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V-268504CAT II — Medium severitySV-268504r1034452_rule

The macOS system must disable iCloud Photo Library.

Rule version APPL-15-002043 · STIG v1 · 2026-09-01

Discussion

The macOS built-in Photos.app connection to Apple's iCloud service must be disabled.

Apple's iCloud service does not provide an organization with enough control over the storage and access of data and, therefore, automated photo synchronization must be controlled by an organization-approved service.

Check

Verify the macOS system is configured to disable the iCloud Photo Library with the following command:

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

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

Fix

Configure the macOS system to disable the iCloud Photo Library by installing the "com.apple.applicationaccess" configuration profile.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-268504
Group title
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
Rule ID
SV-268504r1034452_rule
Check ID
C-72534r1034450_chk
Fix ID
F-72435r1034451_fix