Friday, August 12th, 2016 Author: Every network card in your, whether it’s for Ethernet, or even, has been assigned a unique identifier called a Media Access Control or MAC address. This address can be used to identify a specific computer when it’s on the Internet, so those individuals who are very concerned about privacy sometimes use what’s called “MAC address spoofing” to temporarily mask the MAC address of the computer they’re using.
On the left hand side, click on Change adapter settings. Right-click on the network adapter that is currently being used for your Internet connection and then select Properties. Click on Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) and then click on the Properties button. The term address bar refers to the text field in a web browser that identifies the user's location on the web and allows them to access different websites. The address bar is known as a location bar, and in Google Chrome it's called the omnibox.
It’s rare, but it’s one of those things you might need to know someday. Find the MAC address First, let’s find the existing MAC address for the connection you’re most likely using — a Wi-Fi connection. This is quite simple; just hold down the Option key on your keyboard, then click on the Wi-Fi icon in the Mac menubar. Using the option key and Wi-Fi icon to find the interface name and MAC address for Wi-Fi This tells us a few things about the Mac we’re on. First, it’s using an interface with the name of en1 to connect to Wi-Fi. The MAC address is right below that interface name — in this case, it begins with the hexadecimal address 28:f0:76.and I’m going to stop right there because I don’t want to encourage hackers to break into my machine! If you need to check the MAC address for other network devices, the System Information utility is very helpful.
Launch it from Applications Utilities System Information, or from the Apple Menu About This Mac System Report. In either case, click on Network, then the specific network hardware you wish to find. On my iMac (see image below), the Ethernet card is listed as en0 with a MAC address beginning with 38:c9:86.
Using Terminal to determine the MAC address of a network interface Changing the MAC address Here comes the fun part. Remember, there’s usually no reason for you to change the MAC address unless you have a specific reason to do so. Both of the methods I’m demonstrating here require the use of Terminal. If you’re not comfortable with the OS X command line, perhaps it’s not a good idea to play with MAC addresses First, let’s change the MAC address to a specific address. It needs to be twelve hexadecimal numbers in groups of two, separated by colons.
For example, something like 14:d2:71:11:57:a6 would work. Now at the Terminal prompt, (without the quotes) type in “ sudo ifconfig en1 ether 14:d2:71:11:57:a6' and press the return key.
In this case, Terminal sets the MAC address of en1 (which is the Wi-Fi adapter in my iMac) to the address we selected. The next method changed the MAC address to a randomly chosen address, which is probably the absolute best way to ensure your privacy. Once again in Terminal, type (or copy and paste) the following command, being sure to change the BSD Device Name (en1 or en0) to the interface you wish to change: openssl rand -hex 6 sed 's/ (.
)/ 1:/g; s/.$//' xargs sudo ifconfig en1 ether In my example, that selects a random hexadecimal string that fits the required format and then passes that random string to ifconfig to set the MAC address. Every time you run this command, it generates and sets a new MAC address for the chosen interface. Realize that any time you restart, the MAC addresses revert to the number originally assigned to the interface, so this is by no means permanent. Some privacy fans make this command a script, then have it run each time the Mac is rebooted.
That gives them a new MAC address each time they start their computer. One other thing: editing your MAC address may cause temporary network issues.
It’s a good idea to restart that particular network connection after you change the MAC address to ensure a good connection. For Wi-Fi, that’s simple to do — just click the Wi-Fi menubar icon, select Turn Wi-Fi Off, wait a few seconds, then use the same menu to select Turn Wi-Fi On. Recent Posts. Macs last a long time. Don't plunk down your hard earned money on a new Mac when an upgraded Mac can run faster than a new Mac.
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Share on Facebook Tweet this Share Just because Google’s Chrome browser thinks it knows what language you want to browse the web in, doesn’t mean it’s right. Fortunately, you don’t need to put up with its presumptions any longer, as we’re here to show you how to change the preferred language of your Google Chrome browser. Change your language settings Changing the language used in Chrome only takes a few steps, and while the process may seem intimidating, the operation is easy enough for beginners to perform.
The following steps were taken on the latest release of Chrome on Windows 10, but you can apply the same procedure on a Mac or a Chrome OS device. Step 1: Launch your Chrome browser on your device and navigate to the menu button on the top right side of your Chrome window. The menu button is represented by three stacked dots. Step 2: Select “Settings” toward the bottom of the menu.
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Alternatively, you can also quickly navigate to the Settings menu by typing chrome://settings/ in the address bar of your Chrome browser. Step 3: Once you’re in the settings menu, scroll down to the bottom of the list and click on “Advanced” to display additional options.
Step 4: Continue to scroll down until you see “Languages.” Click or tap on “Languages” or the downward arrow on the right to see display more options. Step 5: You can add a new language by clicking on “Add languages.” Step 6: Scroll through the available languages and click on the one you want to add or type the language you want to add into the search bar. After you’ve selected the language you want, click the “Add” button at the bottom right. Step 7: New languages are automatically added to the bottom of a list. If you have more than one language selected, you can also use the menu button –represented by three stacked dots — on the right of each language in your list to reorder your selected languages or remove any language that you do not need or use. Once you’re done with your changes, you can close the Settings tab on your browser or exit Chrome. The changes will save and update automatically.
How to display Chrome in a new language or translate webpages After you’ve added your language, you’ll want to enable it so that Chrome will use that new language. Step 1: You’ll want to go to the “Languages” settings by navigating your way to Step 4 from the above guide. Click on the menu button on the right of the desired language, which, again, is represented by three stacked dots. Step 2: A pop-down will appear. You can select the first box to “Display Google Chrome in this language. “ The relaunch button will appear next to the language.
You’ll want to relaunch Chrome to apply the new settings. With the new language enabled, when you visit a website or page in this language, Google Translate’s translation pop-up won’t appear. For example, if you choose to display Chrome in French, Google Translate won’t appear when you visit Amazon France’s portal.
If you still want Google Translate to appear when you visit a page written in the same language that is used to display Chrome, you’ll want to navigate to Chrome’s language setting and click on the menu next to the language you want. You’ll want to make sure that the “Offer to translate pages in this language” box is checked.
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