An open-source tool lets you delete 12GB of Apple Intelligence data on macOS
The Verge Stevie Bonifield ● Covered by 3 sources
An open-source Mac tool can wipe Apple Intelligence models and free up about 12GB. Apple removed the easy off switch, so now the cleanup is the point.
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If a Mac feels a little less roomy than it should, there’s now a blunt fix: an open-source command-line tool called RemoveMacAI. It does one job, and it does it in the least glamorous way possible — deleting Apple Intelligence models from the disk and switching the features off.
That matters because Apple used to give people a single toggle in Settings to disable its AI features. That toggle is gone in macOS 27. What’s left is a messier setup: the models stay on storage, and the controls are scattered across different settings panes.
According to the RemoveMacAI developer’s post on Reddit, the tool basically recreates the old toggle’s effect. It removes the models and turns the features off, instead of making users hunt through roughly a dozen settings.
And some of those settings are tucked away under Screen Time, which makes the whole thing feel more like a scavenger hunt than a preference panel. For people who don’t want Apple Intelligence sitting on their machine, the attraction here is obvious: less clutter, more space, and one command instead of a maze.
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This is exactly the kind of thing that happens when a company turns an off switch into a treasure hunt. Open tools keep exposing how much control users lose when “choice” gets redesigned into seven menus and a shrug. If Apple wants people to trust its AI, hiding the exit doesn’t help.
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