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ozPJ
New Contributor
3 years ago

High data usage, and weird behavior

I'm on Gigablast with an additional 500Gb of data so my monthly cap is 1780Gb Computer is an iMac Retina 5K, running Monterey 12.0.1 After adding the additional 500Gb, I still went close to the n...
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Bruce
Honored Contributor III
3 years ago

Have you previously Chromecasted MTV from the Mac to a TV?  Although idle with Chrome launched, Chromecast could be enabled, downloading but not broadcasting.

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    ozPJ
    New Contributor
    3 years ago

    No haven't accessed MTV.com ever.  And I also now have it blacklisted at the router.  That is the key to this.  No one has accessed MTV.com from this computer, yet it was downloading continuously according to router logs.

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      Bruce
      Honored Contributor III
      3 years ago

      Any MTV-like apps come bundled with the Mac?  I'd launch Activity Monitor and Chrome then keep an eye on which process is consuming the most resources.

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        ozPJ
        New Contributor
        3 years ago

        No - no bundled apps at all.  I'm going to do as you suggested as well as what  WiderMouthOpen above suggests with the Chrome Task manager too.   Thanks