For OS X: Whenever I have internet access my disk is running continuously for a period of time without any activity on my part.  When I close internet access the disk activity stops.  Who is fishing for data?

For OS X v5 or 6: Whenever I have internet access my disk is running continuously for a period of time without any activity on my part.  When I close internet access the disk activity stops.  Who is fishing for data?

Thanks for your reply.  I don't use itunes so that couldn't be it.  Reading about Little Snitch and Hands Off, however,  educated me about the data harvesting in many apps and that when buying from the AppStore one will more likely get Apps with benign data harvesting.

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