Discussion
Anyone who’s upgraded to macOS 27 know if the “mismatched Siri/systems language” trick will keep it from downloading the local AI models? I’ve heard mixed reports and want to find out before upgrading.
⚠️ This is not an invite to discuss AI in my mentions! I’ve been chronically low on disk space and don’t want to budget the 17-30GB extra space they’ll take up. ⚠️
@OneSadCookie My understanding is they’re not in the base install, but are downloaded on first run after the OS is installed.
@misty I have mismatched languages since before the install, so if you know where they’d be downloaded to I can verify if I have them?
@OneSadCookie They’re located in /System/Library/AssetsV2; the com_apple_MobileAsset_UAF_FM_GenerativeModels subfolder in particular has the big one. I’m not sure if you’ll have permissions to get the size of the folder though.
@misty what a time to be alive
(Also this is likely a problem I'm going to hit too)
Install bonfire.cafe
Get the full app experience
@misty I’m not 100%, but I think they’re included with the update. The OS install was 27GB for me, which seems excessive.