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V-277107

CAT II (Medium)

The macOS system must disable iCloud storage setup during Setup Assistant.

Rule ID

SV-277107r1149418_rule

STIG

Apple macOS 26 (Tahoe) Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R2

CCIs

CCI-000381

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 with more control over their data storage.

Check Content

Verify the macOS system is configured to disable iCloud storage setup during Setup Assistant with the following command:

/usr/bin/osascript -l JavaScript 2>/dev/null << EOS
$.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.SetupAssistant.managed')\
.objectForKey('skipSetupItems').containsObject("iCloudStorage")
EOS

If the result is not "true", this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure the macOS system to disable iCloud storage setup during Setup Assistant by installing the "com.apple.SetupAssistant.managed" configuration profile.