No I don't want to turn on Windows Backup with One Drive

Re:No I don't want to turn on Windows Backup with One Drive by creato on Sunday October 12, 2025 @12:48PM (#45559629)

I literally just got my first Mac computer a few months ago. I tried to set it up as a local account with no online account. I could not.

Maybe it is possible and I just missed it. But either they don't allow it, or they have enough dark pattern bullshit to trick me, either way, it's the same as windows to me.

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Re:No I don't want to turn on Windows Backup with One Drive by pndy on Sunday October 12, 2025 @01:21PM (#45559944)

I'm pretty sure there was some keyboard shortcut to skip apple id login/creation during initial setup - not sure if that's still possible nowadays but I did used it once on my mbp few years ago

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Re:No I don't want to turn on Windows Backup with One Drive by ziml77 on Sunday October 12, 2025 @01:40PM (#45560111)

All you have to do is choose Set Up Later when presented with the screen for logging in with an Apple account.

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Re:No I don't want to turn on Windows Backup with One Drive by vunderba on Sunday October 12, 2025 @05:38PM (#45562168)

Unless the way VMs install a distro is somehow fundamentally different from a new computer, then it's literally two clicks when installing Sonoma to use a local account when prompted (Setup Later and then click Skip). I just tested this.

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