>I personally see no reason not to let Dashboard call Apple. It is >needed for some of the apps to update the info. I 'fixed' this easily. >In the Little Snitch screen that comes up switch the boxes to "allow" >this and click on "forever" . You will now rarely get this message and >the apps will get the needed info to update . Updating software in the >future can change this setting and you then will need to reset the >message. Hope this helps. Will S > >On Sep 9, 3:52 pm, "Ernest L. Gunerius" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I have "Little Snitch" running all the time which allerts me when >> spam tries to home. >> And that is fine. >> But Dashboard annoyingly and at seemingly random times tries to call >> Apple which triggers "Little Snitch" to interrupt everything I am >> doing to alert me. >> >> The "Little Snitch" warning says: >> ********* >> "dashboardadvisoryd"wants to connect towww.apple.comon TCP port 80 (http) >> >> Showing Details I see: >> >> IP address: >> >> 17.112.152.32 >> >> The Reverse DNS Name is: >> eg-www.apple.com >> >> Established by: >> /system/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Contents/Resources/dashboardadvisoryd. >> >> Process ID 1907 >> >> It wants to call:www.apple.com& Port 80 TCP (http) >> ******** >> Can I safely disable this feature in Dashboard and how would I do this. >> >> Or is there some other way I can avoid being interrupted and still >> use Little Snitch to full advantage. >> >> ErnieG >--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~
Thank you Will, Sometimes my "paranoia" gets the best of me. I'll do as you say. The first week I turned on "Little Snitch" it caught many sp*m emails since then sp*m has been reduced to maybe 6 per day. I have been surprised at how many of the Lists and sites I visit to want to call back to as many as 3 and 4 sites unannounced except for LS. ErnieG --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
