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V-279329

CAT II (Medium)

The macOS system must disable Apple Intelligence during Setup Assistant.

Rule ID

SV-279329r1149390_rule

STIG

Apple macOS 26 (Tahoe) Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R2

CCIs

CCI-000381

Discussion

The prompt for Apple Intelligence setup during Setup Assistant must be disabled. Disabling Apple watches is a necessary step to ensuring the information system retains a session lock until the user reestablishes access using authorized identification and authentication procedures.

Check Content

Verify the macOS system is configured to skip Apple Intelligence 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("Intelligence")
EOS

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

Fix Text

Configure the macOS system to disable Unlock with Apple Watch during Setup Assistant by installing the "com.apple.SetupAssistant.managed" configuration profile.