omlahore / RemoveMacAI

# RemoveMacAI
Debloat macOS. Turn off Apple Intelligence and delete its models, stop the analytics and ads, quiet the pop-ups, switch off other apps' background updaters and get disk space back. You see every change before it happens, and every change can be undone.
 omlahore.github.io/RemoveMacAI 
Built on pared by 4evy, who did the hard work first: mapping Apple's asset service, the model sets and the settings keys the Apple Intelligence part relies on.
The Verge, Ars Technica, The Register, MacRumors, AppleInsider and Help Net Security have written about RemoveMacAI, and Daring Fireball linked to it.
## Install
### The app
Open Terminal (Applications > Utilities), paste this line and press Return:
 [code] 
It downloads the latest release, checks its SHA-256 checksum, puts RemoveMacAI in Applications and opens it.
To download it yourself instead, get `RemoveMacAI.zip` from the latest release, unzip it and drag RemoveMacAI to Applications. The app is not notarized, so the first time you open it macOS says it can't verify it. Open System Settings > Privacy & Security, scroll down and click Open Anyway.
### The command line
 [code] 
This runs the command-line version from a temporary folder and installs nothing. With Homebrew:
 [code] 
The app and the command line are the same program and share the same undo history.
## What it does
| Section | What you can turn off or change |
|---|---|
| Apple Intelligence | Siri, Writing Tools, Genmoji, Image Playground, ChatGPT, summaries in Mail, Messages, Safari, Notes and notifications, inline predictions, Spatial Photos, Photos Clean Up, Xcode predictive completion. The models are deleted and blocked from downloading again. Keep any feature you use. |
| Privacy | Mac Analytics, personalized ads, Improve Siri and Dictation, Improve Search, Spotlight internet results, Look Up suggestions, Safari search suggestions, Game Center |
| Annoyances | Clicking the wallpaper hiding every window, desktop widgets, the media keys, all Music launches (including AirPods; opt-in), iPhone Mirroring |
| Apple apps | Apple Music in the Music app, the Book Store, unused Apple apps in the Dock |
| Finder | File extensions, hidden files, the path and status bars, folders first, searching the current folder, the extension warning, `.DS_Store` files on network drives, emptying the Trash after 30 days, saving to your Mac instead of iCloud, the Library folder |
| Dock and windows | Recent apps, the auto-hide delay, bouncing icons, minimizing into the app icon, window animations, gaps between tiled windows, screenshot shadows |
| Typing | Autocorrect, smart quotes and dashes, the double-space period, automatic capitals, the accent menu on held keys |
| Background items | Updaters and helpers other apps install, such as Google's updater, shown with what they run and switched off one by one |
| Storage | Old macOS installers, aerial wallpaper videos, iPhone and iPad update files, Xcode build data and device support, unavailable simulat