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Network Utility
Developer(s)Apple Computer
Stable release
1.9.2 (300)
Operating systemmacOS
Typenetwork software
Websitewww.apple.com/it Edit this on Wikidata

Network Utility was an application included with macOS up to MacOS Catalina that provided a variety of tools that could be used related to computer network information gathering and analysis. Starting with macOS Big Sur the application is no longer included and was replaced with a message that it has been deprecated .[1][2]

Network Utility shows information about each of your network connections, including the Mac Address of the interface, the IP address assigned to it, its speed and status, a count of data packets sent and received, and a count of transmission errors and collisions.

Services

The available services or tools found in the Network Utility:

Actionable Items

Examples of what the Network Utility can help with:

Port scan information

Network Utility uses the tools supplied in the unix directories for most of its functions, however for the port scan it uses a unix executable in its resources folder, stroke, found at Network Utility.app/Contents/Resources/stroke.

How To Open It

Gallery

References

  1. ^ "Network Utility Deprecated in macOS Big Sur". macrumors.com. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
  2. ^ "macOS 11.0 Big Sur: The Ars Technica review". arstechnica.com. November 12, 2020. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
  1. "About Network Utility". Apple Support. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
  2. Josh. "Mac Network Utility". Twelve36. Archived from the original on March 12, 2017. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
  3. Galt, John. "Where did "Network Utility" go?". discussions.apple.com. Retrieved October 27, 2013.
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