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Why is the process 'AirPlayXPCHelper' on my MBP trying to connect to an IP address outside of my home network?
The IP address it's trying to connect to is a typical home network address (e.g. 192.168.0.xx) but this IP address is different than my current home network addresses (e.g. 192.168.1.xx).
I had this exact same issue where Little Snitch detected external AirPlayXPCHelper traffic on port 7000 but treated it as internal traffic. What I mean is that even though I had all external traffic marked as deny, Little Snitch continued to prompt me on each connection attempt until I set it to deny local traffic (just for testing purposes), obviously I do not want to deny local traffic on.
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My MacBook is connected to my home network via wi-fi as are all other devices in my home.
I have no wi-fi or AirPlay devices with the address 192.168.0.xx on my network.
All connected devices are accounted for and all have been permanently assigned IP addresses.
All addresses on my home network are 192.168.1.xx, not 192.168.0.xx.
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So why is AirPlayXPCHelper trying to connect outside of my home network? Is it trying to connect to a neighbour's AirPlay speakers or some other device?
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012), OS X El Capitan (10.11.1), 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5, 16GB RAM
Posted on Oct 22, 2015 12:29 PM