Craig HockenberryMar 14

Hundreds of hours and thousands of words to understand and fix a crappy Bonjour implementation. This was a helluva rabbit hole.

If you have a Canon printer that's constantly going “Offline”, you’ll want to read this:

https://furbo.org/2026/03/14/your-mac-and-a-canon-printer/

Your Mac and a Canon Printer • furbo.org

Our trusty Brother MFC laser printer and scanner was getting long in the tooth and my wife wanted color printing. After a lot of research, she landed on the Canon MF644Cdw and placed an order. Initially, we were both happy with the new printer. The print quality is great, the hardware is solid, and the […]

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Show threadMatthias Mar 14
@chockenberry Do you think that could mess up other bonjour devices (HomePods) on the network?
Show threadCraig Hockenberry
@Mpwg That's exactly what it's doing via the Bonjour Sleep Proxy (which runs on Apple TV, HomePods, and Airport devices - things that are “always on”).
Mar 14 at 8:25pmIvory for Mac