Process 'storeagent' eating bandwidth Recently I noticed a hike in my daily internet usage. After investigation I came to know that a process called storeagent was downloading huge amounts of data from the internet. When googled I found that it's related to app store.


How can I prevent storeagent from downloading data?
If I do so will it prevent updates for my applications?
Will it make any security issue?
Try turning off the automated download of updates.


Launch the System Preferences
Go to the App Store preferences pane
Uncheck Download available updates in the background