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

576 points · 399 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. fmbb · · focus · HN ↗
          Disk space is there to be used.

          Are these files particularly hard to clean out if your disk is getting full and you need the space?

          1. [deleted] · · focus · HN ↗

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          2. asdfsa32 · · focus · HN ↗
            Particularly hard for who? Why hard at all for anyone? Don't let the overtone window to slip.
          3. mrheosuper · · focus · HN ↗
            How about stop deciding for me. I love to see my disk free space.
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