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> I get the impression Apple openly encourages (and maybe even requires) it. When I worked at Apple I needed a personal iCloud account to set up my corp MacBoo
by steelframe 3y ago
> I get the impression Apple openly encourages (and maybe even requires) it.
When I worked at Apple I needed a personal iCloud account to set up my corp MacBook. I simply created a new dummy personal account just for that. Nobody's auditing your iCloud account to make sure it's your "real" personal account or anything.
- raverbashing 3y agoYeah about that. That's one of the biggest weirdness in related to Macbooks on a corp environment, why do I need an unrelated account to do basic stuff on an Apple machine
- WWLink 3y agoIt all depends on how they manage them. You can and should just make a youremail@company.com icloud account. I'm actually surprised that's not the norm so they can take over stuff like activation lock. I don't use a personal icloud account on my work computer... it's not even allowed lol.
- emodendroket 3y agoI have a “work personal” Google account for Chrome for similar reasons.
- xmodem 3y agoAt my last job I used a dummy iCloud account at the system level, but you can log into a separate account for the app store, which was necessary to avoid having to re-buy some apps I depend on. Just as I was leaving they were in the process of replacing everyone's computer with new ones that were much more locked down.
- otteromkram 3y ago[flagged]
- steelframe 3y ago> Why did you feel the need to quote the parent comment No reason in particular.