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os_icloud_storage_prompt_disable Disable iCloud Storage Setup during Setup Assistant

NIST macOS Security Compliance Project Sequoia Guidance, Revision 4.0 (be5491f)
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Title

Disable iCloud Storage Setup during Setup Assistant

Control

/usr/bin/osascript -l JavaScript << EOS
$.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.SetupAssistant.managed')\
.objectForKey('SkipiCloudStorageSetup').js
EOS

Discussion

The prompt to set up iCloud storage services during Setup Assistant _MUST_ be disabled.

The default behavior of macOS is to prompt new users to set up storage in iCloud. Disabling the iCloud storage setup prompt provides organizations more control over the storage of their data.

Related controls

ac-20

Fix

This is implemented by a Configuration Profile.