A new open-source tool called RemoveMacAI is helping Mac users reclaim valuable storage space taken up by Apple's AI models. The command line tool disables Apple Intelligence on macOS 27, removes its downloaded models, and prevents them from being downloaded again.
In macOS 27, Apple removed the toggle to disable Apple Intelligence wholesale, and simply disabling individual features doesn't remove the models from your Mac's drive. RemoveMacAI gets around this by using a configuration profile to switch off Apple's own asset management service and remove the models, then redirects download attempts to a closed local port.
The tool can free up roughly 12GB of space depending on which models are present, though some users report reclaiming more. With the models gone, users lose Siri-related AI features, Writing Tools, Genmoji, Image Playground, ChatGPT integration, summaries, smart replies, inline predictions, Photos Clean Up, Spatial Photos, and Xcode predictive completion. The profile reportedly persists across updates, and there's a revert command to restore everything AI-related.
Source: MacRumors · Summarized by HeadlinesBriefing