Edit Your Hosts File To View A Website That is Not Live (Mac OS)

September 9, 2021 | by Marc Bacon

The hosts file in Mac OS is used to manage which IP address a domain will resolve. This can be used to load a website that is hosted online but not live by instructing your computer to load the specific IP address. This can be managed in terminal using these commands:

Open The Hosts File

sudo nano /etc/hosts

Modify the Hosts File

Add any domain/IP address combinations that you would like to manage at the end of the file. Save and close the file using the shortcut control+z.

0.0.0.0 www.marcbacon.com