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

515 points · 323 comments · privacyisntdead

ryandrake · 1791149394 · 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 · 1791150186 · 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 · 1791151723 · 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.
    nozzlegear · 1791158303 · focus · HN ↗
    Like it or not, Siri is one of the features of macOS and has been for a long time. It's not just some arbitrary AI model that Apple decided to store on your disk.
    jtbayly · 1791162458 · focus · HN ↗
    “Siri” has existed for a long time, yes. Apple Intelligence, not so much. It really is just an arbitrary AI model, since I’ve had Siri for a decade and not needed whatever this extra 13GB model is.
    nozzlegear · 1791166453 · focus · HN ↗
    You've had a previous version of Siri for a decade that didn't do what the current version of Siri does. Whether you use it or not is not germane to whether the model is justified – it's what Siri needs to do what Apple wants it to do.
    klrefg · 1791180466 · focus · HN ↗
    > Whether you use it or not is not germane to whether the model is justified
    Huh.. well yeah, who cares what users need or want. Perfect attitude for a company making money by selling products to consumers.

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