Hello all,
I’m at my wits’ end - and I’m hoping someone can give me some suggestions.
We made the switch to wireless in the 2nd week of September.
Fantastic up and down speeds - decided on the 150GB capped option.
Prior to this, we had a 4mb ADSL line, using a Vox Telecom Fatpipe 150gb/month capped option. Most months, our usage would come in at about 100GBs, with plenty rolling over.
Since the 9th of September, we have blown through our 150GB cap, and have been forced to topup with 10GB, 20GB, 10GB and - last night - another 10GB… 200GBs of data, 185GB downloaded, 14.4GB uploaded.
The variable here, is possibly Apple Photos. I began uploading a 140GB photo library into the cloud - and did the bulk of it under the 4mb line. Some last bit of syncing took place under the new wireless setup - but most of it has been synced across all our devices.
That said, my Photos library on my Mac Mini appeared to be stuck trying to download 25 items for several days. Thinking this was possibly the issue - I switched iCloud Photo Library off on the Mini, yesterday late afternoon.
We bought 10GB of topup data at about 18h30 yesterday.
Before getting into bed, 3GB had already been used. We weren’t streaming - kids were watching something through Box Office.
In bed, the SO and I watched some TBBT and Sherlock, on the ATV2, playing off the Mini’s library in the lounge.
This morning - 737mb left. Another 7GB used during the evening!! :wtf:
Now - either what we are watching on ATV2 is somehow contributing to our data usage - is this even possible?? - OR there is still some background downloading/uploading going on somewhere - OR, someone is tapping into our Data, and using it…
ANY suggestions about how one would go trying to identity the data-slurping black-hole that is besetting us at the moment, will be greatly appreciated!
[Below is a screengrab of our usage: The peaks at the start are expected, since the final syncing of photos was taking place. Daily usage is still quite high - and then, there's the mystery peak last night...]
I’m at my wits’ end - and I’m hoping someone can give me some suggestions.
We made the switch to wireless in the 2nd week of September.
Fantastic up and down speeds - decided on the 150GB capped option.
Prior to this, we had a 4mb ADSL line, using a Vox Telecom Fatpipe 150gb/month capped option. Most months, our usage would come in at about 100GBs, with plenty rolling over.
Since the 9th of September, we have blown through our 150GB cap, and have been forced to topup with 10GB, 20GB, 10GB and - last night - another 10GB… 200GBs of data, 185GB downloaded, 14.4GB uploaded.
The variable here, is possibly Apple Photos. I began uploading a 140GB photo library into the cloud - and did the bulk of it under the 4mb line. Some last bit of syncing took place under the new wireless setup - but most of it has been synced across all our devices.
That said, my Photos library on my Mac Mini appeared to be stuck trying to download 25 items for several days. Thinking this was possibly the issue - I switched iCloud Photo Library off on the Mini, yesterday late afternoon.
We bought 10GB of topup data at about 18h30 yesterday.
Before getting into bed, 3GB had already been used. We weren’t streaming - kids were watching something through Box Office.
In bed, the SO and I watched some TBBT and Sherlock, on the ATV2, playing off the Mini’s library in the lounge.
This morning - 737mb left. Another 7GB used during the evening!! :wtf:
Now - either what we are watching on ATV2 is somehow contributing to our data usage - is this even possible?? - OR there is still some background downloading/uploading going on somewhere - OR, someone is tapping into our Data, and using it…
ANY suggestions about how one would go trying to identity the data-slurping black-hole that is besetting us at the moment, will be greatly appreciated!
[Below is a screengrab of our usage: The peaks at the start are expected, since the final syncing of photos was taking place. Daily usage is still quite high - and then, there's the mystery peak last night...]
