Originally Posted by ryan182
I think mac OS makes the hosts file hidden, so you could do
ls -a in the /etc directory (you would need to do this from a shell prompt)
there should be a file .hosts or hosts
edit the file in any text editor (vi, pine etc) and add the previously mentioned lines.
I think you are severely misunderestimating just what level of technical stupidity I am confessing to.
I had a Mac before there were Macs (I had a LISA!) And I had a PC before there were PCs (we called them microcomputers) (Ohio Scientific C4P (4K of RAM)) and I had an Apple ][-- (no plus.)
But, I still have no idea how to do what needs to be done here.
I do think that the info here:
http://accs-net.com/hosts/hostsformac.html
is not for OS X.