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Turn off and restrict access to Apple Intelligence features on Mac

353 points · 223 comments · alwillis

  1. Melatonic · · focus · HN ↗
    If you want to do this on iOS I got it to completely delete Apple Intelligence data listed in the iOS settings. My iOS install is now 15.57gb.

    Instructions:

    1. Change Siri to a different language than your phone (can be Australian or UK English or Canada if you have set to US English or similar)

    2. Setup Screen Time content restrictions. Restrict Siri to "Classic Siri" only. In the same page you can disable additional AI features (like the ChatGPT extension)

    3. Turn phone on and off.

    4. Disable Siri in its own settings if wanted or keep Classic Simpleton Siri that can still set alarms

    5. Sometimes you have to wait an hour for it to delete the actual files.

    6. (Optional) plug in via USB-C cable to a computer and "sync settings" to get it to try to clear some kind of iOS cache (Mac or Windows - on windows you need the Apple System Manager or whatever it's called that's in the Windows Store)

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