"Cubase 13 Networking" process on MacOS?

Cubase
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I have purchased C13 recently. I’m using it on a macos Ventura 13.6.9.

Activity Monitor shows two running processes when C13 is running:

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What is “Cubase 13 Networking” process for?

I can quit it once C13 is running and nothing seems to happen.

“Cubase 13 Networking” is always launched, it doesn’t matter if I am connected/disconnected to internet.

2

Hi,

Just guessing, isn’t it VST Connect component?

3

I don’t use VST Connect, so I guess it’s not that…

4

Windows allows the possibility of opening the file location - I assume MacOS has a similar function? It would give a clue.

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This is the complete information from Activity Monitor (files and ports):

/System/Volumes/Preboot/Cryptexes/OS/System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/XPCServices/com.apple.WebKit.Networking.xpc
/System/Volumes/Preboot/Cryptexes/OS/System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/XPCServices/com.apple.WebKit.Networking.xpc/Contents/MacOS/com.apple.WebKit.Networking
/Library/Preferences/Logging/.plist-cache.HbXaWl8V
/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.bundle/English.lproj/SystemVersion.strings
/private/var/db/timezone/tz/2024a.1.0/icutz/icutz44l.dat
/System/Volumes/Preboot/Cryptexes/OS/System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/WebCore.framework/Versions/A/Resources/en.lproj/Localizable.strings
/System/Volumes/Preboot/Cryptexes/OS/System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/WebCore.framework/Versions/A/Resources/en.lproj/Localizable.stringsdict
/private/var/db/mds/messages/501/se_SecurityMessages
/private/var/db/nsurlstoraged/dafsaData.bin
/Users/jordi/Library/WebKit/com.steinberg.cubase13/WebsiteData/ResourceLoadStatistics/observations.db-shm
/System/Library/Frameworks/Foundation.framework/Versions/C/Resources/FoundationErrors.loctable
/Users/jordi/Library/Caches/com.steinberg.cubase13/WebKit/AlternativeServices/AlternativeService.sqlite-shm
/Users/jordi/Library/WebKit/com.steinberg.cubase13/WebsiteData/ResourceLoadStatistics/pcm.db-shm
/usr/share/icu/icudt70l.dat
/dev/null
/dev/null
/dev/null
/Users/jordi/Library/WebKit/com.steinberg.cubase13/WebsiteData/ResourceLoadStatistics/observations.db
/Users/jordi/Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences_m.plist
/Users/jordi/Library/WebKit/com.steinberg.cubase13/WebsiteData/ResourceLoadStatistics/observations.db-wal
/Users/jordi/Library/Caches/com.steinberg.cubase13/WebKit/AlternativeServices/AlternativeService.sqlite
/Users/jordi/Library/WebKit/com.steinberg.cubase13/WebsiteData/ResourceLoadStatistics/observations.db-shm
/Users/jordi/Library/Caches/com.steinberg.cubase13/WebKit/AlternativeServices/AlternativeService.sqlite-wal
/Users/jordi/Library/Caches/com.steinberg.cubase13/WebKit/AlternativeServices/AlternativeService.sqlite-shm
[ctl com.apple.netsrc id 6 unit 56]
192.168.15.15:65385->server-54-192-95-56.mad51.r.cloudfront.net:https
/Users/jordi/Library/WebKit/com.steinberg.cubase13/WebsiteData/ResourceLoadStatistics/pcm.db
/Users/jordi/Library/WebKit/com.steinberg.cubase13/WebsiteData/ResourceLoadStatistics/pcm.db-wal
/Users/jordi/Library/WebKit/com.steinberg.cubase13/WebsiteData/ResourceLoadStatistics/pcm.db-shm
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I would like to know what this process is.

Can anybody from Cubase team explain it?

Thanks!

7

This is for the News section in the Hub you see after starting Cubase. You can disable the news section in the settings of Cubase.

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Well noted, thanks a lot for the info!