Afaik, you can choose to not sign into icloud when creating an account on your mac. It's not a hard requirement like it is on Windows, though they do obviously strongly nudge you to login to icloud.
I didn't know that. Thanks. Setting up my mac once in 5 years means it isn't a screen I've seen very often!
I didn't know that. Thanks. Setting up my mac once in 5 years means it isn't a screen I've seen very often!