We want to block our students from signing into iCloud/Apple accounts on iMacs in our library. Any tips on how to go about this??
Restrict iCloud and Apple Id on macSolved
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Jul 28, 2022
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You can block users from accessing the Apple ID preference pane using this script: https://www.hexnode.com/mobile-device-management/help/script-to-hide-disable-different-system-preferences-panes-on-mac/
Just specify the identifier com.apple.preferences.AppleIDPrefPane.
You could do the same for iCloud too: com.apple.preferences.icloud
Hope that helps @Kipp.
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Jul 28, 2022
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Thanks a ton @Damion, I was able to successfully disable the Apple ID preference pane, but couldn’t disable iCloud, is this a known issue, or did I do something wrong.
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Jul 28, 2022
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Jul 28, 2022
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That’s a bummer! Disabling the Apple ID pane still works on some devices, and I don’t know why! Guess I will have to figure out a way to do this manually. Is there a way to check out what iCloud ID and Apple ID are signed in on our devices?
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Jul 28, 2022
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I found this script: https://www.hexnode.com/mobile-device-management/help/script-to-fetch-the-apple-ids-of-users-on-mac/
You can confirm if devices are signed into an Apple ID and fetch the Apple ID.
For iCloud, I found this script to check if iCloud is enabled on a device, returns True if iCloud is enabled:
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Result="True" for user in $(dscl . list /Users UniqueID | awk '$2 >= 500 {print $1}'); do if [ -e /Users/$user/Library/Mobile\ Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/ ]; then Result="False" fi done echo $Result |
Hope this helps
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Jul 28, 2022
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I really appreciate it guyss
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Oct 10, 2022
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Thanks to all, you helped me as well.
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