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February 11, 2025 Link Blog

How to Disable Disable Apple Intelligence in macOS Squoia 15.3

I am not seeing much benefit in AI backed into macOS. Here are the instructions I’ve been able to find on disabling the feature and reclaiming the disk space taken up by the models:

Disable Apple Intelligence in System Settings.
Start up into Recovery Mode. (Instructions)
Open Disk Utility.
Right-click on ‘Data’ under ‘Macintosh HD’ and choose Mount.
Quit Disk Utility and open Terminal.
Type: rm -rf /Volumes/Data/System/Library/AssetsV2/com_apple_MobileAsset_UAF_FM_GenerativeModels
If you used the image thing, you can also remove that by typing: rm -rf /Volumes/Data/System/Library/AssetsV2/com_apple_MobileAsset_UAF_FM_Visual
Reboot

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