Sonoma 14.4.1 Problem - Cannot connect to other Mac's on home network

Hello,

Since upgrading to 14.4.1 I cannot connect with the other Mac's on the home network.

All I get is "There was a problem connecting to the server. The server may not exist or is unavailable at this time etc."

The server name and IP address are unchanged and the network connections are working.

Any suggestions of what I can try?

Mac mini, macOS 14.4

Posted on Apr 3, 2024 4:51 AM

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ASF19 Author

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Apr 9, 2024 7:54 AM in response to ASF19

It turns out that turning the Firewall off on all the Macs allows the connections to be made.I have turned the Firewall back on all of the Macs and the connections are stable .... so far.

Yes, I should have thought to do this in the first instance.

Sonoma 14.4.1 Problem - Cannot connect to other Mac's on home network

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