Why haven't I been able to watch YouTube videos for months? :(
I'm hoping someone might be able to shed some light on this issue I've been having...
I have an older MacBook Pro (bought July 2007) running OS 10.4.11, that hasn't been able to access YouTube or YouTube videos for the past several months. When trying to access the website on Firefox or Safari, the page takes forever to load and I get the "Connection has timed out" error. I've tried loading it on several different wireless connections, none of which should have any firewalls/proxies set. Embedded YouTube videos don't show up (there's just a blank space where they should be), and embedded HD YouTube videos will show the first frame but will not load or play.
I've never had any problems with YouTube before, but didn't turn my computer on between Feb and May of this year (I was traveling). I figured I must have missed some important update. But I'm currently running the most recent versions of Firefox (3.6.9) and Safari (4.0.3), Adobe Flash (10.1), Quicktime (7.6.4), and Java (v9 for OS 10.4). Updating these hasn't helped any. I also reinstalled Firefox entirely.
I don't have any issues loading any other websites, or playing/viewing other kinds of embedded videos, or any other videos. As far as I can tell, my internet browsers don't have any firewalls or blocks set up. Other laptops and desktops on the same wireless connections I've tried can access the site and embedded videos without issue.
Does anyone have any ideas as to what else I could try? I'd love to be able to get back on YouTube...
thank you in advance!
-Ann
I understand that you can not access youtube website at all .. this can be due to a variety of reasons ..
what you describe looks like a dns resolution error .. try this
go to terminal and type
sudo nano /Private/Etc/Hosts
you will be prompted for your password ..enter it and note that your input won't be visible ..
if all goes well you will see something like this :
# Host Database
# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
# when the system is booting. Do not change this entry.
127.0.0.1 localhost
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1 localhost
if you see that try adding these lines EXACTLY AS YOU SEE underneath that page
74.125.43.103 youtube.com
74.125.43.103 www.youtube.com
and press control and X together on your keyboard
now back at the terminal type exit and hit return
reboot your machine ..
see how it goes
hope this helps
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