Getting rid of the red notification badge on the settings app icon

alexandrui wrote:

I am very careful with my belongings I never had any of my belongings either lost or stolen, also I tend to keep y laptops home most of the time

My main concern with the apple ID is, if anything happens to my apple account, I do not want it to lock my laptop with no way of getting it unlocked.

Don't judge me, I am new to macOS.

Should I expect other (more intrusive) notifications in the future other than the one in the settings app and the top-right corner notification regarding apple ID which appears from time to time?

Is there any hidden option/knob to silence those notifications?

Best Regards,

Alex

"most of the time..." I don't think we plan on lost or stolen no matter how careful...

AppleID is one way to recover from a Mac being locked if it were to happen, nefarious or user error.

I have never heard of a single issue with AppleID compromised by some means being signed in...

Being logged in to AppleID/iCloud is how Apple server communicate with your Mac for security updates, etc.

Your computer is always reaching back to Apple servers behind the scenes.

Apple uses its Software Update service (which also drives the system software updates  as a mechanism for installing “background and critical” updates that are installed silently in the background with no notifications to the user.

You are not re-inventing the wheel, or the security features built-into your Mac, the macOS, or iCloud.

ref:

https://appleid.apple.com/

Suit yourself "new to macOS" if you know better, I am certainly not in the business of judging people, only providing information.

You will have to simply ignore any red badge notices. Full stop

ref: macOS - Security - Apple 

macOS - Security - Apple

ref: Apple Platform Security - Apple 

Apple Platform Security - Apple Support

ref: https://help.apple.com/pdf/security/en_US/apple-platform-security-guide.pdf

alexandrui wrote:

Hello,

Please let me know if there is any way to get rid of the red notification badge on the settings app in macOS 13.1 and the message saying 'Some account services will not be available until you sign in again' .

I've have had my macbook air registered on my icloud account but I've signed out of it as I realised I don't need the features the account provides, I've also had removed it from the account as well.

I know I cannot access services like app store without an account and I don't need them as I install the .dmg packages from official sources instead and other features that I do not need nor use anyways like 'find my device' thing, so I prefer to use my macbook without an icloud account.

The interesting thing is that after I've removed the account and the device from the account for a week or so that notification did not showed up but now it does.

Is there any way of getting rid of the red badge and notification under settings app?

Thank you in advance,

Best Regards,

Alex

Whether you use features are not— it seems short sighted to not be signed into your AppleID.

There is no downside that I can think off...(?)

One example is the Find My App feature which protects your devices if lost or stolen..

Find My - Official Apple Support

Check your Apple ID device list to see where you're signed in

Check your Apple ID device list to find where you're signed in - Apple Support