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Q: What is "bosUpdateProxy" process in Activity Monitor and why are there many packets sent? Can I fix this?

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What is "bosUpdateProxy" process in Activity Monitor and why are there many packets sent? Can I fix this?

MacBook Pro with Touch Bar

Posted on Sep 4, 2019 11:52 AM

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Posted on Sep 4, 2019 12:00 PM

It is short for “BridgeOS Update Proxy”. It is an Apple system service. It seems to be something that updates data or code associated with the internal BridgeOS software. Beyond that, I have no idea what it does.

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Q: What is "bosUpdateProxy" process in Activity Monitor and why are there many packets sent? Can I fix this?

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