This macOS 27 tool disables Apple Intelligence, deletes its models, and stops them coming back after updates

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Why it matters: The latest version of macOS marks the start of Apple's push into agentic operating systems, putting Apple Intelligence front and center and making it harder to disable. Unlike prior versions of macOS, Golden Gate no longer includes a unified AI off switch, but a custom solution is quickly gaining popularity.

Omlahore's RemoveMacAI is a command-line script that installs and runs a program to deactivate macOS 27's AI features. It also deletes the AI models from disk, freeing around 12 GB of storage space.

Before upgrading Siri with AI features in macOS 27, Apple had been slower to adopt generative AI than Microsoft, OpenAI, Google, and Meta. While Microsoft has been pushing Copilot onto Windows 11 users for some time, Apple merely introduced a few AI features for its digital assistant,...

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