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Turn off Apple Intelligence on macOS 27 and get its disk space back

515 points · 323 comments · privacyisntdead

bigyabai · 1791145062 · focus · HN ↗
Something horrible must have happened, if macOS users are curling shell scripts from the internet to make their desktops more like Linux.
1. nomel · 1791145820 · focus · HN ↗
  Nope. The only people who notice or care about any of this are those who can't accommodate the storage. Outside that, it all just works better now (especially Siri).
  1. trollbridge · 1791146550 · focus · HN ↗
    People with 256GB laptops care when the 27 AI stuff burns up 10-20% of their storage.
    GeekyBear · 1791146775 · focus · HN ↗
    So don't install Chrome.
    trollbridge · 1791147385 · focus · HN ↗
    Most people want Chrome for the inevitable site that doesn’t work in Safari.
    The problem is Apple intelligence is decent, but not worth 20% of your storage decent.
    GeekyBear · 1791155883 · focus · HN ↗
    Chrome downloads a large LLM without warning or permission.
    Frankly, the only company attempting to create websites that only work in Chrome is Google.

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