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by ebtebt4 hours ago |
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upvoteby fuu_dev4 hours ago|
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Apple intelligence is listed as 29 GB in the Storage settings. Which should be the amount of space you get back.

MacOS 27 is also diffrent in that it does still downloads the data for EU users and removes or hides options in menues to dissable functionality. This means users lose the said space when upgrading to 27.

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upvoteby fundatus4 hours ago|
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Apple Intelligence is available on macOS in the EU. It's only disabled on iOS/iPadOS.
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upvoteby CharlesW4 hours ago|
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Interestingly, Siri AI was able to answer this with a reference: Up to 14 GB. https://imgur.com/a/SZGh1ca
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upvoteby iAMkenough3 hours ago|
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That's not a reliable source or reference. Read the disclaimer at the bottom.
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upvoteby alwillis2 hours ago|
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> That's not a reliable source or reference. Read the disclaimer at the bottom.

The "Always verify important details. Siri is an Al that may make mistakes." is the new version of "your mileage may vary".

Also, I get a similar message when using Gemini, OpenAI and Claude.

I own a "Standard iPhone" and an M1 Mac; these numbers track.

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upvoteby VCFundedGenYer14 minutes ago|
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LLMs are not sources.
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upvoteby CharlesW3 hours ago|
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Yes, I'd sanity-checked the answer on my machine, which is 15.5 GB on iOS 27.2: https://imgur.com/a/XVT8rme

Not all of the space used by Apple Intelligence is downloaded model size, which explains the reasonable difference.

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upvoteby iAMkenough3 hours ago|
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Your reality is yours, not mine. https://imgur.com/a/3viouLd

I'm not upset, just pointing out TweakTown gave Apple's AI misleading information about Apple's products. You might have 30GB of wasted space on your 128GB drive due to Apple Intelligence features on your Mac (like me).

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upvoteby CharlesW2 hours ago|
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Apologies, I didn't mean to upset you. Per the title I was talking about the downloaded core model sizes, which are a bit under 8 GB or 14 GB in OS 27 depending on device: https://support.apple.com/en-us/121115
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