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Q: nsurlsessiond contacting swcdn.g.aaplimg using all my data

Since updating to 10.3.3 I've had to disconnect my main work computer from the internet as it is using up all our data (15 gigs/month satellite). We went through half of that in 5 days before I caught the problem. the process is nsurlsessiond which is contacting swcdn.g.aaplimg.com and when it does it begins downloading. Is this for Photos? I use iCloud extensively for everything BUT NOT photos. Never turned that on and have confirmed its not on for any device. Is there something else that uses that process to contact that service?

 

Thanks for any insight

MacMini Late 2012, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)

Posted on Apr 21, 2015 5:19 AM

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Q: nsurlsessiond contacting swcdn.g.aaplimg using all my data

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  • by geekinthegarden,

    geekinthegarden geekinthegarden Apr 22, 2015 6:23 AM in response to Linc Davis
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    Apr 22, 2015 6:23 AM in response to Linc Davis

    Thanks Linc. Yeah, looks like it was trying to download the recovery update. I've since taken care of that. That said, I'm not sure that solves my problem. Looking at it I see that on the 14th I had 1.5 gigs downloaded during the day and then 15th I had 3+ gigs of data downloaded between 10am and 1 pm. There was more after that on the 16th. I assume those sessions were not related to failed update downloads as there were not similar errors in the install log for those dates.

     

    Thanks for the advice on Server. I have our three home office Macs set to not download automatically. I usually just download the installers listed via the Apple website then share them via our local network.

  • by Linc Davis,

    Linc Davis Linc Davis Apr 22, 2015 7:20 AM in response to geekinthegarden
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    Apr 22, 2015 7:20 AM in response to geekinthegarden

    I usually just download the installers listed via the Apple website then share them via our local network.

    Not all system updates are accessible that way, and updates from the App Store never are. Beyond that I have nothing to add to my last comment.

  • by geekinthegarden,

    geekinthegarden geekinthegarden Apr 22, 2015 7:22 AM in response to Linc Davis
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    Apr 22, 2015 7:22 AM in response to Linc Davis

    Thanks again for the info Linc!

  • by kegill,

    kegill kegill Apr 27, 2015 6:12 PM in response to geekinthegarden
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    Apr 27, 2015 6:12 PM in response to geekinthegarden

    GitG --

     

    I have the same problem. I blew through 10GB last week unknowingly -- and today I started monitoring Activity Monitor.

     

    activity-monitor-4.41.png

     

    NOTE:

    • I do not have auto update on in the Apps store
    • I do not mirror iCloud photos on the laptop but I do use iCloud photos for my iPhone and iPad. I may stop that now.

     

    (1) This Apple discussion thread contains a script (2/3 down page 1, from Zen_Kong) to run in Terminal to turn off nsurlstoraged. This "off" state remains until you either reboot or reverse (load) the terminal commands.

     

    It works. It killed the service for me in Activity Monitor.

     

    But after doing it, I was unable to log into the Apple Forum in Safari. Coincidence? I have no idea. So I kicked it on again.

     

    (2) This comment from the same thread suggests you can't just turn it off totally:

    If you block it with Little Snitch , you won't be able to browse some websites or submit any forms. I ended up to block  the ausyd-edge.icloud-content.com (17.248.155.9) only which is the only one responsible for the massive data usage. I'm on 10.10.1, have never had a problem like that before. I have no photos on cloud drive, only text files, there is no reason for it to download whatever it is downloading continuously.

     

    I've downloaded Little Snitch (but haven't yet tried to configure it) which others have used to throttle nsurlstoraged.

     

    (3) Another poster in that thread said:

    check your spotlight preference and turn of "Spotlight suggestions" and "Bing Web Searches" and you are done. For more detail click on the small "?" found on the bottom right corner of the Spotlight Preference section. Hope this helps"

     

    That suggestion works for some but not all.

     

    (4) iCloud settings - I turned off Photos. I had it set only to share, not to download.

     

    Good luck.

  • by dperetti,

    dperetti dperetti Apr 30, 2015 12:51 PM in response to kegill
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    Apr 30, 2015 12:51 PM in response to kegill

    Use fseventer from fernlightning.com to see what files are being installed. (although the site says Yosemite is unsupported, it works).

    On my computer, but I think it is since latest beta 10.10.4 (14E11f), nsurlsessiond is downloading like crazy, almost not stop.

    It not only agressively downloads iCloud master photos I don't care about (I have chosen the optimized storage iCloud photo library settings... optimized it's obviously not), but more serious : it also caches iOS cloud data over and over ! (2GB at 2MB/s at the moment)

    Definitely looks like a bug to me.

    I hate Apple for doing stuff like that in the background without providing any feedback and control to the user.

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  • by ksec,

    ksec ksec Nov 28, 2015 6:08 PM in response to dperetti
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    Nov 28, 2015 6:08 PM in response to dperetti

    doesn't work on 10.11...... But I have switched off iCloud and it is still downloading.

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