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Skoal

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Original poster
Nov 4, 2009
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I'm not sure what this is or why it's happening but when I connect my iphone 4 with iOS5 to my mac running 10.7.2 to sync it it goes trough the normal routine of updating apps, photos, etc. and I noticed one thing that said "dowloading safe browsing data"?

What is this and what does it mean. I've never seen it before. I thought I had safe browsing off in Safari but either way I know I don't want it downloaded. there's no need to.

Thanks
 

echo2011

macrumors regular
Jun 9, 2011
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I've been wondering the same thing...even does this with a simple sync job, like adding photos.
 

saving107

macrumors 603
Oct 14, 2007
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San Jose, Ca
Google Safe Browsing Data Syncs to iOS Devices Via iTunes
http://blog.intego.com/google-safe-browsing-data-syncs-to-ios-devices-via-itunes/


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