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?
2 Comments
DavidGA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 148d
Do you mean “upload”?
porcoesphino@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 148d
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