How to find your IP address in macOS or Mac OS X

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Updated: November 19th, 2020

This guide will tell you how to find your Mac's IP address using Terminal.

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Navigate to Applications > Utilities > Terminal.

ifconfig |grep inet

Several lines will be returned; your IP address will be the one on the last line, just after the word "inet".

Open Terminal