Following an unfortunate click of an iPad icon while mounting in iTunes, the software refused to recognise the iPad, no matter what I tried, so offered to place it in recovery mode. (Note: It was, however, still recognised in Xcode.) After many failed attempts to restore to iOS 5.1.1, I had to accept that this iPad was going iOS 6. But there was a snag, each time I tried to restore it I received an unknown error 3014. Another post identified this as a connection problem with Apple's servers and directed me to the hosts file which can be found in Finder using Shift + cmd + G then searching /etc/ inside which you'll find the file. However, before you can edit the file you'll need to add administrator read and write privileges to the hosts file, the etc folder and the private folder it is contained within. By selecting them in Finder and pressing Cmd + I then using the options at the bottom of the dialog box. Once you are in a position to do so, open the file. Mine loo
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