My Mac Contacted 63 Different Apple Owned Domains in One Hour – While Not Is Use

Summary

During a one hour period today, my computer contacted 63 different Apple domains while i was not logged on and using it. I have been trying to minimize to the extent possible the reach of big tech into my life. A full 25% of the DNS queries from one of my computers (M2 MBA with macOS 15.4) are to Apple owned domains - even though my DNS provider (NextDNS) blocks Apple's native telemetry. Additionally, since I do not use Apple for my mail, contacts, calendars, podcasts or news, I already have the routes to those Apple services blacklisted. MBA Report Interestingly, my 2019 Intel MBP with the same DNS settings has less than 3% of it's DNS queries hitting Apple domains. MBP Report Here are the domains Apple contacted during one 60-Minute Period When I Was Not Using My Computer One Hour - 63 Apple Domains 1-courier.push.apple.com - Apple Push Notification Service 1-courier.sandbox.push.apple.com - Apple Push Notification Service api.apple-cloudkit.com - CloudKit, Apple's backend service for developers to store and sync app data api.apple-cloudkit.fe2.apple-dns.net - DNS/gateway services for Apple's infrastructure app-site-association.cdn-apple.com - Used for Universal Links apple-relay.cloudflare.com apple.com - Core Apple websites bag.itunes.apple.com - iTunes/App Store purchase container configuration.apple.com - for fetching various system configurations, including location services configuration.ls.apple.com - for fetching various system configurations, including location services cts.cdn-apple.com - CDN for network content entitlements.itunes.apple.com - Checks your entitlements for apps and content fbs.smoot.apple.com - for crash reports, analytics, or user feedback. fpinit.itunes.apple.com - Initialization for iTunes/App Store services gateway.fe2.apple-dns.net - DNS/gateway services for Apple's infrastructure gdmf.apple.com - Device Management Framework gsa.apple.com - Apple ID (IDMS) and Game Center Services (GSAS) gsa.idms-apple.com.akadns.net - Apple ID (IDMS...