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V-277130CAT II — Medium severitySV-277130r1148842_rule

The macOS system must disable iCloud Desktop and Document folder sync.

Rule version APPL-26-002150 · STIG v1 · 2026-09-01

Discussion

The macOS system's ability to automatically synchronize a user's Desktop and Documents folder to their iCloud Drive 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 file synchronization must be controlled by an organization-approved service.

Check

Verify the macOS system is configured to disable iCloud Desktop and Document folder synchronization with the following command:

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

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

Fix

Configure the macOS system to disable iCloud Desktop and Document folder synchronization by installing the "com.apple.applicationaccess" configuration profile.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-277130
Group title
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
Rule ID
SV-277130r1148842_rule
Check ID
C-81285r1148840_chk
Fix ID
F-81190r1148841_fix