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Can you use a Macintosh without an Apple account? Sort of, but with similar limitations: The App Store, iCloud syncing, iMessage, FaceTime, and other Apple onl
by fortran77 1y ago
Can you use a Macintosh without an Apple account?
Sort of, but with similar limitations: The App Store, iCloud syncing, iMessage, FaceTime, and other Apple online services are unavailable unless an Apple ID is used.
What's the difference here?
- estimator7292 1y agoFewer people use Macs and those that do are disproportionately more likely to think privacy and freedom are unimportant
- seshagiric 1y agoIIRC: What you can do: 1. At setup time, you are not forced to provide any apple ID. 2. You can login to your notebook without needing Apple ID 3. Install apps directly (i.e not from app store) What you cannot 1. Install apps from App Store 2. Get Apple care etc.
- Marsymars 1y ago> Sort of, but with similar limitations: The App Store, iCloud syncing, iMessage, FaceTime, and other Apple online services are unavailable unless an Apple ID is used. And you get an impossible-to-remove notification from the Settings app.
- galad87 1y agoThe difference is that you need a Microsoft account to login in your computer. On macOS an Apple account is require for some services, not to manage the computer user login.