{"id":1789,"date":"2019-09-13T08:45:23","date_gmt":"2019-09-13T08:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/windowsclassroom.com\/?p=1789"},"modified":"2021-09-14T08:01:22","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T08:01:22","slug":"clear-dns-cache-mac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/windowsclassroom.com\/clear-dns-cache-mac\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Clear DNS Cache Mac"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-auto kksr-align-left kksr-valign-top\"\n    data-payload='{&quot;align&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;1789&quot;,&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;valign&quot;:&quot;top&quot;,&quot;ignore&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;reference&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;count&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;legendonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;readonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;score&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;starsonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;best&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;gap&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;greet&quot;:&quot;Rate this post&quot;,&quot;legend&quot;:&quot;5\\\/5 - (2 votes)&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;How to Clear DNS Cache Mac&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:&quot;138&quot;,&quot;_legend&quot;:&quot;{score}\\\/{best} - ({count} {votes})&quot;,&quot;font_factor&quot;:&quot;1.25&quot;}'>\n            \n<div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    \n<div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\" style=\"padding-right: 4px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"2\" style=\"padding-right: 4px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"3\" style=\"padding-right: 4px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"4\" style=\"padding-right: 4px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"5\" style=\"padding-right: 4px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n<div class=\"kksr-stars-active\" style=\"width: 138px;\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 4px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 4px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 4px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 4px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 4px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                \n\n<div class=\"kksr-legend\" style=\"font-size: 19.2px;\">\n            5\/5 - (2 votes)    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<p><strong>Clear DNS cache Mac:<\/strong> This article will brief in about the easy way to clear DNS cache on your Mac based device.<\/p>\n<p>Basically, the DNS cache performs the role of a memory which your MAC looks into while trying to identify the process the load a site. Flushing DNS is a simple task though the process differs with each operating system that is launched.<\/p>\n<p>We will help you go through the steps required to clear DNS cache Mac manually for different OS X and MACOS versions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_68 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e6dd49a9106\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e6dd49a9106\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/windowsclassroom.com\/clear-dns-cache-mac\/#Clear_DNS_Cache_Mac\" title=\"Clear DNS Cache Mac\">Clear DNS Cache Mac<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/windowsclassroom.com\/clear-dns-cache-mac\/#1_Clear_DNS_cache_mac_%E2%80%93_OS_High_Sierra\" title=\"1. Clear DNS cache mac &#8211; OS High Sierra\">1. Clear DNS cache mac &#8211; OS High Sierra<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/windowsclassroom.com\/clear-dns-cache-mac\/#2_Clear_DNS_cache_mac_%E2%80%93_OS_Sierra\" title=\"2. Clear DNS cache mac &#8211; OS Sierra\">2. Clear DNS cache mac &#8211; OS Sierra<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/windowsclassroom.com\/clear-dns-cache-mac\/#3_Clearing_DNS_cache_Mac_%E2%80%93_OS_X_El_Capitan_Yosemite\" title=\"3. Clearing DNS cache Mac &#8211; OS X El Capitan &amp; Yosemite\">3. Clearing DNS cache Mac &#8211; OS X El Capitan &amp; Yosemite<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Clear_DNS_Cache_Mac\"><\/span>Clear DNS Cache Mac<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Before moving on, remember that resetting the DNS cache actually interrupts the current browsing activity on web so make sure you close the browser you are working with prior to performing the DNS flush.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1_Clear_DNS_cache_mac_%E2%80%93_OS_High_Sierra\"><\/span>1. Clear DNS cache mac &#8211; OS High Sierra<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Open-<strong>Finder<\/strong> and move to \u2013 <strong>Applications<\/strong>&#8212;<strong>Utilities<\/strong>&#8212;<strong>Terminal<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Now type in the syntax given below at command line<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder; sleep 2; echo macOS DNS Cache Reset | say<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>Press &#8211; <strong>Return<\/strong>, key in your password, and then again press &#8211; <strong>Return<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Now you will get a message that says &#8211; \u201c<strong>macOS DNS cache reset<\/strong>.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Exit Terminal.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2_Clear_DNS_cache_mac_%E2%80%93_OS_Sierra\"><\/span>2. Clear DNS cache mac &#8211; OS Sierra<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Clearing DNS cache for macOS Sierra is similar to the process we carried out for High Sierra, only the syntax differs<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Open &#8211; <strong>Finder<\/strong> and head to \u2013 <strong>Applications<\/strong>&#8212;<strong>Utilities<\/strong>&#8212;<strong>Terminal<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Enter the syntax in command line as given below<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder;say DNS cache has been flushed<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>Press &#8211;<strong>Return<\/strong>, type your password, and now hit &#8211; <strong>Return again<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Hear the audio alert carefully which sends out the message that cache was successfully cleared.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>In case the syntax given doesn\u2019t work, then use the syntax in Terminal as given below instead of the above syntax<\/p>\n<p><strong>sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder;sudo killall mDNSResponderHelper;sudo dscacheutil -flushcache;say MacOS DNS cache has been cleared<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_Clearing_DNS_cache_Mac_%E2%80%93_OS_X_El_Capitan_Yosemite\"><\/span>3. Clearing DNS cache Mac &#8211; OS X El Capitan &amp; Yosemite<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The Mac OS X DNS clearing process El Capitan &amp; Yosemite 10.10.4 including the new one is luckily similar. The two version make use of mDNSResponder only.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Open &#8211; <strong>Finder<\/strong> and proceed to<strong> Applications<\/strong>&#8212;<strong>Utilities<\/strong>&#8212;<strong>Terminal<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The syntax shown below should be added in command line:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>sudo dscacheutil -flushcache;sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder;say cache flushed<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>Press &#8211; <strong>Return<\/strong>, type in password, press &#8211; <strong>Return again<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Let the audio alert prompt you for completion of cache successfully.<\/li>\n<li>Exit &#8211;<strong>Terminal<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>For the versions 10.10, 10.10.1, 10.10.2, and 10.10.3 \u00a0of OS X Yosemite the process of clearing DNS cache is little different.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related post:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/windowsclassroom.com\/how-to-disable-pop-up-blocker-on-safari\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to disable pop up blocker on Safari<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In order to clear DNS caches completely you have to clear the two of them that is &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Multicast_DNS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Multicast DNS<\/a> (MDNS) &amp; Unicast DNS (UDNS).<\/p>\n<p>The process of flushing DNS cache actually is not required often but it is the perfect way to identify the server errors.<\/p>\n<p>Make use of appropriate command for the operating system you are using and you can solve the problems of clearing DNS cache Mac easily within no time without any hassles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clear DNS cache Mac: This article will brief in about the easy way to clear DNS cache on your Mac<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1791,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1675],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mac"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/windowsclassroom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/windowsclassroom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/windowsclassroom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/windowsclassroom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/windowsclassroom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1789"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/windowsclassroom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3851,"href":"https:\/\/windowsclassroom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1789\/revisions\/3851"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/windowsclassroom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/windowsclassroom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/windowsclassroom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/windowsclassroom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}