Starting in 10.7.2, Apple has set the iCloud sign-in to pop up on the first login.
In 10.10, Apple added a new Diagnostics & Usage window that pops up at first login after the iCloud sign-in.
Since having these pop-up windows appear may not be desirable in all Mac environments, it makes sense to be able to turn this off for new user accounts. As part of preparing for Yosemite in my own shop, I’ve developed a script that should disable both the iCloud and Diagnostics pop-ups on 10.7.2 – 10.10.0. See below the jump for the details.
Apple is using /Users/username/Library/Preferences/com.apple.SetupAssistant.plist to store the settings that indicate whether or not the iCloud sign-in and Diagnostics agreement processes have run. Building on work done by the folks behind DeployStudio, I’ve built a script that pre-sets those values for new and existing accounts on a particular Mac. In turn, that should stop the iCloud and Diagnostics pop-up messages from appearing on that Mac.
The script is below and is also available on my GitHub repo. This script is also available as a payload-free package on my GitHub repo, available for download from the payload_free_package directory available from the link above.
