Command-line tool quickly removes Apple Intelligence from macOS 27
Ars Technica Scharon Harding ● Covered by 3 sources
A command-line tool brings back a one-click way to disable Apple Intelligence on macOS 27. It can also free up to 12GB of storage, because Apple removed the easy toggle.
Based on reporting by Ars Technica, Scharon Harding — read the original for the full story.
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Mac users who don’t want Apple Intelligence on their machines just got a simpler out. A new command-line tool called RemoveMacAI lets people turn it off again on macOS 27 Golden Gate, and its maker says the change is fully reversible.
That matters because Apple took away the obvious switch. On earlier versions of macOS, you could disable Apple Intelligence with a toggle. On macOS 27, you have to hunt through settings and switch off AI features one by one if you want them gone.
The bigger annoyance is storage. Even if someone never uses Apple Intelligence, the models still sit on the disk and eat space. The developer behind RemoveMacAI says those models take up about 12GB.
That figure may even be conservative. The Verge reported that the models can actually use more than 30GB. So this isn’t just a neat way to hide a feature; it’s also a way to reclaim a lot of room on a Mac without making the process a chore.
My take — AI-written commentary, not fact-checked reporting
Apple keeps making the same mistake companies make when they decide everyone must want the shiny new thing. If a system feature is that heavy, the least it can do is offer a clean off switch. A command-line workaround is a nice bit of rebellion, but it should not be the official user experience.
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