It&#x27;s not &quot;Apple&#x27;s error&quot;, .local is now an IANA reserved special-use domain name for multicast DNS, i.e. in the same category as .example and .test.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.iana.org&#x2F;assignments&#x2F;special-use-domain-names&#x2F;special-use-domain-names.xhtml" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.iana.org&#x2F;assignments&#x2F;special-use-domain-names&#x2F;spe...</a>