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V-268496CAT II — Medium severitySV-268496r1034428_rule

The macOS system must disable Apple ID setup during Setup Assistant.

Rule version APPL-15-002035 · STIG v1 · 2026-09-01

Discussion

The prompt for Apple ID setup during Setup Assistant must be disabled.

macOS will automatically prompt new users to set up an Apple ID while they are going through Setup Assistant if this is not disabled. This can mislead new users into thinking they need to create Apple ID accounts upon their first login.

Check

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

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

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

Fix

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

Identifiers

Group ID
V-268496
Group title
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
Rule ID
SV-268496r1034428_rule
Check ID
C-72526r1034426_chk
Fix ID
F-72427r1034427_fix