Safari refuses to go to certain websites...

That's funny, on my account I can go to Google/gmail and other google stuff, but on my daughters account I can't and it's the same computer.

 

I've tried resetting safari and nothing. I haven't thought about it for a few weeks until I saw this. I hope someone can help, or maybe stop off at the Apple Store since I need a reason to go there haha

 

Reset your DNS servers to public DNS or something more reliable.

 

Calm down now. Use your inside voice, and keep it clean. It's just a computer. It will do what you want when you tell it the right thing to do.

And, unfortunately, neither is that statement. How is anyone supposed to know what is included in "everything suggested in help"? So, don't get annoyed if I suggest something that you've already tried. I don't know what you've already tried!

How about Reset Safari...? Don't check the password box. I know another post mentions this not working, but how about on your Mac?

Next: Safari preferences. Do you know the drill for getting the default settings back?

Please list the things you've already tried.

 

I have seen the behavior when I made a standard account (not admin) and enabled parental controls. Some of those websites were blocked but unblocked when I explicitly allowed them (per website basis) in the parental controls.

As for DNS server changes/additions, see http://code.google.com/speed/public-dns/docs/using.html under Mac OS X (8.8.4.4. doesn't work for me). For other open DNS servers, see http://www.dnsserverlist.org/ (their top recommendations are pretty good. You can ping them from terminal to see the response times. use "ping 8.8.8.8" without quotes - Control-C to abort the pinging). Use two or three reputable sources. For example "whois 8.8.8.8" in terminal).