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What is the Bonjour service (and do you need it)

What is the Bonjour service (and do you need it)

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What is Bonjour and do I need it on my computer?

Apple products work well with other Apple products, but not so well with Windows or Linux. It’s not easy for a Windows PC to share files with a Mac, or for products like printers (usually designed with Windows in mind) to connect to a Mac. That’s where the Bonjour service for Windows 10 comes in.

Bonjour, which means hello in French, enables zero configuration networking between different types of devices. It can be used to discover other Apple services on a network, connect to devices like printers (that support Bonjour), access shared drives, and more. Here's everything you need to know about Apple's Bonjour service.

Apple devices can easily find each other, communicate with each other, and generally operate with a huge degree of interconnectivity. This is in contrast to Windows and Mac, two systems that cannot easily share data or services.