Should I allow NETserver to access my app data on iMac?

If you were to install Brother printer software, I happen to know it installs two files with the names NETserver and USBserver.

They are harmless but you don't need either one.

jacquebarnes wrote:

What is NETserver and should I allow access to data from my apps?

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is this printer related...?

NetServer is a service that allows clients to access shared folders and printers on an IBM/Brothers/

what are you doing— you do not paint a very big picture here...

I can verify that NETserver and USBserver are Brother Printer extensions located in /Library/Printers/Brother/Utilities/Server/, but if you delete them (I am using Sequoia) as advised in other chats, then certain apps and features, like sending scan results to your Mac wirelessly, no longer work.

I tested by .zip'ing that folder, and my Brother laser printer-scanner could no longer find my Mac after a scan, and the Brother iPrint&Scan app can't find the printer. Once I restored the files in that folder, those functions returned after a reboot.