Q: nbagent process, what is it?
Does anyone know what the nbagent process is?
I noticed yesterday, courtesy of Little Snitch, it was triyng to connect to swcdn.apple.com which looked ok
Today it is trying to connect to a5.mzstatic.com
Just a little curious as it has never seen this process in the past.
Cheers
Paul
Posted on Jul 11, 2014 2:14 PM
It appears to be something related to Software Update and/or the Mac App Store, so allowing it seems safe. I'd speculate that it showed up in the latest OS X update since I'd never seen it before today either, and the first google hits seem to appear only very recently.
To the repliers:
I don't know what crusade y'all are on against Little Snitch, but it's a very useful utility for keeping an eye on what apps are trying to make network connections. If you're running up against people without the technical knowledge to make effective use of it I can see how it could be easier to advise them not to use a tool they don't understand. But advising a blanket "LS is evil; don't use it" for a legitimate pinpoint question about a specific connection-attempt is overkill.
FUD doesn't belong on the Apple discussion boards, no matter how many points you have.
Posted on Jul 11, 2014 6:32 PM