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I feel like I might be crazy but… isn’t this an issue with Apple products at work in general? I am issued a MacBook Pro and iPhone from my employer. The IT dep
by snowwrestler 5y ago
I feel like I might be crazy but… isn’t this an issue with Apple products at work in general?
I am issued a MacBook Pro and iPhone from my employer. The IT dept. configured them to connect to our corporate infrastructure: Exchange, MS365, VPN, Dropbox, Slack, printers, etc.
IT did not issue me a corporate iCloud account. I can add my personal iCloud account to these devices if I want, and then I’ll get all my music, messages, etc. on them. Convenient! Or, I can use my work email to set up a new clean iCloud account and use that instead. I know from conversations that a lot of my colleagues add their personal iCloud accounts to corporate devices, especially phones.
Based on the comments elsewhere in this thread, it seems the weird thing at Apple is that @apple.com email addresses can’t be used in iCloud. Which makes it a bit trickier for Apple employees to set up a new clean iCloud for work.
- norov 5y agoWhy not set up a gmail.com account for your apple.com account? That way you still keep the clean iCloud account for work only.
- Terretta 5y agoDon’t add your personal iCloud account even if you want. Your goal is to not have to repurchase your music, apps, etc., but not commingle your personal photos and messages. You can do this with iCloud family child accounts. To use “your” stuff you paid for on a “work account” they ask you to set up using alternative email address, you can make the work account be a family child account. Then the work account can use purchases etc., and you control its access even if work attempts to take it.
- snowwrestler 5y agoThis is a fantastic idea, thanks.