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Re:I Will Never Use a Microsoft Account to Log Into My Own PC by iwasakabukiman on Monday June 28, 2021 @07:17AM (#27660368)
I can set up and sign in to MacOS without using my Apple ID though.
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Re:I Will Never Use a Microsoft Account to Log Into My Own PC by jptech on Monday June 28, 2021 @08:34AM (#27661047)
Correct me if i'm wrong but I think you still need to go online to finish the setup process?
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Re:I Will Never Use a Microsoft Account to Log Into My Own PC by vetinari on Monday June 28, 2021 @12:17PM (#27663801)
No, you don't need to.

There is zero-touch enterprise provisioning available, that requires you to be connected to a suitably configured local network (if learns about what it needs from dhcp tags), but this is not something that normal users need to be concerned about. For a non-MDM-managed mac, you can do everything offline just fine. Or you can be online, if you do not want to use iCloud account (I'm not using it either), you can finish the OOBE wizard and everything will be just like the user wants.

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Re:I Will Never Use a Microsoft Account to Log Into My Own PC by skohan on Monday June 28, 2021 @10:10AM (#27662200)
I'm pretty sure you don't need a network connection to set up a mac unless this has changed in recent releases.
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