jgomberg
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Q: Why does photolibraryd wants to connect to gspXX-ssl.ls.apple.com

I just added an image from "Messages" to "Photos Library" however my firewall threw up an alert that "photolibraryd" wants to connect to "gspXX-ssl.ls.apple.com" (where XX happened to be 36 this instance, but could be any server id numeric.)

 

It appears that photolibraryd interacts with photomoments to send a 148B request to gsp36-ssl.ls.apple.com/revgeo.arpc for each image I save to Photos.


Does anyone happen to know why photolibraryd feels compelled to phone home and if this is really necessary?

 

Thanks!

Mac Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)

Posted on Oct 8, 2015 3:35 PM

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Q: Why does photolibraryd wants to connect to gspXX-ssl.ls.apple.com

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  • by Ralph Johns (UK),

    Ralph Johns (UK) Ralph Johns (UK) Oct 14, 2015 1:31 PM in response to jgomberg
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    Oct 14, 2015 1:31 PM in response to jgomberg

    HI,

     

    Do you have Photo Stream On ?
    Does the pic appear on all other devices ?

     

     

     

     

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  • by jgomberg,

    jgomberg jgomberg Oct 14, 2015 2:14 PM in response to Ralph Johns (UK)
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    Oct 14, 2015 2:14 PM in response to Ralph Johns (UK)

    No. All photo related iCloud services (Photo Library, Photo Stream, Photo Sharing) are switched off from the UI.

  • by Ralph Johns (UK),

    Ralph Johns (UK) Ralph Johns (UK) Oct 14, 2015 2:19 PM in response to jgomberg
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    Oct 14, 2015 2:19 PM in response to jgomberg

    Hi,

     

    What about setting Locations for pics ?

     

    After that I am out of ideas (Much more full on Messages or iChat app)

     

     

     

     

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    10:19 p.m.      Wednesday; October 14, 2015

     

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     G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
     MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
     Mac OS X (10.6.8),
     Couple of iPhones and an iPad

  • by jgomberg,

    jgomberg jgomberg Oct 14, 2015 3:13 PM in response to Ralph Johns (UK)
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    Oct 14, 2015 3:13 PM in response to Ralph Johns (UK)

    It's certainly a possibility. But it would be nice to have some certainty about it. I can try turning geotagging off from the command line. I don't think there is a UI switch for that (though there should be one.)

     

    The only other alternative would be to spend more time wedged between the apps but I believe the payload is encrypted.

  • by Ralph Johns (UK),

    Ralph Johns (UK) Ralph Johns (UK) Oct 15, 2015 1:31 PM in response to jgomberg
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    Oct 15, 2015 1:31 PM in response to jgomberg

    Hi,

     

    Not sure if this is the one.

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    (the rider was OK)

     

     

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    7:35 p.m.      Thursday; October 15, 2015

     

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     G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
     MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
     Mac OS X (10.6.8),
     Couple of iPhones and an iPad