My Apple TV2 uses so much broadband data on my internet.

I just got a notification from my internet provider that I am now almost 30 gbs over my monthly limit, and this only happened in two days. I am assuming it is because I am using my apple tv non stop the last two days while i have been off work. If I am not downloading anything from the internet and merely streaming on my home network, why is the Apple TV using so much internet usage? Is there any way to turn this off?

Are you sure you are streaming from the LAN not the internet headings (Movies/TV Shows/Music)? That would mean accessing your library from the Computers column.

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Apple TV2 using bandwidth while streaming from iTunes

I am wondering if anyone has solved the elusive issue as to why my recently purchased Apple TV2 is using my ISP bandwidth when using home sharing from iTunes on my MB. I am using an Airport Extreme (less than 2 years old) with the latest firmware, and this issue is still occurring. I do not have iCloud, or iTunes Match enabled. I have never had this issue when using my Airport Express running to my home stereo, but suddenly i've used 1.46G of bandwidth on Saturday night while streaming 3 hours of music using Apple TV2.
While I am a self admitted Apple junkie, this issue causes me great concern and not what I would expect from an Apple product.
Any help would be appreciated.

Okay, try this simple test. Disconnect your modem/router from the internet (i.e. unplug the coax cable or phone line) and then see if you can access your music on the Apple TV (under the "Computers" menu). If the music and videos still work then that indicates that you aren't streaming that content using iCloud or iTunes Match.
However, if it doesn't work (can't access content) then that proves that you are indeed (somehow) streaming from the internet. In this case I'd check to make certain that ALL of the content you are trying to access is PHYSICALLY stored on you local Mac/PC and that the content is reachable via the iTunes app running on that same Mac/PC. If it is then next I'd do a factory restore on the Apple TV and then see what happens.

What are mapping services and why they use so much cellular data?

I previously had an iphone 5 and my monthly cellular data consumption was about 250MB.
I recently switched to an iphone 5S and the cellular data usage is about 250MB per week!
I try to monitor and reduce the usage but the mapping services in system services is always very high!
What is this? Can I reduce it?

Mapping Services ( story ) :
In April 2011, iPhone and iPad users were surprised to discover that, not only was their device keeping track of where they’d been, it also was storing very detailed location information in a plain-text file on the phone. The data was derived by the cell towers and Wi-Fi hotspots the devices encountered, and was added anonymously to a crowdsourced database.
Apple later said the devices were keeping more information than intended due to a bug, and issued a patch that reduced the amount of data. But, because it was used to improve and speed up location services, the practice continued.
And now, in iOS 7, Apple has added a tool that lets you see what your iPhone knows about where you go.
If you’ve got an iPhone 4S or later running iOS 7, follow these steps:
1. Go to Settings, then Privacy > Location Services.
2. Scroll to the bottom of the list of apps that use Location Services (and feel free to marvel at how many apps do!). Tap System Services.
3. Tap on Frequent Locations, then scroll down and look at History. You’ll see at least one city there, more if you travel.
4. Tap a city. You’ll see a list of locations you’ve visited in the city.
5. Tap a location. You’ll see a list of the dates and times you visited that location.
Why in the world would Apple collect this kind of detail about your movements? It does so to enable features like Next Destination, found in the Notification Center, which is the screen you see when you swipe down from the top of the iOS display. Next Destination looks at your travel patterns and offers information about how long it will take to get to the next place you typically visit during the day.
If having all this location data collected by your iPhone makes you nervous, you can turn it off at Settings > Privacy > Location Services > System Services > Frequent Locations. Note that it is turned on by default, so if you don’t want your phone logging your whereabouts, you’ll need to turn it off.
The Next Destination feature is similar to one found in Google Now, which uses location and your habits to offer up useful information without your asking for it. Google Now is found in the Google Search app on both Android and iOS. On Android, you can add a Google Now widget to your home screen to make the feature more accessible.
In fact, Google collects similar information about you – and in greater detail - if you use its location-based products. Google stores your location data on the Internet, and you can see it on any Web browser.
Make sure you’re logged into your Google account – say, through Gmail – and then go to google.com/locationhistory. You’ll see a map showing location visits for today, but click the Dashboard link at the top of the page and you’ll see this:
To turn this off, click the gear icon in the upper right corner of the Location History page and choose History Settings. Then, click Disable and Save. There’s also a History Management link that lets you delete history items that have already been collected.
Location services are really an integral part of a ton of iOS apps, using the internal GPS system to add Instagram photos to a map, checkin with FourSquare or Facebook, or let your friends know where you are with one of many “on my way” apps, like Glympse or Twist.
If you’re battery is dying, however, the location services are the first thing you should turn off, as they suck up a lot of your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch’s power needs, what with their background data sending and receiving and such.
Here’s how to turn them off.
Tap your Settings app to launch it, and then tap on Privacy. You’ll be able to turn the toggles OFF for any specific app that has privileges to access your GPS location by scrolling through the list and tapping them all. I do this on a fairly regular basis for both privacy and battery savings. I figure that with less apps accessing my location, the less battery power in total is being used for that function.
If you want to turn off Location Services completely, then simply tap the main toggle at the top to OFF, and you’ll stop using them. This will keep your apps that need it, like Maps or Compass, from knowing where you are, but the battery will thank you.
Follow the above steps to turn off Location Services :

Iphone does 800 mb of unwanted data traffic in 20 days at 24:00. push is deactivated and localization too. I have 230 apps. Wich one needs that much? what can I do? I don't use it much (total data connection is 1.2gb in 20 days) Please apple do something)

As said above.
I haven't changed much,since 1 year ago. Have apple 3gs, os 4.1. Added a few apps. I think things changed by doing update of apps.
Most of my apps are for free. I would really like to find out what my iphone does.
I saw on the detail of the bill that 800 mb are at 24:00, 400 mb are in the rest of the day. I'm not using it at 24:00 so these are not used by me. For the rest, I think in total I used 200 mb, as my use hasn't changed much in the last 2 years, and I was at max there for the first years with iphone.
I had to swich to an unlimited plan, but this issue shuldn't happen at all.
My message to apple is, we must know what our phone is doing, if it behaves like this it can be very risky.
I leave near the border. Think whath happens if I do 300 mb in roaming in a few days (actually I get a bill of 150$). Or wat shuld I do in holydays? leave my iphone home is the best solution for now. If I can't activate data roaming I don't need an iphone at all. I take the phone with the good cam.
Then the battery goes down by 50% without using it, I had it in my poket and watched a few youtube vids, made 2 calls, send 5 sms, looked at about 10 email. Battery is at 15%.
My sonyericcsson goes on for 3 days, using 3g and hsdpa.
One other thing that happens by mobilephones when 3g is active, is that the phone searches constantly for a 3g network. It shuldn't do this. It shuld only do this search if I use gprs connection. Because by searching it gives max power to the antenna, this uses the battery!
I think apple cud fix that, other companies will come after with the same fix.
Cheers and tank you for reply
Jonathan

Think whath happens if I do 300 mb in roaming in a few days
You can turn off roaming in the settings... General... Network
I know this doesn't explain what is happening, but it will put your mind at easy when on holiday.
Get in touch with Apple, call them and ask.
This should not be happening.
I am interested in knowing what you learn.

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Anyone else found this bug?
(after upgrading to iOS 4.2.1 and Apple TV 4.1)
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How do I get Apple TV2's "Computers" to display my computer ??

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Unfortunately I don't know much about PCs.
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How much data does Apple TV use?

I am experiencing a large amount of data usage and cannot determine what the culprit is. I am approaching my cap of data allowance on a regular basis. Does anyone know how much data the Apple TV uses? I realize it depends on what you are streaming. I primarily stream Netflix (set on the lowest data rate)
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I found this answer on NetFlix's blog sometime last year:
In the USA you have 3 video quality options: good quality, better quality, and best quality. Here is how much bandwidth they each use:
Good quality (up to 0.3 GB per hour)
Better quality (up to 0.7 GB per hour)
Best quality (up to 1 GB per hour, or up to 2.3 GB per hour for HD)
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we are using so much data on our home Wifi, any idea why? All apple products...mac, ipad air and iphone

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How can I possibly be using so much data on my iPhone. I usually listen to Pandora for about an Hour each day I drive to work. So far (the first 8 days of my billing cycle I have used about 1 GB of data. According to Verizon's calculations I based on this usage I should be using a total of about 1.5 GB of data/month. I called both Verizon and Apple and received no resolution. Apple confirmed that the Phone's wifi shuts off WIFI when the phone is asleep. Resulting in the phone switching to LTE. Apple also indicated that apps that are in the background tend to use data as well. This still doesn't make sense. I had the same data usage pattern (Pandora) with my old 3GS and only used about 1GB/ month. There has got to be another solution. I refuse to believe that just using Pandora for about an hour/day for 5/days a week results in a GB of data usage. Any suggestions?

So, I thought itunes match (like Pandora) streams music from the cloud. I didn't think that the phone 'syncs' several times a day. I did notice a pattern between 11am-1pm data being used in the order of 29 mb yesterday, 42 mb the day before, and 43 mb the day before that. This is at a time when I know I am not using any significant data on my phone. Yesterday I even closed all my apps w/the exception of Pandora which I made sure wasn't running during the day. This additional usage can easily add up to the 100 mb/day i'm averaging.

Why is the iPhone 5 using so much data I have read a lot of complaints and I have went over on my plan and never have?

Why is the iPhone 5 using so much data I have read a lot of complaints and I have went over on my plan and never have?
I have even turned off LTE. Cut off my cellular data off of apps. Still uses data I switched back to my iPhone 4 cause I had used my
Data in 2 weeks!

I have the same problem on my 4S 64G: I updated to 7.1.1 and burned through my cellular data allowance without running anything that ought to be using it. I incurred an overage charge on Thursday, my new billing cycle started on Friday, and I immediately had used 3/4 of my allowance for the new cycle. I typically do not use my allowance in an entire month so burning through it in a day or two twice in one week is very much not right.
Possibly unrelated or not: last night I was out, did NOT use any apps that should use cellular data, and came home and my phone refused to connect to my home wifi despite turning this and that on and off. I burned cellular allowance while wifi was available.
It seems like someting on my phone, whether an app or the iOS itself, is using cellular data even while my phone is not in use. All I could do is turn off Cellular Data in Settings but that very much diminishes the usefulness of a phone that has served me well -- without data overages! -- for several years.
Please fix this, Apple!

How can I not use so much data?

How can I not use so much data on my iPhone?

http://9to5mac.com/2013/09/25/ios-7-how-to-monitor-track-your-cellular-data-usag e/
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/my-data-manager-track-your/id477865384?mt=8

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Hello all, I bouhgt a TV serial using my apple tv2 and my Apple ID information: all good. But then I got an e-mail from Apple saying that an "unknown" user downloaded content using my apple ID. Nobody stoled anything. How do I get my particular apple TV2 to recognize my apple ID account so it knows it is me who is buying. Thank you so much.

Dear AC,
Thank you so, so much for this answer. I did go into my Apple ID account through iTunes store and associated my devices to my Apple ID account. I did this by working on my computers (a mac mini and a mac air) and my two devices (iPhone and iPad). Thus there is a statemente saying "4 devices are associated with this apple ID and can download your purchases from iTunes in the iCloud". So whenever I use them to purchase anything, iCloud knows it is me through my devices so I do not get no e-mail warming me my account might be being used by a stranger.
So, how do I associate my apple Tv2 to my apple ID account? I went to its settings and could not find any way of doing it. Can you continue helpling me? Please.
Thank you so so much

I just got iphone 5c and i am not happy with it. It uses to much data and i don't even know how. I can't get the ringtones i want for my contacts.I got it on my free upgrade but i want to take it back and get something else but where i got it they say i c

I just got iphone 5c and i am not happy with it. It uses to much data and i don't even know how. I can't get the ringtones i want for my contacts.I got it on my free upgrade but i want to take it back and get something else but where i got it they say i can't because i don't have the earbuds and i have serches or them. now i am suck with a phone i don't like at all until my next upgrade. this is very dishearten

1. If you are this unhappy with that phone, and the lost earbuds is the only thing stopping you from taking it back, why do not just buy some earbuds. That way you can get rid of that phone. It all depend upon how much you want to get rid of that phone.
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