Enabling or Disabling Rendezvous Service Discovery


You can use Directory Access to enable or disable the discovery of some Rendezvous network services. For example, disabling Rendezvous in Directory Access prevents Rendezvous-enabled file servers from appearing in the Network globe in the Finder. But disabling Rendezvous in Directory Access does not prevent Rendezvous-enabled printers from appearing in the Printer Setup Utility or prevent iTunes from using Rendezvous for music sharing. Rendezvous is an Apple protocol for discovering file, print, and other services on Internet Protocol (IP) networks.

  1. In Directory Access, click Services.
  2. If the lock icon is locked, click it and type the name and password of an administrator.
  3. Click the checkbox next to Rendezvous and click Apply.