You can also create an apple ID, and get no-cost software from their app store (and update preinstalled ones) without a payment method, according to this articl

You can also create an apple ID, and get no-cost software from their app store (and update preinstalled ones) without a payment method, according to this article which is pretty recent. I did this myself many years ago and it worked. https://www.macworld.com/article/334285/how-to-set-up-an-apple-id-without-using-a-payment-method.html https://www.macworld.com/article/334285/how-to-set-up-an-app...