If Apple School Manager or Apple Business asks you to approve new terms and conditions

Apple sometimes updates the macOS, iOS, iPadOS, visionOS or tvOS Software Licence Agreement, often when releasing a new OS version. When a Software Licence Agreement is updated, an Apple School Manager Administrator or an Apple Business Organisation Administrator must sign in to the program web portal to review and agree to the updated terms.

About Administrators

The person who completes the initial program enrolment also accepts the following Terms and Conditions on behalf of the enrolling organisation:

  • Apple School Manager Agreement or Apple Business Terms of Service

  • macOS Software License Agreement

  • iOS and iPadOS Software Licence Agreement

  • visionOS Software Licence Agreement

  • tvOS Software License Agreement

  • Volume Content Terms

  • If applicable, AppleCare+ for Business

Apple School Manager Administrators

After completing enrolment in Apple School Manager, this person will have the role of Administrator and can designate up to four additional Administrators.

Apple Business Organisation Administrators

After completing enrolment in Apple Business, this person will have the role of Organisation Administrator and can designate up to nine additional Organisation Administrators.

Accepting updated agreements

After Apple updates one of these agreements, an Apple School Manager Administrator or Apple Business Organisation Administrator must sign in to the program website to accept any new agreements.

If you don't accept the agreements

If you don't accept the agreements, devices assigned to a device management service in Apple School Manager or Apple Business won’t be affected. If you erase all content and settings on a device, the device is still assigned to the same device management service and the same settings are applied during setup.

However, these conditions apply until the new agreements are accepted:

  • Apple School Manager instructors and managers can reset user passwords and send or print login information, but other site functions will be disabled.

    • Managers of provisional organisations may choose "Create a downloadable PDF and CSV".

    • "Send as an email" is permitted only after an organisation is verified.

  • Apple Business users with role permissions to reset Managed Apple Account passwords can send or print login information, but other site functions will be disabled.

  • In Apple School Manager and Apple Business, you can’t assign new devices to your device management service, even if you have selected the option to automatically assign new purchases to a specific device management service.

  • Your device management service might report an error message such as "403 T_C_NOT_SIGNED” when communicating with Apple’s device management servers.

  • Schoolwork users won't be able to create, update or delete classes.

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