Apple Intelligence Taking up 30GB+ on Some Macs Running macOS 27

21 days ago by misk to c/apple

After you install macOS 27 Golden Gate, Apple automatically downloads a multi-gigabyte AI model to your Mac the next time it's connected to the internet. Unlike previous versions of macOS, you can't prevent it. Siri AI, and by extension Apple Intelligence, are now a mandatory part of your system.

panda_abyss 7 points 21 days ago

Meanwhile

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jello 2 points 17 days ago

I didn't even leave 30GB for MacOS after I installed Asahi, so I guess it'll just fail to download if it tries?

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swagmoney 5 points 21 days ago

my mac cant run apple ai because i don't have enough RAM 💅

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misk 5 points 21 days ago

My devices can’t run Apple AI because Apple thinks they can strongarm EU into deregulation by withholding it from us. Joke’s on them, it’s a feature and not a bug.

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PagPag 4 points 21 days ago

Small price to pay if it’s actually on device processing.

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endless_nameless -1 points 21 days ago

It should be a few gigabytes. Not 30. But at the end of the day, even if it was 1GB, you're still using an Apple product so you necessarily don't give a shit.

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PagPag 2 points 21 days ago

Care to elaborate on the size you’re referencing because that’s a very vague and arbitrary assertion.

A 7-billion-parameter LLM at say 32 bit precision would be around 30GB…

So, I’d assume that last part of your comment just says you don’t know what you’re talking about and just wanna hate on Apple users. But maybe I’m misunderstanding the intent.

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kayzeekayzee 2 points 21 days ago

I'm pretty sure it's an option you can disable if you need the space. Definitely preferable to a cloud LLM like copilot that you're not allowed to uninstall

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misk 4 points 21 days ago

The only way to disable it involves workarounds like changing Siri language to some other non-supported region. This is pretty much mandatory with no opt-out otherwise.

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