What is MobileAccessoryUpdater and why it runs on my MacBook?
Solution 1:
It seems that fud
is the firmware update daemon of com.apple.MobileAccessoryUpdater
that presumably is responsible for firmware downloads for bluetooth peripherals and running the firmware update daemon
(hint for fud
found here)
To unload/disable it run in a terminal (this will persist through restarts, but probably not OS updates):
sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.MobileAccessoryUpdater.plist
To enable/load it again run in a terminal:
sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.MobileAccessoryUpdater.plist