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Disable Device Enrollment Program (DEP) notification on macOS Catalina.md

With full reinstall (recommended)

   a. Boot into recovery using command-R during reboot, wipe the harddrive using Disk Utility, and select reinstall macOS

   b. Initial installation will run for approximately 1 hour, and reboot once

   c. It will then show a remaining time of about 10-15 minutes

   d. When it reboots again, be sure to press command-R to boot into recovery and continue with Main procedure

Without full reinstall

Boot to Recovery Mode by holding command-R during restart and continue with Main procedure

Main procedure

  1. Open Utilities → Terminal and type
$ csrutil disable
$ reboot
  1. Hold command-R during the reboot to enter Recovery Mode again

  2. Enter Disk Utility, and mount the Macintosh HD volume (or whatever your main volume is named). (It might already be mounted.)

  3. Exit Disk Utility, open Utilities → Terminal, and type

$ cd "/Volumes/Macintosh HD/System/Library"
$ mkdir LaunchDaemons.disabled LaunchAgents.disabled
$ mv LaunchDaemons/com.apple.ManagedClient* LaunchDaemons.disabled/
$ mv LaunchAgents/com.apple.ManagedClient* LaunchAgents.disabled/
$ cd ../../etc
$ echo "0.0.0.0 iprofiles.apple.com" >> hosts
$ echo "0.0.0.0 mdmenrollment.apple.com" >> hosts
$ echo "0.0.0.0 deviceenrollment.apple.com" >> hosts
$ echo "0.0.0.0 gdmf.apple.com" >> hosts
$ csrutil enable
$ reboot
  1. If you come to the “Choose your country/location” dialogue, make sure to not select a wireless network, but “continue without an internet connection”

  2. After a normal boot, you can verify the DEP status in Terminal:

$ profiles status -type enrollment
Enrolled via DEP: No
MDM enrollment: No
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