How to set a time-out on your Mac

[ed skull murphy]

Just a simple few instructions on how to block a (casino) website on your Mac computer, if you have a basic understanding of the 'Terminal' utility.

Accompanying video here:


How to block websites on your mac Terminal

1.Open terminal

2. Type sudo nano /private/etc/hosts

3.Go down with the arrow and type 127.0.0.1 and leave a space

4.Then type every url with www. in front of the url, then repeat step 3 and type the same url without the www.

5. Save by pressing control and x

6. Confirm with Y and hit enter

7. To leave terminal, type exit and hit enter.

8. You may now quit Terminal, command Q is the keyboard short cut

To unblock use same actions except you need to delete the line in terminal in stead of adding and then saving it.

 

[goatwack]

What is 'Mac'? Is it like a magical being?

I currently own a laptop going on six years old. It starts to heave whenever I load up anything remotely graphically- intense, it's like Heathrow terminal at times

 

[ed skull murphy]

To me it's magical, into it's tenth year now, I've owned it for two.

I don't have the patience for Windows, life's too short