Apple macOS 14 (Sonoma) Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Version

V2 · R4

CurrentPublished Wed Oct 01 2025

The macOS system must disable iCloud Game Center.

Apple macOS 14 (Sonoma) Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

The macOS system must disable iCloud Game Center.

Description

Discussion Text

This works only with supervised devices (MDM) and allows Apple Game Center to be disabled. The rationale is Game Center is using Apple ID and will share data on AppleID-based services; therefore, Game Center must be disabled. This setting also prohibits the functionality of adding friends to Game Center.

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Objective

V-259524

Rule

SV-259524r958478_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

APPL-14-002160

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

Verify the macOS system is configured to disable iCloud Game Center with the following command:

/usr/bin/osascript -l JavaScript << EOS
$.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.applicationaccess')\
.objectForKey('allowGameCenter').js
EOS

If the result is not "false", this is a finding.

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Configure the macOS system to disable iCloud Game Center by installing the "com.apple.applicationaccess" configuration profile.

STIG check 104 of 156 in the Apple macOS 14 (Sonoma) STIG checklist

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