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macOS 27: Workaround to avoid downloading AI models and save storage

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thewhitetulip · 1790004263 · focus · HN ↗
I am tired to fight against every platform that I have to use
De macify Mac Degoogle Android Demacify ipad DeLLM chrome browsers local llm
Can we expect sane decisions from corpos about what we want rather than what latest thing they want to push on us?
1. jhack · 1790004447 · focus · HN ↗
  Apple says their users make 2.5B Siri requests per day. Sounds like people want it?
  1. javier2 · 1790008503 · focus · HN ↗
    I dont even have Siri enabled, but even less so on macOS.
    a1o · 1790009214 · focus · HN ↗
    If you have a car you are forced to because you can’t use Apple Car Play if you don’t enable Siri.
    I also don’t use but I have to have it enabled to be able to use Google Maps, and Siri occasionally mistakes a conversation for being invited to listen and speak.
    cromulent · 1790021014 · focus · HN ↗
    Curious. I have Siri turned off (just checked again) and I use Apple CarPlay daily. Maybe an EU thing.
    officeplant · 1790025394 · focus · HN ↗
    >you can’t use Apple Car Play if you don’t enable Siri.
    It works for me, but I'm using wired carplay on an iphone 11 w/ios27. (In the US, Swapped to Siri Classic, then disabled it.)
    Looking around online it seems doing it wired can bypass the Siri requirement. Which may work in my case because in the Ford headunit I can force wireless projection to be off and blocked (including turning off the wifi for the headunit). So some cars might be forcing wireless Carplay and triggering the Siri requirement.

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