{"id":52328,"date":"2026-06-19T15:42:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T19:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=52328"},"modified":"2026-06-19T15:42:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T19:42:59","slug":"mandatory-apple-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/19\/mandatory-apple-intelligence\/","title":{"rendered":"Mandatory Apple Intelligence"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rodrigo Ghedin<\/a> (Hacker News<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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That show of respect for its customers may change with iOS\/macOS 27. Reports<\/a> suggest that, at least in the first beta, Apple Intelligence is mandatory[…]<\/p>\n

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“So what’s the problem?”, you might ask. Apple’s AI takes up several gigabytes of storage and leaves less headroom for RAM.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Brandon Vigliarolo<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Those are small inconveniences, however, compared to my biggest gripe with Siri AI: It’s completely ruined Spotlight.<\/p>\n

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The new Siri-first interface that presumes that if you’re searching for anything but an app or file, you must want Siri to feed you a few links of Apple Intelligence’s choosing. <\/p>\n

Getting to a web search from a Spotlight query now requires multiple taps: Type your query, tap “Show Results” (careful: hitting enter will trigger Siri to craft a response, eliminating the possibility of seeing any actual Spotlight content), tap on “Show More” next to the list of Siri-surfaced web results, scroll down until you see Search Google (or whatever engine you have set as your default), then tap that.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Apple Intelligence used to be opt-in, but now it seems that you can’t even opt out. I had previously mentioned the removal of the switch in the context of hypocrisy<\/a>, but it seems there are enough issues here for it to warrant its own post. Also, I had previously written that the switch was combined<\/em> with Siri, meaning that you could turn off Apple Intelligence if you turned off Siri, too. I now doubt<\/a> that’s the case.<\/p>\n\n

John Gruber<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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I’m thinking that asking for a switch to turn of “Apple Intelligence” systemwide is like asking for a switch to turn off Spotlight.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Indeed, we can<\/em> turn off Spotlight, both the indexing (except, alas, for APFS Time Machine volumes) and the UI, and I think that’s a good thing.<\/p>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n