Knowing whether Mac is bound to MDM

I have been researching on ways to check if my Mac is bound to MDM. I got it from the company I am working for. However, I signed in using my personal Apple ID. I just wanted to make sure if my work cannot be tracked especially since I use my personal Apple ID.

I check profiles, and none were listed.

I also typed some commands in the terminal:

Command: sudo profiles -C -v

Result: profiles: verbose mode ON

There are no configuration profiles installed in the system domain

pass

Command: sudo profiles status -type enrollment

Result: Enrolled via DEP: No

MDM enrollment: No


Is it safe to conclude that my Mac isn't managed and using my personal Apple ID is safe?

Posted on Mar 31, 2025 4:40 AM

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Apr 3, 2025 8:15 AM in response to shamik12

I need to qualify my earlier reply. I was under the impression that ownership of your Mac had been lawfully transferred to you by your employer, and that they no longer have any claim to it. Reading your original question, I had I assumed that was the case from a literal interpretation of the following (emphasis added):


"I have been researching on ways to check if my Mac is bound to MDM. I got it from the company I am working for."


If that Mac remains under that company's ownership, it changes everything.


So I need to ask: Whose Mac is it? Yours, or your employer's? The answer is important.


If it was sold or otherwise correctly transferred to you in strict accordance with What to do before you sell, give away, trade in, or recycle your Mac which includes Erase your Mac and reset it to factory settings - Apple Support, by reference, then my earlier reply is correct.


You must also retain a copy of its original bill of sale or invoice and be able to produce a legally binding document clearly indicating its transfer of ownership, but that's drifting a bit off topic.


Otherwise, I strongly agree with the subsequent replies from others. Under no circumstances should one ever use a company owned Mac for personal business. Ever.


Credit celliott147 for making the opposite assumption — that the Mac in question is not yours. Either way we may be laboring under a misunderstanding that needs to be resolved.

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Mar 31, 2025 12:04 PM in response to shamik12

Is it safe to conclude that my Mac isn't managed ...


Yes. However, the following question cannot be answered with absolute certainty:


I just wanted to make sure if my work cannot be tracked especially since I use my personal Apple ID.


The reason is that I do not know if your employer ever had access to your Apple Account information. The MDM Profile could conceivably have been used for that purpose. I'd change its password, just in case. Then, you can be reasonably assured your activity remains secure.

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Apr 2, 2025 9:22 PM in response to shamik12

Keep in mind that even if an MDM profile is not found, that does not mean that the company has not installed some sort of monitoring software.


For many people, they should completely separate their work & personal items. Besides the obvious, what happens if there is a legal investigation? Suddenly your personal account used on your work issued device is now possibly fair game to be investigated. If your personal account is never used on a work issued device or for business, then your personal accounts should usually be protected from search (or at least they have to do more to gain access to your personal account).


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Apr 3, 2025 1:05 AM in response to shamik12

Apart from the good advice already given you should carefully review the Ts&Cs of your contract of employment as you may be in serious breach by using/storing personal information on a work supplied device. Put the shoe on the other foot and think carefully about how you would feel if what you're doing is done to you on your devices.

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Knowing whether Mac is bound to MDM

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