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Will Network utility return?
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network utility never disappeared. there's a path to it thru the network system preference (i think, i never use it), but if you want to find it directly, it's here:
system>library>core services>applications; if u want, go to that folder, find it, drag it to the desktop (it will make an alias) and voila! instant access...
system>library>core services>applications; if u want, go to that folder, find it, drag it to the desktop (it will make an alias) and voila! instant access...
ah, no longer in monterey either. but those are clear instructions for what to do...
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Network Utility was just a GUI front end for those command line apps as it is, just go to the terminal and run them directly now. Exact same results without the fancy front end graphics.
You can just take the Network Utility app from an earlier version of macOS and it will work just fine. Mind you, it will never be updated to be an Apple Silicon app so when they deprecate Rosetta, it will not longer work. There is a pretty nice M1 compatible app on the App Store called "NetworkKit" which has most of the features if you can't be bothered with the command line.
I just dug out Network Utility and copied it to my experimental drive with Monterey on it, and... it still runs.
Which leads to me to wonder... WHY would Apple remove such a tool, and force users to use [only] terminal commands instead?
Many users [probably including ME] aren't competent enough in terminal to know and use its language to full effect.
Network Utility is a tiny application -- only about 1mb in size.
Why not just "leave it around"...?
Which leads to me to wonder... WHY would Apple remove such a tool, and force users to use [only] terminal commands instead?
Many users [probably including ME] aren't competent enough in terminal to know and use its language to full effect.
Network Utility is a tiny application -- only about 1mb in size.
Why not just "leave it around"...?
They are a small startup and they have to choose... keep network utility or chess? It's obvious which one is really needed in one OS. Checkmate.
it's more complicated than than you think; 'chess' has been there since literally forever, and, it turns out, the entire OS since day 1 is based on the code in that game. so if they remove 'chess', it's like removing the bottom center domino; the whole system collapses.
priorities