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

575 points · 397 comments · privacyisntdead

  1. ryandrake · · focus · HN ↗
    Reminds me of all the de-crufting you've always needed to do when you install Windows. Looks like we've gotten to the point on macOS too, where you need to run third party scripts on a new OS installation to gain back control of your system resources and remove unwanted crapware.
    1. 2muchcoffeeman · · focus · HN ↗
      On windows you got garbage like trial versions of Blah software.

      This is a fully functioning feature that people don’t like for what ever reason.

      1. Grombobulous · · focus · HN ↗
        Automatically downloading AI models into disk space with no user-facing way to turn it off is especially hostile considering Apple as vendor of both the OS and the hardware is the same entity that overcharges for non-upgradable SSD storage in their machines.
        1. penskymaterial · · focus · HN ↗
          They'll rent you more iCloud space when you fill up the SSD. That's good, holistic customer service.
          1. tavavex · · focus · HN ↗
            I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic, but what you're calling "good, holistic customer service" is more commonly described as "inventing a problem and then selling you the solution".
            1. mancerayder · · focus · HN ↗
              Google is doing the same on Android - there's no native tool to search for large images and videos by date. There's a Purchase Google Cloud Storage type of header that pops up when you start to get full, and you can delete whatever is quick to find or remember to delete, like WhatsApp media, which you find through an annoying directory structure with a broken tool. It's terrible.
              1. saghm · · focus · HN ↗
                Gosh, maybe there are two companies that are both doing the same bad thing, rather than the thing being good?
              2. esseph · · focus · HN ↗
                [delayed]
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