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Turning off Apple Intelligence frees up disk space on macOS 27

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

Mac users are sharing that disabling Apple Intelligence on macOS 27 releases a notable amount of local disk space that the feature reserves for its AI models. A community guide is circulating that walks through turning the feature off and reclaiming the storage, and people are discussing how much space the bundled AI models occupy and whether Apple should make the feature optional at install time.

Why now: macOS 27 users have noticed Apple Intelligence occupies significant disk space and want a way to reclaim it.

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• Turn off Apple Intelligence on macOS 27 and get its disk space back · privacyisntdead · 320

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