What is the function of Replicatord in macOS Sequoia 15?

rotorblades wrote:

I appreciate the reply. But, what does it do? When I receive a pop-up message and click to allow something to happen from that message, what does replicatord do?

Maybe you should include one or more screenshots showing what you are talking about.

Moreover, there are others that are in the list I mentioned above that make no sense to me.

In addition, how does one find out all these local network settings that should be in the list (with explanations) and perhaps are not there since the user clicked "don't allow" not knowing what to do with them?

How to get them back if needed?

We are not clairvoyant, at least I'm not

It is not a Norton issue only, Little Snitch (most popular third-party firewall) also complains about it.

https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/19/apples-new-macos-sequoia-update-is-breaking-some-cybersecurity-tools/

Not related to this. Seems more like an issue, that replicatord tries to connect with another address and the firewall tries to block it. Strangely, regardless if the user declines or accepts this, the warning reappears. A behavior like this is only known if an application changes itself or the path.

Very unprofessional from Apple that there is no information about replicatord out there. Even if Microsoft missed documenting it, they respond to questions like this with the requested details.

Sybil Ann Chick wrote:

I saw in a discussion elsewhere that it's something to do with the iphone mirroring that's recently been introduced but have no idea ifthat's true.

That was a Reddit post and just a guess. We need an official answer from Apple or some kind of source. For example, more details about the process in a documentation or something like that.

It's no problem that it is an Apple service, but it is an issue, if there is no information out about.

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Oh, I read it. But I think you misunderstood his post.

Kurt Lang wrote:

Then you haven't actually read the topic. etresoft already noted what it's for:

…replicatord, which manages iPhone Mirroring.

He was giving an example, about "if we want to manage" all of our OS network operations.

But nowhere in this topic or somewhere else (Norton/Reddit) are clear information and references about it. It's still based on hearsay.

And even if it is iPhone Mirroring, I would like to know, why does it need to communicate and work, in a country where it is disabled?! (EU)

Unfortunately, my job's policy is for everyone's computer to operate with Norton 360, both Windows and MacOS, otherwise, I wouldn't have the extra 3rd party security. It is super annoying to have to constantly "allow" these things. But I can't get around it. I am just hoping that it's not doing more harm than good.

This happened when I was trying to mirror my iPhone.

I found that message in Norton 360 Firewall settings: What worked for me was deleting the "untrusted" in Norton referring to Replicated. Restarting my computer, restarting my iPhone and trying again but this time allowing the connection during the mirroring process.

Same error here.

Screenshot indicates it is a Norton 360 alert.

Any further help on this etresoft?

https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/19/apples-new-macos-sequoia-update-is-breaking-some-cybersecurity-tools/

I get Norton 360 for free from my ISP. They used only to offer security software to Windows users but upgraded it to Norton.

I saw in a discussion elsewhere that it's something to do with the iphone mirroring that's recently been introduced but have no idea ifthat's true.

No it wasn't Reddit but a discussion the Norton site.