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Yeah while it is genuinely the substance of nightmares with Windows 10+ with its insistence upon using a remote account. But Mac OS will ask once and it's perfe
by HeckFeck 4y ago
Yeah while it is genuinely the substance of nightmares with Windows 10+ with its insistence upon using a remote account. But Mac OS will ask once and it's perfectly skippable.
Of course, if you wish to access iCloud or the App Store, it's required. But in fairness to Apple they don't push it in the same sneaky way as MS.
- beagle3 4y agoHave you ever inspected Mac traffic? As of Catalina (last I checked), even if you do not connect to iCloud, you have ~10 opaque connections/hour back to Apple - and about ~40 (slightly less opaque) connection if you are logged in to iCloud. Most of the connections are from the nsurlsessiond demon, for which I have been unable to figure out the actual request url contents. Some of them have to do with update checks, some with notarization checks, who knows what else.
- HeckFeck 4y agoI wonder how it ranks against Windows. But yeah, I accept that's still an issue. While I'll concede that I'd rather have the ability to choose zero, I think iCloud connections are expected if you're actually making use of its services. Perhaps the best compromise is Apple hardware with Linux software. I've considered that if I ever lose patience with Mac OS.