730MB of cellular data used by Software Updates -- Can I control this?

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730MB of cellular data used by Software Updates -- Can I control this?

I'm checking my cellular data using for the month. I have only a 2G account and usually get by with a few hundred meg for the month. This month, I have used 1.3G so I looked at why.

730MB was used by Software Updates (under System Services) and another 469MB was used by iTunes Media Services, plus another 167MB used by iTunes Accounts.

I think maybe these were all one time things but I'm curious which of these I could control (allow or disallow) and how / where.

I think the iTunes is because I turned Apple Music back on after it had been off for a long time. And I think the software updates may have occurred because (I only vaguely remember -- hoping someone can refresh my memory) the update process asked and I said "yes... go ahead"... maybe?

Anyhow... I'm surprised but the search on the discussions didn't find any matching questions.

Thank you for your time and help,

Perry

iPhone X, iOS 11.4

Posted on Aug 11, 2018 10:24 AM

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Answer 1

Aug 11, 2018 10:44 AM in response to pedz

Go to Settings/iTunes & App Store and turn off Use Cellular Data. Or go to Settings/Cellular and turn off iTunes Store.

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Answer 2

Aug 11, 2018 10:51 AM in response to pedz

Yes, it could be Music.

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Aug 11, 2018 10:46 AM in response to pedz

pedz wrote:

Anyhow... I'm surprised but the search on the discussions didn't find any matching questions.

The internal search is flakey sometimes, and even when it works it is quite literal. The best way to search this forum is with a search engine like Google or DuckDuckGo. Prefix your search terms with a "site" keyword, like this:

site:discussions.apple.com software updates

This will work for any website, BTW.

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pedz Author

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Aug 11, 2018 10:46 AM in response to Lawrence Finch

Both were off today when I checked. I should have mentioned that in my first post. Maybe I had them on and recently turned them off.

Hey... "Music" is on (under Settings/Cellular) ... maybe that it?

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pedz Author

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Aug 11, 2018 10:47 AM in response to Lawrence Finch

Ok. I do that for other sites and other searches. I'll start doing that for this site as well.

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pedz Author

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Aug 11, 2018 10:57 AM in response to Lawrence Finch

I think I'm going to leave it enabled and put a reminder in two weeks to check the usage. I'd like to keep it enabled if I can. We'll see how it goes.

Thank you again for your time,

Perry

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730MB of cellular data used by Software Updates -- Can I control this?

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