Seen a bunch of people sharing that "RemoveMacAI" tool, so feel like I should point out it's largely built on top of someone else's tool that isn't getting anywhere near the same love: https://github.com/4evy/pared
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@misty what do folks recommend for people who are not that tech savvy but still would like to remove the AI?
@CuriousMagpie @misty
As someone a little more tech savvy than average, but far from expert, removemacai looks a bit simpler to use with simpler documentation. The dev does appropriately credit pared but perhaps improves upon it in terms of user experience.
@steve_zeke @CuriousMagpie FWIW, the pared credit was only added later after he had started promoting his tool, and people realized it was built on something else without attribution.
@misty @steve_zeke @CuriousMagpie
The kind of blowhards that don't credit someone elses work often make other mistakes. I'd wait to use RemoveMacAI until I'd seen it had been well vetted. If it's buggy imagine the damage it could do. Best solution: stop using MacOS. Apple's as evil these days as Alphabet or Microsoft. Run away, run away!
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@misty - MacOS allowed users to turn off Apple Intelligence, yet still use Photos > Clean Up.
I’d use either of these nuclear options, but would really like to hold onto Cleanup.
Will review this developer’s GitHub as to the possibilities.