Unable to disable iCloud Documents and Desktop sync without disabling iCloud Drive entirely

Originator:rtrouton
Number:rdar://28675072 Date Originated:07-Oct-2016 09:28 PM
Status:Open Resolved:
Product:macOS Product Version:10.12.x
Classification:Other Bug Reproducible:Always
 
This is a duplicate of rdar://28673973

We would like a way via MDM to disable iCloud's Desktop and Documents syncing without having to completely disable iCloud drive.

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rtrouton - 11-Oct-2016 9:08 AM

I have verified that setting the Apple Developer Relations-specified values disables iCloud Drive entirely. This does also disable iCloud's Desktop and Documents syncing, as part of the general iCloud Drive disablement, but I want a way to leave iCloud Drive functional and only disable the iCloud Desktop and Documents syncing.

The profile I've used in my testing is available via the link below:

https://github.com/rtrouton/profiles/tree/master/DisableiCloudDriveandDocumentSync

Blog post on this profile is available from here:

https://derflounder.wordpress.com/2016/09/20/disabling-icloud-drive-and-document-syncing/

By rtrouton at Oct. 11, 2016, 1:08 p.m. (reply...)

Apple Developer Relations 10-Oct-2016 12:32 PM

Have you verified that a payload with the key "allowCloudDocumentSync" set to false in the "com.apple.applicationaccess" PayloadType payload does not disable this feature? You may need to log out and back in once, but it should work. If it doesn’t, please provide us with the config profile that you tested this with.

Please provide your response or results by updating your bug report. If uploading files, please compress first.

By rtrouton at Oct. 11, 2016, 1:07 p.m. (reply...)

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