How to add this app to Aplications folder?

Network Utility was removed from Applications/ Utilities some time ago. It now resides in the path

Macintosh HD/System/Library/Core Services/Applications. You can simply drag it from there to your Applications folder or place it back in the Utilities folder where it used to be many years ago.

In macOS Mavericks and later, Network Utility is in a hidden Applications folder you cannot normally access.

About Network Utility - Apple Support

With the Application opened, you can command + click on the App on the Dock, and click on "Show In Finder"

It will open the hidden folder, you can then drag the App from there onto the Applications Folder normally to create a "shortcut" to it there.

Late to the party.

I guess I moved it there myself some time ago. I think the best practice would be to make an alias of it, put that wherever you like, and leave the original in its original location (e.g., in case an update needs to find it).

Yes it is, click on the App to highlight it, then Control click on it and from the drop down choose Make Alias, you will then be asked to enter your password and then the alias will be made, now drag it to wherever you like.

You can open network utility through spotlight .

Don't try to change the default location . ( click on finder > applications > utilities ) in previous versions it was located under utilities .

See these articles macOS Sierra: Open apps and documents

About Network Utility - Apple Support

VikingOSX wrote:

Personally, I leave the application where it was intended to be installed in the operating system. I simply drag/dropped the application onto my Dock, where it appears as an alias to the original, which will continue to receive future updates.

Sounds like a good idea. 😎

Highly unlikely to get updates, my old version 1.5 from my install of OS X Lion opens in High Sierra.

Any way make an alias or stick it in your dock for peace of mind.

The Network Utility is in /System/Library/CoreServices/Applications. You can open a Go To Folder dialog (shift+command+G), enter the preceding path into it, and press Go.

Personally, I leave the application where it was intended to be installed in the operating system. I simply drag/dropped the application onto my Dock, where it appears as an alias to the original, which will continue to receive future updates.

Moving the application from its original intended location means that the version in /Applications will not get future updates, and a newer Network Utility may reappear in the original location, unless its absence alarms the installation process.

You wrote - Any way make an alias or stick it in your dock for peace of mind.

I never use these ideas what you suggest of sticking the apps in dock and , keep always them as in default locations .

Thanks !

Eau Rouge wrote:

Yes it is, click on the App to highlight it, then Control click on it and from the drop down choose Make Alias, you will then be asked to enter your password and then the alias will be made, now drag it to wherever you like.

FWIW, you can't because of where it's located, "Make Alias" won't be in the drop down menu.

Eau Rouge wrote:

Why ever not, I'm surprised all you Mac brains don't run it with SIP disabled, after all for a long time SIP was not part of the OS and nobody was crying out for it.

Seriously? Because it weakens the security of the OS.

Not really. Gosh I am surprised you are so surprised, for me it just gets in the way, thats why I prefer to run with it off.

Anyway VAD could disable SIP, make his alias, then re enable SIP.

Never had a security issue with my Mac prior to SIP being introduced and now running with it disabled.

This is an old but very in-depth article from Ars Technica of what SIP is and what it does. This was written when it was first introduced so some of the features may have changed.

OS X 10.11 El Capitan: The Ars Technica Review | Ars Technica

It should already be there, I think.