At someone's suggestion, I booted back into El Capitan and then deleted the 'ist' file from the package contents of my High Sierra usb installer. Tried some other recommend things like restoring my Hosts file to its default state and disabling SIP, no dice. The only differences I spotted were.on the mac that has the working mail, High Sierra is version 10.13.1 and mail is version 11.1, and on the mac where mail isn't working, High Sierra is 10.13.2 and Mail is 11.2. Removed the 3rd party RAM I had installed, and tried again- same issue. That will flush your Mac's DNS cache, so it doesn't get confused by any changes you've made to the Hosts file. The settings on my other Mac are exactly the same but it won't connect for incoming mail. Do not change this entry.īack at the command line, type sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder then type return. # localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
If you ever make a mistake or want to change it back and you’re not sure how to fix it, you can always restore the default hosts file contents by using one of the methods above to enter the following default information: To edit the file, you’ll add your own lines after broadcasthost.Īgain, just copy and paste the following addresses there for Spotify and save the changes It also contains default IP values for localhost and broadcasthost. For each line, any text after the pound sign is ignored by the computer, making it a good way to add notes and descriptions to your files. It contains a number of lines of descriptive text which are “commented out” with the pound or number sign (#). By default, the hosts file is relatively simple. To open it, simply double-click and it will display the file’s contents in TextEdit (or the text editor of your choice). Click and drag it out of the Finder window and drop it on your desktop. In the box, type the following location and press Return.Ī new Finder window will open and your Mac’s hosts file will be selected. To find the hosts file, open Finder and, in Finder’s menu bar, select Go > Go to Folder. If the terminal is not for you I got another way of doing it. Once you're done, hold down the Command and O keys to save the file, then Command and Q to exit. I'll help you skip the typing part, just copy and paste the following addresses there for Spotify If you want to add a new device or domain, move the cursor using the arrow keys and position it after the text in the window.