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1. #DOES JUMP DESKTOP INSTALL AKAMAI NETSESSION SOFTWARE#
2. #DOES JUMP DESKTOP INSTALL AKAMAI NETSESSION MAC#

Press the Enter (Return) key to complete the command. Go to the Akamai NetSession Interface installation folder, which is normally /Applications/Akamai/ In the Application -> Utilities folder, double-left click Terminal. If that doesn’t work, there are two alternative removal methods suggested by Akamai: If you don’t want any Akamei related products on your Mac, go to “/Applications/Akamai/” and simply delete the folder.

#DOES JUMP DESKTOP INSTALL AKAMAI NETSESSION MAC#

The other thing to be aware of is that NetSession may also show-up under a different process name on your Mac such as “rsmac” followed by a number – see a discussion here on this.

#DOES JUMP DESKTOP INSTALL AKAMAI NETSESSION SOFTWARE#

Adobe uses Akamei Download Manager to deliver large software downloads and it uses NetSession to do this. However, even if you’re not a Netflix user, it’s possible that NetSession has been installed onto your Mac via an Adobe installer. Absolutely zero personal information is *ever* captured, shared or stored via the Akamai NetSession Interface.

And just to be clear: The Akamai NetSession Interface is networking software only. The Akamai NetSession Interface is made up of various networking protocols designed to manage the distribution of files over IP networks and is solely used for that function. The Akamai NetSession Interface captures and stores about the same information as a standard web server. NetSession isn’t supposed to consume many physical resources and Akamei claim that it poses no security risks: In addition to this though, Akamai NetSession uses P2P technology to deliver content from other users watching the same content as you in order to spread the data burden. Some users may or may not be entirely comfortable with this.Īkamai has servers around the world and content is delivered to you by the closest one to where you are. This effectively means that your Mac’s resources are being used in a P2P network to deliver high quality video content. Like many video-on-demand websites, Netflix uses Akamai NetSession to ensure that streaming of movies is smooth and reliable. If you’ve noticed a “netsession” process running on your Mac then there’s a simple explanation for it, especially if you’re a Netflix user.