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I sign into my work Mac with my personal iCloud account. I use most of the Apple features, but don't sync files. My login account is attached to Active Director
by iamwpj 3y ago
I sign into my work Mac with my personal iCloud account. I use most of the Apple features, but don't sync files. My login account is attached to Active Directory, and admins would have to sign in with a standard local account or their own AD account to manage my device. AFAIK there's no way to access the Photos.app contents from the filesystem. I haven't tried that hard, but you can't look in the directory in ~/Photos. I'm sure at some level most of this stuff is possible, but only in some extreme situation would anyone go that deep to access any of it.
I'm much more concerned about accidentally syncing work things out to iCloud than syncing personal things into my work environment.
- positus 3y agoSeems like they would be accessible from: /Users/<username>/Pictures/Photos Library.photoslibrary/originals If another user is a domain administrator (and depending on your AD configuration) they may be able to access the files in your home directory. Might want to check on that!
- iamwpj 3y agoThat directory is files that are exported from the app or imported from MacOS into Photos.app.
- pwrstick 3y agoPhotos is just a database file isn’t it? You could copy that file out and the import it into another instance of Photos on another Mac. I’ve done this before to recover photos when moving around laptops. My concern with logging into my Apple ID on my work Mac is that there is cached data installed locally. Things like messages, photos, even tabs from other devices if you’re syncing Safari… there’s just too much to consider that could potentially be recovered by IT. I think (hope) most of this stuff is encrypted (like I think iMessages is) but it still gives me pause. Would love to be educated otherwise!