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What does an unknown service (Port 8770) is starting on your Mac mean?

What does an unknown service (Port 8770) is starting on you Mac mean? How do I check if I should allow this service?

Mac mini, OS X Yosemite (10.10.4)

Posted on Jul 9, 2015 10:26 AM

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Posted on Jul 9, 2015 10:41 AM

How do you know about this unknown service?

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Jan 2, 2016 5:24 PM in response to MEJakeNOR

Did you sign up for a service like "Google Photo backup"? If so, that app will need the Port 8770 opened to have access to your iPhoto library to back up the photos to the Google Photo Backup. (When I set up my Google Photos App on my Air, I set it up not to backup my iPhoto library (for the time being), but I found out that Google Photos is still requesting access to the Port 8770 to access the iPhoto library. I don't know why.)

What does an unknown service (Port 8770) is starting on your Mac mean?

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