Does this file exist for you? ("milod" service)

[VitoBotta]

Arq backup is failing for me when trying to access ~/Library/Daemon Containers/F68D34A1-3EBA-4C03-B7FD-27B10C2BADE6/Data/com.apple.milod/milo.db-wal.

The weird thing is that Arq has full disk access and that this happens only when the computer is locked with a black screen.

What is milod? I can't find it with Google and also Llama3, Claude Sonnet 3.5 and GPT-4o all give different answers that seem the result of hallucinations.

Can you please check if you have the file milo.db-wal in the same or similar location? I am wondering if it's something new in Sequoia.

Thanks!

 

[VitoBotta]

I forgot to mention that I tried to open the database with sqlite3 and it doesn't allow me due to permissions even if I do it with sudo.

 

[VitoBotta]

With mdfind I found this

/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX15.0.sdk/usr/share/man/man8/milod.8

So perhaps it's something to do with the command line tools but not sure if it's just a coincidence

 

[VitoBotta]

Carbon Copy Cloner doesn't fail but logs this

CCE_IVGR| 06/26 18:36:12 DEBUG: SIP prevented access to /private/tmp/16777233@240626183029/Users/vito/Library/Daemon Containers/F68D34A1-3EBA-4C03-B7FD-27B10C2BADE6/Data/com.apple.milod/milo.db-wal
CCE_SIGL| 06/26 18:36:12 🔸 Failed to open source file for reading: /private/tmp/16777233@240626183029/Users/vito/Library/Daemon Containers/F68D34A1-3EBA-4C03-B7FD-27B10C2BADE6/Data/com.apple.milod/milo.db-wal (1)

Why is SIP preventing access to this file?

 

[Nermal]

Can you please check if you have the file milo.db-wal in the same or similar location?

I'm on 14.5 and there are six folders inside Daemon Containers. None of them contain the Data/com.apple.milod subfolder.

 

[VitoBotta]

I'm on 14.5 and there are six folders inside Daemon Containers. None of them contain the Data/com.apple.milod subfolder.

It has to be something new in Sequoia because otherwise there would be references to it somewhere

 

[IngoX]

Yes, I have the com.apple.milod folder in similar location. There is also a milod process running in Activity Monitor.
15.0-beta (24A5279h)

 

[VitoBotta]

Yes, I have the com.apple.milod folder in similar location. There is also a milod process running in Activity Monitor.
15.0-beta (24A5279h)

Any idea of what it might be? It's weird that it only causes problems when the computer is locked

 

[IngoX]

Maybee the process writes to the file when the computer is locked? I don´t know anything about programming, but you can open the file with a text editor and get some random keywords:

ULRapportMO ULOdometryMO ULModelMO ULMeasurementMO ULLoiMO< ULLoggedEventMO ULLabelMO ULHomeSlamAnalyticEventMO ULCustomLoiMO ULConfigurationMO ULBluetoothIdentityMO ULAssociatedStateMO

So connect the dots... A totally uneducated guess - something bluetooth with a motion sensor?
Maybe so the new head gestures for AirPods Pro will let you answer an incoming FaceTime call by nodding your head?

 

[VitoBotta]

No idea, but I'm glad it's not just on my mac as I was starting to wonder if I had some kind of malware or something. Thanks for checking!

 

[rorschach]

Going into Console and filtering by process:milod, looks like it’s related to Bluetooth and micro-location (“milod" is probably “micro-location daemon"). This entry seems to be my HomePod:

CBDiscovery    CLMiLoLeeching: Device found: CBDevice XXXXXXXXX-E040-5716-550B-XXXXXXXXX, BDA XXXXXXXXX, Nm 'Living Room', Md AudioAccessory1,1, IDS XXXXXXXXX-130D-43F0-898A-XXXXXXXXX, AcID XXXXXXXXXXX@icloud.com, stID CC830B4F-130D-43F0-898A-XXXXXXXXX, DsFl 0x80040 < NearbyInfo NearbyAction >, DvF 0x40000000300 < Family SharedHome Connectable >, RSSI -55, Ch 37, AdTsMC <XXXXXXXXX>, AMfD <4c 00 0f 05 90 00 c5 31 f2 10 02 03 04>, nbAF 0x90 < DeviceClose HasAuthTag >, nbIF 0x100 < WiFiP2P >, CF 0x80200000000 < RSSI Attributes >    milod    com.apple.bluetooth

 

[VitoBotta]

Going into Console and filtering by process:milod, looks like it’s related to Bluetooth and micro-location (“milod" is probably “micro-location daemon"). This entry seems to be my HomePod:

CBDiscovery    CLMiLoLeeching: Device found: CBDevice XXXXXXXXX-E040-5716-550B-XXXXXXXXX, BDA XXXXXXXXX, Nm 'Living Room', Md AudioAccessory1,1, IDS XXXXXXXXX-130D-43F0-898A-XXXXXXXXX, AcID XXXXXXXXXXX@icloud.com, stID CC830B4F-130D-43F0-898A-XXXXXXXXX, DsFl 0x80040 < NearbyInfo NearbyAction >, DvF 0x40000000300 < Family SharedHome Connectable >, RSSI -55, Ch 37, AdTsMC <XXXXXXXXX>, AMfD <4c 00 0f 05 90 00 c5 31 f2 10 02 03 04>, nbAF 0x90 < DeviceClose HasAuthTag >, nbIF 0x100 < WiFiP2P >, CF 0x80200000000 < RSSI Attributes >    milod    com.apple.bluetooth

Thanks! I didn't think to check the console. I wonder why it's causing problems when the computer is locked if it's something related to BlueTooth. Super weird.