nsurlsessiond heavy network usage

[MacMan988]

I just noticed that a process called nsurlsessiond is downloading data from the internet at the maximum rate possible with my internet connection.

I tried killing the process but then it came back after few hours. If I kill the process and restart the computer then it comes back again. My data quota is almost about to be over and data is expensive where I live .

I have iCloud photo library and iCloud Drive enabled. However, I have not made any changes to any of those online storages (such as adding a new file or deleting a file from it).

Please help me to find the root cause of this problem.

 

[Rok73]

Why would you kill a network process that belongs to macOS and is simply managing down-/uploads for iCloud or update related stuff and a couple of apps? It really isn't a problem unless you have a contract with restricted download volume. Let the machine do it's work and don't worry about it because it isn't a "problem".

 

[MacMan988]

Why would you kill a network process that belongs to macOS and is simply managing down-/uploads for iCloud or update related stuff and a couple of apps? It really isn't a problem unless you have a contract with restricted download volume. Let the machine do it's work and don't worry about it because it isn't a "problem".

I have a limited data quota for the month. If it continues to download at this rate then my quota will be finished soon. And the other issue is that any other devices using the same internet connection cannot browse due to my mac eating up entire bandwidth.

 

[Weaselboy]

I have a limited data quota for the month. If it continues to download at this rate then my quota will be finished soon. And the other issue is that any other devices using the same internet connection cannot browse due to my mac eating up entire bandwidth.

Does it stop if you turn off iCloud Photos?

 

[SirIcet]

I just noticed that a process called nsurlsessiond is downloading data from the internet at the maximum rate possible with my internet connection.

I tried killing the process but then it came back after few hours. If I kill the process and restart the computer then it comes back again. My data quota is almost about to be over and data is expensive where I live .

I have iCloud photo library and iCloud Drive enabled. However, I have not made any changes to any of those online storages (such as adding a new file or deleting a file from it).

Please help me to find the root cause of this problem.

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I just noticed that a process called nsurlsessiond is downloading data from the internet at the maximum rate possible with my internet connection.

I tried killing the process but then it came back after few hours. If I kill the process and restart the computer then it comes back again. My data quota is almost about to be over and data is expensive where I live .

I have iCloud photo library and iCloud Drive enabled. However, I have not made any changes to any of those online storages (such as adding a new file or deleting a file from it).

Please help me to find the root cause of this problem.

If you copy this code to Terminal nsurlsessiond will stop until you restart the computer

launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.nsurlstoraged.plist
launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.nsurlsessiond.plist
sudo launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.nsurlsessiond.plist
sudo launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.nsurlstoraged.plist

 

[samcema]

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If you copy this code to Terminal nsurlsessiond will stop until you restart the computer

launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.nsurlstoraged.plist
launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.nsurlsessiond.plist
sudo launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.nsurlsessiond.plist
sudo launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.nsurlstoraged.plist

Hi it is same for me in Mojave 10.14.6. While pasting these commands give me an error in terminal "

Operation not permitted while System Integrity Protection is engaged". What to do?

 

[HolyGhostJoshua]

I just noticed that a process called nsurlsessiond is downloading data from the internet at the maximum rate possible with my internet connection.

I tried killing the process but then it came back after few hours. If I kill the process and restart the computer then it comes back again. My data quota is almost about to be over and data is expensive where I live .

I have iCloud photo library and iCloud Drive enabled. However, I have not made any changes to any of those online storages (such as adding a new file or deleting a file from it).

Please help me to find the root cause of this problem.

I had a similar experience yesterday, it used nearly 17 GB of my mobile data in less than hour. After further research I found that apple podcast is the culprit, so I just unfollowed all of the shows I followed & did some change in download settings & it's completely fine. there's no nsurlsessiond on activity monitor & my bandwidth is soaring.