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Question

Cant acces internet on my imac

Jul 16, 2014 7:39PM PDT

HI

I recently switch my ISP and everything is OK excepts on my imac. Internet is working on windows laptop and fathers macbook pro, but my imac dont open almost any webpages.
its new imac 6month old with newes osx yosemite.

Please help

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DNS cache?
Jul 16, 2014 9:38PM PDT

Try to Flush/Clear DNS cache on your imac

<span id="INSERTION_MARKER">To clear dns cache in osx yosemite you need to run a command in terminal

dscacheutil -flushcache

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Yosemite is a Beta product so I suggest,
Jul 16, 2014 9:52PM PDT

that you go back to Mavericks and troubleshoot from there.

What is the IP address of your iMac?

What error message, if any, do you get when you try to open a web site?

P

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Configure your router
Jul 21, 2014 7:19PM PDT

if you can't connect with your internet then clear your browser cache, configure your router ( if using ) with help of your ISP.