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

515 points · 323 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. stingraycharles · · focus · HN ↗
            That doesn’t work unless you’re actually able to offload stuff from disk, which is only the case when you store stuff in your iCloud Drive / photos / etc.

            Case in point: the AI models can’t be offloaded to iCloud.

            1. penskymaterial · · focus · HN ↗
              Maybe someone can explain why their SSDs, when not soldered down, are a proprietary form factor and can't be replaced with a standard M.2 device?
              1. dwaite · · focus · HN ↗
                My understanding is that they are not SSDs - they lack a disk controller, instead providing flash memory more directly to the SoC
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