I’ve been reducing the time of using macOS Sonoma because of the huge bandwidth consumption of idleassetsd. It just won’t stop downloading. I’ve tried to kill it many times but it keeps going back. Does anyone who what file it’s downloading and how to stop idleassetsd on Mac?
The idleassetsd process on Mac is a helper for the TVIdleServices framework for asset downloading and privileged operations. It is used by various clients in macOS.
idleassetsd is typically provoked by the downloading of dynamic screensavers. If you’re using one, change to a static wallpaper and reboot your Mac. This has allowed me to fix the issue.
If it doesn’t work, use the free network monitor LuLu to block this process.
Try to disable idleassetsd on Mac by running the following command in Terminal.
sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.idleassetsd.plist
When prompted for a password, type your administrator password and hit Enter.