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Stopping large daily iCloud download (mander.xyz)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by porcoesphino@mander.xyz to c/apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world
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My macOS computer is downloading gigabytes most days through iCloud and I want to find a way to stop the repeat downloads.

I used this command to find out what is being downloaded:

brctl status

It seems to be media and video tarballs from Whatsapp backups from my iPhone

I don't understand why my computer needs to download these iPhone backups and I haven't found a way to stop the downloads from happening. I also don't understand why these aren't checkpointed in a way so that all of history doesn't need to be downloaded each day/interval (presuming that is what's currently happening).

Does anyone have any ideas for a fix or even next steps?

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[–] DavidGA@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Do you mean “upload”?

[–] porcoesphino@mander.xyz 0 points 1 month ago

I double checked the indicator in finder and the command line before posting this and, both said download. As far as I can tell, my iPhone uploads the backup to iCloud, then my mac downloads it. I see no use in the mac downloading it once let alone for every Whatsapp backup the iPhone makes. After the download is complete, I can find the files in the Whatsapp iCloud directory