diff --git a/changes/issue-9587-record-activity b/changes/issue-9587-record-activity
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b01cbf872d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/issue-9587-record-activity
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+* Added "edited macos profiles" activity when updating a team's (or no team's) custom macOS settings via `fleetctl apply`.
diff --git a/docs/Using-Fleet/Audit-Activities.md b/docs/Using-Fleet/Audit-Activities.md
index 0ea6eb5f9d..61381b8f5c 100644
--- a/docs/Using-Fleet/Audit-Activities.md
+++ b/docs/Using-Fleet/Audit-Activities.md
@@ -600,6 +600,65 @@ This activity contains the following fields:
 }
 ```
 
+### Type `created_macos_profile`
+
+Generated when a user adds a new macOS profile to a team (or no team).
+
+This activity contains the following fields:
+- "profile_name": Name of the profile.
+- "profile_identifier": Identifier of the profile.
+- "team_id": The ID of the team that the profile applies to, null if it applies to devices that are not in a team.
+- "team_name": The name of the team that the profile applies to, null if it applies to devices that are not in a team.
+
+#### Example
+
+```json
+{
+  "profile_name": "Custom settings 1",
+  "profile_identifier": "com.my.profile",
+  "team_id": 123,
+  "team_name": "Workstations"
+}
+```
+
+### Type `deleted_macos_profile`
+
+Generated when a user deletes a macOS profile from a team (or no team).
+
+This activity contains the following fields:
+- "profile_name": Name of the deleted profile.
+- "profile_identifier": Identifier of deleted the profile.
+- "team_id": The ID of the team that the profile applied to, null if it applied to devices that are not in a team.
+- "team_name": The name of the team that the profile applied to, null if it applied to devices that are not in a team.
+
+#### Example
+
+```json
+{
+  "profile_name": "Custom settings 1",
+  "profile_identifier": "com.my.profile",
+  "team_id": 123,
+  "team_name": "Workstations"
+}
+```
+
+### Type `edited_macos_profile`
+
+Generated when a user edits the macOS profiles of a team (or no team) via the fleetctl CLI.
+
+This activity contains the following fields:
+- "team_id": The ID of the team that the profiles apply to, null if they apply to devices that are not in a team.
+- "team_name": The name of the team that the profiles apply to, null if they apply to devices that are not in a team.
+
+#### Example
+
+```json
+{
+  "team_id": 123,
+  "team_name": "Workstations"
+}
+```
+
 
 
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diff --git a/ee/server/service/service.go b/ee/server/service/service.go
index 0baea29291..72c284617e 100644
--- a/ee/server/service/service.go
+++ b/ee/server/service/service.go
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ func NewService(
 	// Override methods that can't be easily overriden via
 	// embedding.
 	svc.SetEnterpriseOverrides(fleet.EnterpriseOverrides{
-		HostFeatures: eeservice.HostFeatures,
-		TeamByName:   eeservice.teamByName,
+		HostFeatures:   eeservice.HostFeatures,
+		TeamByIDOrName: eeservice.teamByIDOrName,
 	})
 
 	return eeservice, nil
diff --git a/ee/server/service/teams.go b/ee/server/service/teams.go
index ca200a0c4e..6c64b77126 100644
--- a/ee/server/service/teams.go
+++ b/ee/server/service/teams.go
@@ -415,21 +415,33 @@ func (svc *Service) ModifyTeamEnrollSecrets(ctx context.Context, teamID uint, se
 	return newSecrets, nil
 }
 
-func (svc *Service) teamByName(ctx context.Context, name string) (*fleet.Team, error) {
+func (svc *Service) teamByIDOrName(ctx context.Context, id *uint, name *string) (*fleet.Team, error) {
 	if err := svc.authz.Authorize(ctx, &fleet.Team{}, fleet.ActionRead); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	tm, err := svc.ds.TeamByName(ctx, name)
-	if err != nil {
-		if errors.Is(err, sql.ErrNoRows) {
-			// this should really be handled in TeamByName so that it returns a
-			// notFound error as is usually the case for this scenario, but
-			// changing it causes a number of test failures that indicates this
-			// might be tricky and even maybe a breaking change in some places. For
-			// now, handling it here.
-			return nil, notFoundError{}
+
+	var (
+		tm  *fleet.Team
+		err error
+	)
+	if id != nil {
+		tm, err = svc.ds.Team(ctx, *id)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	} else if name != nil {
+		tm, err = svc.ds.TeamByName(ctx, *name)
+		if err != nil {
+			if errors.Is(err, sql.ErrNoRows) {
+				// this should really be handled in TeamByName so that it returns a
+				// notFound error as is usually the case for this scenario, but
+				// changing it causes a number of test failures that indicates this
+				// might be tricky and even maybe a breaking change in some places. For
+				// now, handling it here.
+				return nil, notFoundError{}
+			}
+			return nil, err
 		}
-		return nil, err
 	}
 	return tm, nil
 }
diff --git a/server/fleet/activities.go b/server/fleet/activities.go
index 7aaf71a5bd..76fa55b200 100644
--- a/server/fleet/activities.go
+++ b/server/fleet/activities.go
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ var ActivityDetailsList = []ActivityDetails{
 	ActivityTypeEditedMacOSMinVersion{},
 
 	ActivityTypeReadHostDiskEncryptionKey{},
+
+	ActivityTypeCreatedMacosProfile{},
+	ActivityTypeDeletedMacosProfile{},
+	ActivityTypeEditedMacosProfile{},
 }
 
 type ActivityDetails interface {
@@ -729,3 +733,72 @@ func (a ActivityTypeReadHostDiskEncryptionKey) Documentation() (activity string,
   "host_display_name": "Anna's MacBook Pro",
 }`
 }
+
+type ActivityTypeCreatedMacosProfile struct {
+	ProfileName       string  `json:"profile_name"`
+	ProfileIdentifier string  `json:"profile_identifier"`
+	TeamID            *uint   `json:"team_id"`
+	TeamName          *string `json:"team_name"`
+}
+
+func (a ActivityTypeCreatedMacosProfile) ActivityName() string {
+	return "created_macos_profile"
+}
+
+func (a ActivityTypeCreatedMacosProfile) Documentation() (activity, details, detailsExample string) {
+	return `Generated when a user adds a new macOS profile to a team (or no team).`,
+		`This activity contains the following fields:
+- "profile_name": Name of the profile.
+- "profile_identifier": Identifier of the profile.
+- "team_id": The ID of the team that the profile applies to, null if it applies to devices that are not in a team.
+- "team_name": The name of the team that the profile applies to, null if it applies to devices that are not in a team.`, `{
+  "profile_name": "Custom settings 1",
+  "profile_identifier": "com.my.profile",
+  "team_id": 123,
+  "team_name": "Workstations"
+}`
+}
+
+type ActivityTypeDeletedMacosProfile struct {
+	ProfileName       string  `json:"profile_name"`
+	ProfileIdentifier string  `json:"profile_identifier"`
+	TeamID            *uint   `json:"team_id"`
+	TeamName          *string `json:"team_name"`
+}
+
+func (a ActivityTypeDeletedMacosProfile) ActivityName() string {
+	return "deleted_macos_profile"
+}
+
+func (a ActivityTypeDeletedMacosProfile) Documentation() (activity, details, detailsExample string) {
+	return `Generated when a user deletes a macOS profile from a team (or no team).`,
+		`This activity contains the following fields:
+- "profile_name": Name of the deleted profile.
+- "profile_identifier": Identifier of deleted the profile.
+- "team_id": The ID of the team that the profile applied to, null if it applied to devices that are not in a team.
+- "team_name": The name of the team that the profile applied to, null if it applied to devices that are not in a team.`, `{
+  "profile_name": "Custom settings 1",
+  "profile_identifier": "com.my.profile",
+  "team_id": 123,
+  "team_name": "Workstations"
+}`
+}
+
+type ActivityTypeEditedMacosProfile struct {
+	TeamID   *uint   `json:"team_id"`
+	TeamName *string `json:"team_name"`
+}
+
+func (a ActivityTypeEditedMacosProfile) ActivityName() string {
+	return "edited_macos_profile"
+}
+
+func (a ActivityTypeEditedMacosProfile) Documentation() (activity, details, detailsExample string) {
+	return `Generated when a user edits the macOS profiles of a team (or no team) via the fleetctl CLI.`,
+		`This activity contains the following fields:
+- "team_id": The ID of the team that the profiles apply to, null if they apply to devices that are not in a team.
+- "team_name": The name of the team that the profiles apply to, null if they apply to devices that are not in a team.`, `{
+  "team_id": 123,
+  "team_name": "Workstations"
+}`
+}
diff --git a/server/fleet/service.go b/server/fleet/service.go
index cec886cb10..b6fd2adbb6 100644
--- a/server/fleet/service.go
+++ b/server/fleet/service.go
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ import (
 //
 // TODO: find if there's a better way to accomplish this and standardize.
 type EnterpriseOverrides struct {
-	HostFeatures func(context context.Context, host *Host) (*Features, error)
-	TeamByName   func(ctx context.Context, name string) (*Team, error)
+	HostFeatures   func(context context.Context, host *Host) (*Features, error)
+	TeamByIDOrName func(ctx context.Context, id *uint, name *string) (*Team, error)
 }
 
 type OsqueryService interface {
diff --git a/server/service/apple_mdm.go b/server/service/apple_mdm.go
index fd5c50ba86..d865815035 100644
--- a/server/service/apple_mdm.go
+++ b/server/service/apple_mdm.go
@@ -1157,12 +1157,18 @@ func (svc *Service) BatchSetMDMAppleProfiles(ctx context.Context, tmID *uint, tm
 	}
 
 	// if the team name is provided, load the corresponding team to get its id.
-	if tmName != nil {
-		tm, err := svc.EnterpriseOverrides.TeamByName(ctx, *tmName)
+	// vice-versa, if the id is provided, load it to get the name (required for
+	// the activity).
+	if tmName != nil || tmID != nil {
+		tm, err := svc.EnterpriseOverrides.TeamByIDOrName(ctx, tmID, tmName)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		tmID = &tm.ID
+		if tmID == nil {
+			tmID = &tm.ID
+		} else {
+			tmName = &tm.Name
+		}
 	}
 
 	if err := svc.authz.Authorize(ctx, &fleet.MDMAppleConfigProfile{TeamID: tmID}, fleet.ActionWrite); err != nil {
@@ -1201,7 +1207,17 @@ func (svc *Service) BatchSetMDMAppleProfiles(ctx context.Context, tmID *uint, tm
 	if dryRun {
 		return nil
 	}
-	return svc.ds.BatchSetMDMAppleProfiles(ctx, tmID, profs)
+	if err := svc.ds.BatchSetMDMAppleProfiles(ctx, tmID, profs); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if err := svc.ds.NewActivity(ctx, authz.UserFromContext(ctx), &fleet.ActivityTypeEditedMacosProfile{
+		TeamID:   tmID,
+		TeamName: tmName,
+	}); err != nil {
+		return ctxerr.Wrap(ctx, err, "logging activity for edited macos profile")
+	}
+	return nil
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/server/service/apple_mdm_test.go b/server/service/apple_mdm_test.go
index 1b82cfe418..feea1a13b3 100644
--- a/server/service/apple_mdm_test.go
+++ b/server/service/apple_mdm_test.go
@@ -502,9 +502,15 @@ func TestMDMBatchSetAppleProfiles(t *testing.T) {
 	ds.TeamByNameFunc = func(ctx context.Context, name string) (*fleet.Team, error) {
 		return &fleet.Team{ID: 1, Name: name}, nil
 	}
+	ds.TeamFunc = func(ctx context.Context, id uint) (*fleet.Team, error) {
+		return &fleet.Team{ID: id, Name: "team"}, nil
+	}
 	ds.BatchSetMDMAppleProfilesFunc = func(ctx context.Context, teamID *uint, profiles []*fleet.MDMAppleConfigProfile) error {
 		return nil
 	}
+	ds.NewActivityFunc = func(ctx context.Context, user *fleet.User, activity fleet.ActivityDetails) error {
+		return nil
+	}
 
 	testCases := []struct {
 		name     string
diff --git a/server/service/integration_mdm_test.go b/server/service/integration_mdm_test.go
index e2acad8525..a6f928d964 100644
--- a/server/service/integration_mdm_test.go
+++ b/server/service/integration_mdm_test.go
@@ -859,6 +859,11 @@ func (s *integrationMDMTestSuite) TestBatchSetMDMAppleProfiles() {
 
 	// apply an empty set to no-team
 	s.Do("POST", "/api/v1/fleet/mdm/apple/profiles/batch", batchSetMDMAppleProfilesRequest{Profiles: nil}, http.StatusNoContent)
+	s.lastActivityMatches(
+		fleet.ActivityTypeEditedMacosProfile{}.ActivityName(),
+		`{"team_id": null, "team_name": null}`,
+		0,
+	)
 
 	// apply to both team id and name
 	s.Do("POST", "/api/v1/fleet/mdm/apple/profiles/batch", batchSetMDMAppleProfilesRequest{Profiles: nil},
@@ -878,6 +883,11 @@ func (s *integrationMDMTestSuite) TestBatchSetMDMAppleProfiles() {
 	s.Do("POST", "/api/v1/fleet/mdm/apple/profiles/batch", batchSetMDMAppleProfilesRequest{Profiles: [][]byte{
 		mobileconfigForTest("N1", "I1"),
 	}}, http.StatusNoContent, "team_id", strconv.Itoa(int(tm.ID)))
+	s.lastActivityMatches(
+		fleet.ActivityTypeEditedMacosProfile{}.ActivityName(),
+		fmt.Sprintf(`{"team_id": %d, "team_name": %q}`, tm.ID, tm.Name),
+		0,
+	)
 }
 
 type device struct {