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

562 points · 376 comments · privacyisntdead

mung · 1791166368 · focus · HN ↗
I think the problem isn't the AI, it's the ridiculously small SSDs you can get on Apple products that make one quibble about 12GB in 2026.
1. sdcfgy · 1791178965 · focus · HN ↗
  It's also the ridiculous cost of the upgrades. I recently purchased an entire (second hand) PC with a Xeon, 16Gb RAM and 1TB NVMe in it for 5% less than the cost of the 256 to 512Gb upgrade. And 1/3 of the price of a second hand M1 Mini with 256Gb in it.
  They are taking the piss.

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