I've been using it for many years now, multiple installations on new macs and I've never seen such a thing. I can only think it must be something specific to y

I've been using it for many years now, multiple installations on new macs and I've never seen such a thing. I can only think it must be something specific to your setup. Looking at the version I presently have installed, there is an Account menu and it says "sign in...", so I'm clearly not signed in. Managed Apple ID seems to be some sort of MDM-style thing[1] , I've certainly never done that and no idea how it works ! I have always just used Apple Configurator in plain-vanilla mode. [1] https://support.apple.com/guide/deployment/managed-apple-ids-depcaa668a58/web https://support.apple.com/guide/deployment/managed-apple-ids...