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You can set up and use a Macbook withour an iCloud account. Since their mother didn't have an Apple device I seriously don't understand why the Macbook would be
by Almondsetat 3y ago
You can set up and use a Macbook withour an iCloud account. Since their mother didn't have an Apple device I seriously don't understand why the Macbook would be set up using iCloud.
The author conveniently leaves out the process of configuring the Macbook which makes me doubt the integrity of this narration
- SOLAR_FIELDS 3y ago1. The happy path doesn’t encourage you to do that 2. You give up a significant amount of other unrelated features when skipping iCloud setup
- Almondsetat 3y ago1. I assume the author set up the computer, meaning they should know 2. you give up almost nothing if you don't have other Apple devices and treat your Macbook like a normal computer Again, the modt important piece of missing information is not provided which makes me skeptical of the article
- SOLAR_FIELDS 3y agoBackup, Drive and Keychain are 3 things that are valuable without cross device sync that you lose if you don’t attach your iCloud account. I wouldn’t call those “almost nothing”
- Jcowell 3y agoKeychain should still work without icloud. Both Safari’s & the systems
- devsda 3y agoLinking between notes in the default note app is not possible without an icloud login. Creating subtasks in the reminders app is not possible without an icloud account. There are no _real_ technical or functional reasons (that can't be fixed) why icloud is a requirement for these features but it is needed. A mac with icloud and a mac without icloud are different in many non trivial ways.
- Almondsetat 3y agodid the author set up their mom's Macbook without an iCloud account and only added it once she complained about missing functionalities?