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Asked: 2026-05-18T21:47:04+00:00

I am writing an application that needs to connect with a running network service

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I am writing an application that needs to connect with a running network service on a Mac.

Problem is, I have no idea what the service is called or even what port it uses. Is there a way to browse all running network services on my Mac?

More info:

  • I am connecting to a MIDI network session (found under ‘Audio MIDI settings’, present on all OSX installs). Am I correct in thinking this is a network service?

  • I am planning to use NSNetServiceBrowser to locate all local computers running this service. (is this the best way to go about it?)

Any help is much appreciated – thanks!

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  1. Editorial Team
    1. From:

    “…no idea what the service is called or
    even what port it uses…”

    try in terminal:

    nc 192.168.1.30 1-9999

    Replace 192.168.1.30 by your ip, and replace 1-9999 to the port range you want to scan. 1-9999 would mean scan from port 1 to 9999.
    2. From:

    “…network services on my Mac…”

    Try Bonjour Browser.
    http://www.tildesoft.com/

    Just a humble suggestion.

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