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So I made a recent short on iOS

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and how it was pretty much impossible

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to remove Apple's AI

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without some really bizarre workarounds.

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On macOS, the story

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is a little bit different.

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This is an open source tool called

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RemoveMacAI, and it does actually

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more than just remove AI stuff on macOS.

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Apparently, the zip from their site

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doesn't just give you a .app,

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so you can also just run the command

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that you can find from their README

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that will install it for you that quickly.

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And then you click continue, continue.

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This recommended turns

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off Apple Intelligence.

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It turns off all analytics and ads,

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fewer pop-ups, and it does nothing else

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that should impact your day-to-day usage.

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I'm going to click.

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I'll choose myself just to show

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you the capability.

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Apple Intelligence up top.

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Then you can keep anything that you use

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from Writing Tools, Siri and Siri AI,

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ChatGPT, notification summaries.

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There's the models on disk,

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which this is a VM, so there are none.

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But if you are using it already,

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then you will see them there.

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This is privacy stuff.

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There are annoyances,

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Apple apps, background items.

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This is what I wish Apple shipped

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with all of their AI features.

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And I think no one would have any issue

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with Apple's implementation

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if they gave users this kind of choice.

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So check it out in the description.

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Not sponsored or anything.

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Just a cool tool.

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Post-recording disclaimer,

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this is still a brand new open source tool

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from a single developer that hasn't had

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any kind of independent security audit.

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So proceed with caution and you can always

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run a dry run first on a spare Mac or a VM

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if you really want to double check.