Jason Vigus

Tag: Mac OSX

  • Mac OSX Screenshots – Keyboard Shortcuts

    Here they are, plain & simple!

    • Command-Shift-3: Take a screenshot of the screen, and save it as a file on the desktop
    • Command-Shift-4, then select an area: Take a screenshot of an area and save it as a file on the desktop
    • Command-Shift-4, then space, then click a window: Take a screenshot of a window and save it as a file on the desktop
    • Command-Control-Shift-3: Take a screenshot of the screen, and save it to the clipboard
    • Command-Control-Shift-4, then select an area: Take a screenshot of an area and save it to the clipboard
    • Command-Control-Shift-4, then space, then click a window: Take a screenshot of a window and save it to the clipboard
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  • Apple OSX: How to clear your DNS cache with flushdns via command line

    Apple flushdns tool
    Apple flushdns tool

    DNS requests are usually cached, this is great as it speeds up the lookups on your machine. Occasionally you might want to clear out the cache though, using terminal its very easy to do.

    MAC OSX 10.4 And Below:
    lookupd -flushcache

    MAC OSX 10.5 And Above:
    dscacheutil -flushcache 

    Tip: To launch terminal click on spotlight & type terminal.

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