressbook) are broken.
So I'm hoping some unix guru out there would be willing to help me troublehoot my problem and perhaps even get this Host Lookup thing working after all.
I am a unix newbie, but not a total idiot ;0)
any knowledgable folks out there willing to help?