Hello everyone,
We are managing a bunch of macOS devices and we’re trying to lock down anything that sends data to Apple for privacy reasons. Specifically, I want to disable the “Help Apple Improve Search” option in Spotlight settings, but I couldn’t find any payload to manage this. Is there another way to disable this option?
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Hey @wilma ,
I checked as well, but I couldn’t find any direct setting related to that. It’s not something I’ve come across before.
@marien “Help Apple Improve Search” option is only available on devices running macOS Sequoia and above.
@wilma , you can disable this setting by deploying a Configuration Profile. Here’s one that might help:
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>PayloadContent</key> <array> <dict> <key>PayloadDisplayName</key> <string>Assistant #1</string> <key>PayloadIdentifier</key> <string>com.apple.assistant.support.DDAABEA0-909F-4397-B3DE-97782743BE03</string> <key>PayloadType</key> <string>com.apple.assistant.support</string> <key>PayloadUUID</key> <string>DDAABEA0-909F-4397-B3DE-97782743BE03</string> <key>PayloadVersion</key> <integer>1</integer> <key>Siri Data Sharing Opt-In Status</key> <integer>2</integer> <key>Search Queries Data Sharing Status</key> <integer>2</integer> </dict> </array> <key>PayloadDisplayName</key> <string>Untitled</string> <key>PayloadIdentifier</key> <string>D2662C2A-C490-4057-BCB4-6F4B04BB9F16</string> <key>PayloadType</key> <string>Configuration</string> <key>PayloadUUID</key> <string>D2662C2A-C490-4057-BCB4-6F4B04BB9F16</string> <key>PayloadVersion</key> <integer>1</integer> </dict> </plist> |
Let me know if this works for you!
Hey @remi , I just wanted to confirm that the configuration profile works perfectly!
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