What does Chronod do?
On my 2018 MacBook Pro, just upgraded to Sonoma, I’m getting:
In the “firewall pane of Network Settings”, while I see a log of xxxxxd things (like launched, rapports, sharing, etc.) listed in Options, I don’t see “chronod”.
Clicking on the “?”, I get this from the MacOS User Guide:
“When another computer tries to connect to an app on your Mac over the network or internet, macOS displays an alert message. The app may be trying to allow other computers to connect with your Mac, or it may be sharing information with other computers.
Note: If no action is taken, the message remains displayed, and any attempts to connect to the app are denied.”
… which implies that “chronod” is an app. Although I can’t seem to find the app itself on my Mac, there is a folder of that name in:
[my user name] > Library > Group Containers > group.com.apple.chronod > chronod
… which implies that “chronod” is something in MacOS from Apple. There are two sub-folders along with what appears to be an SQL database:
chrono.sql
[folder] icons
[folder] remoteArchives
chrono.sql-shm
chrono.sql-wal
… which I have not attempted to delve into.
Any idea what “chrono” is, what it might do, and why I should (or shouldn’t) allow it to accept incoming network connections?
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 14.0