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Restrictions Payload MacOS

This payload can be used to restrict access to certain features and capabilities of a macOS device. Some restrictions require that the device is Supervised and is marked with an asterisk.

Functionality Description Default Value Device Must be Supervised
Functionality
Allow Use Of Camera When false, the camera is completely disabled and its icon is removed from the Home screen. Users are unable to take photographs. [Not Checked]
Allow Cloud Back To My Mac Optional. When false, disallows macOS Back to My Mac iCloud service. Availability: Available in macOS 10.12 and later. [Not Checked]
Allow Cloud Find My Mac Optional. When false, disallows macOS Find My Mac iCloud service. Availability: Available in macOS 10.12 and later [Not Checked]
Allow Cloud Bookmarks Optional. When false, disallows macOS iCloud Bookmark sync. Availability: Available in macOS 10.12 and later. [Checked]
Allow Cloud Mail Optional. When false, disallows macOS Mail iCloud services. Availability: Available in macOS 10.12 and later. [Not Checked]
Allow Cloud Calendar Optional. When false, disallows macOS iCloud Calendar services. Availability: Available in macOS 10.12 and later. [Not Checked]
Allow Cloud Reminders Optional. When false, disallows iCloud Reminder services. Availability: Available in macOS 10.12 and later. [Checked]
Allow Cloud Address Book Optional. When false, disallows macOS iCloud Address Book services. Availability: Available in macOS 10.12 and later. [Not Checked]
Allow Cloud Notes Optional. When false, disallows macOS iCloud Notes services. Availability: Available in macOS 10.12 and later. [Checked]
Allow Cloud Document Sync Optional. When false, disables document and key-value syncing to iCloud. Availability: Available in macOS 10.11 and later. [Not Checked]
Allow Cloud Key ChainSync Optional. If false, disables iCloud keychain synchronization. The default is true. Availability: Available in macOS 10.12 and later. [Not Checked]
Allow Fingerprint For Unlock Optional. If false, prevents Touch ID from unlocking a device. Availability: Available in macOS 10.12.4 and later. [Not Checked]
Allow iTunes File Sharing Optional. When false, the iTunes application file-sharing services are disabled. Availability: Available in macOS 10.13 and later. [Not Checked]
Allow Spotlight Internet Results Supervised only. If set to false, the Spotlight will not return Internet search results. Availability: Available in macOS 10.11 and later. [Not Checked]
Allow Definition Lookup Supervised only. If set to false, disables definition lookup. Defaults to true. Availability: Available in macOS 10.11.2 and later. [Not Checked]
Allow Music Service Supervised only. If set to false, Music service is disabled and the Music app reverts to classic mode. Defaults to true. Availability: Available in macOS 10.12 and later. [Not Checked]
Allow Cloud Photo Library If set to false, disables iCloud Photo Library. Any photos not fully downloaded from iCloud Photo Library to the device will be removed from local storage. Availability: Available in macOS 10.12 and later. [Not Checked]
Allow Auto Unlock If set to false, disallows macOS auto-unlock. Defaults to true. Availability: Available only in macOS 10.12 and later. [Not Checked]
Allow Cloud Desktop And Documents If set to false, disallows macOS cloud desktop and document services. Defaults to true. Availability: Available in macOS 10.12.4 and later. [Checked]
Allow Air Print Supervised only. If set to false, disallow AirPrint. Defaults to true. Availability: Available only in macOS 10.13 and later. [Not Checked]
Force Air Print Trusted TLS Requirement Supervised only. If set to true, requires trusted certificates for TLS printing communication. Defaults to false. Availability: Available in macOS 10.13 and later. [Not Checked]
Allow Air Print iBeacon Discovery Supervised only. If set to false, disables iBeacon discovery of AirPrint printers. This prevents spurious AirPrint Bluetooth beacons from phishing for network traffic. Defaults to true. Availability: Available in and macOS 10.13 and later. [Not Checked]
Force Delayed Software Updates Supervised only. If set to true, delay user visibility of Software Updates. Defaults to false. Availability: Available only in macOS 10.13.4 and later. [Not Checked]
Enforced Software Update Delay Supervised only. This restriction allows the admin to set how many days a software update on the device will be delayed. With this restriction in place, the user will not see a software update until the specified number of days after the software update release date. The max is 90 days and the default value is 30. Availability: Available only in macOS 10.13.4 and later. 30
macOS 10.13+ features
Allow Content Caching When false, this disallows content caching. Defaults to true [Checked]
macOS 10.14+ features
Force Classroom Automatically Join Classes If set to true, automatically give permission to the teacherʼs requests without prompting the student. Defaults to false. [Not Checked]
Force Classroom Request Permission To Leave Classes If set to true, a student enrolled in an unmanaged course via Classroom will request permission from the teacher when attempting to leave the course. Defaults to false. [Not Checked]
Force Classroom Unprompted App And Device Lock If set to true, allow the teacher to lock apps or the device without prompting the student. Defaults to false. [Not Checked]
Force Classroom Unprompted Screen Observation If set to true, and ‘Screen Observation Permission Modification Allowed’ is also true in the Education payload, a student enrolled in a managed course via the Classroom app will automatically give permission to that courseʼs teacherʼs requests to observe the studentʼs screen without prompting the student. Defaults to false. [Not Checked]
Allow Password AutoFill If set to false, users will not be able to use the AutoFill Passwords feature on iOS and will not be prompted to use a saved password in Safari or in apps. If set to false [Checked]
Allow Password Proximity Requests If set to false, a userʼs device will not request passwords from nearby devices. Defaults to true. [Checked]
Allow Password Sharing If set to false, users can not share their passwords with the Airdrop Passwords feature. Defaults to true. [Checked]