Why InDesign generates heavy internet traffic at startup

Tamás Nagy

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    • May 26, 2020 at 2:08 am #1252057
      Tamás Nagy
      Participant

      Hi friends,
      can anyone tell me what InDesign downloads each time I start it? It generates a really heavy internet traffic, maybe more hundred Megas are downloaded each time. I don’t use cloud at all, I have 0 bytes occupied there. No swatches or styles were uploaded, nothing… My internet connection is really slow so this initial download session of InDesign really bothers me. How could I turn it off? Please help me! :)
      Tamás

    • May 26, 2020 at 2:45 am #125214
      Marc Verhaegen
      Member

      Disconnect from the internet en start indesign, see what happens.

    • May 26, 2020 at 2:57 am #125274
      Tamás Nagy
      Participant

      Thanks Mark, I tried it: nothing special happened, I could use InDesign as usual.
      But at the minute I plugged the Ethernet cable back InDesign started download at full bandwidth again.
      Today I started InDesign twice, the same thing happened both times.

    • May 26, 2020 at 3:01 am #125287
      Tamás Nagy
      Participant

      Sorry, Marc. :)
      Because of this full-bandwidth download, even this above post took about 20 seconds to go through. It makes it impossible to work on the net for 5-10 minutes each time.

    • May 26, 2020 at 8:05 am #125219
      David Blatner
      Keymaster

      Wow that is very strange. Could it be trying to update to a new version?
      What version of InDesign?
      Do you maybe have some extra plug-ins installed?

    • May 26, 2020 at 8:06 am #125211
      David Blatner
      Keymaster

      Oh, also, your question makes me think of this old post… look in the comments for ideas:

      How to Turn Off InDesign’s New Welcome Screen

    • May 26, 2020 at 9:15 am #125226
      Tamás Nagy
      Participant

      Hi David,

      thank you for your tips but as far as I see this problem appears only in the version CC2019. I use versions from 2018 to 2020 simultaneously because of historical reasons but only CC2019 produces this behaviour. So I think the solution is to quit using CC2019 forever. :)

      Btw. I turned off any welcome screens at the very beginning when it appeared, so it mustn’t be the problerm, I think.

      All the best,
      Tamás

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