Save 7GB Storage Per Device by Disabling Apple Intelligence

[Hank001]

...my WhatsApp uses 8.9gb.

I'll see your WA storage, and raise you with my 140GB Photos app.

 

[Rafagon]

Whoever fixed the title of the article, good job. This is much better than what it was before, the very click-baity "Save 21 GB of storage!!"

 

[PowerButton]

This doesn’t use iCloud storage does it? I can see that adding up.

 

[Premium1]

Funny how MR changes the headline after they got cooked in the comments...

 

[iMac The Knife]

Thank you for correcting the headline!!

 

[raythompsontn]

I believe you have to have at least an M1 processor on an iPad Air, which is the 5th Generation.

Which is perfectly fine. My iPad does what I need and for me there is no reason to upgrade. Certainly not for Apple AI.

 

[FlyingDutch]

Whoever fixed the title of the article, good job. This is much better than what it was before, the very click-baity "Save 21 GB of storage!!"

Could have been worse. Like “save 84 GB of storage!” (Considering all family devices 😂)

 

[thefrost]

What was the title before?

 

[Biro]

Sensationalism wasn't the intention - we do try to minimize the length of article titles wherever we can.

Anyhow, point taken. Appended the title with 'on iPhone, iPad, and Mac' to avoid confusion.

Thanks, Tim. This is the clearest piece on the subject that I’ve seen anywhere so far. I still resent Apple making AI opt-out but the information still helps.

 

[progx]

Thats ridiculous. Apple need to ship their base models with suitable memory.

You mean storage? Memory and storage aren’t the same.

It's shocking they've got away for so long profiting so grossly off memory options for almost 2 decades.

Two decades of what? You can still buy PCs with 256GB of storage for the same price of the Mac mini.

 

[progx]

I made the decision early, I’m not onboard with any AI at this moment.

 

[surferfb]

What was the title before?

Something like "Save up to 21GB of storage space by turning off Apple Intelligence" - they were counting turning it off on your phone, iPad, and Mac - but it made it sound like Apple Intelligence took up 21GB, not 7.

 

[EugW]

What was the title before?

...save 21 GB of storage...

They were talking about 3 devices, arbitrarily, but only mentioned that in the article. But then changed the to say 21 GB for those 3 devices in the title, but it was still really confusing, so then they change it again finally to say 7 GB.

 

[Biro]

It is only a matter of time it grows to something like 20GB per devices. Along with 20GB for the OS and some other bits and pieces like cache we are looking at 50 - 60GB of storage gone before any images or songs are put on the iPhone.

Which means the future is 256GB baseline for iPhone. For people may not realise the iPhone SE still starts with 64GB.

You may be right. But, in all fairness, the current SE won’t run AI. We’ll have to see how much storage the SE that’s due in a few months will offer. And, as an aside, my wife’s M1 iPad Air has only 64GB of storage. So this is an issue for her.

 

[Jxdawg]

Nice graphic for the storage! 7gb is bonkers.

 

[Autosaver]

Sorry MR, but this is one click baity misleading sensationalist title right there.

For people who missed it, the title used to say “Save up to 21 GB” while ‘justifying’ it by saying this number is for those who own an iPhone, iPad, and MacOS.

The title has since been changed to “Save 7 GB per device” which is considerably less click baity.

 

[Biro]

It doesn't take up 7 GB

Oh yes it does.

 

[turbineseaplane]

Funny how MR changes the headline after they got cooked in the comments...

Can't we just be happy they responded to feedback and made a correct edit?

 

[yustas]

The only one I really care about is the "clean up" in photos, but I have an app that does a much better job of fixing photos than this, so it's all kind of pointless to me. Genmoji is fun but you can't really use them anywhere but Messages.

What app do you use?

 

[cocky jeremy]

What app do you use?

It's called Retouch. You can do entire sections like the built in clean up, but you can also do lines. It finds the rest of the line and gets rid of it all. It can be touchy but works pretty well.

 

[spazzcat]

GDPR doesn't like it when personal data is used without explicit consent

Personal data isn't used, AI is done on device, private clould or with consent third party AI.

 

[spazzcat]

examples?

Trying to think of feature Apple added that required me to turn it on.

 

[nathansz]

How much does it take up? In their support document, Apple originally said 4 GB I believe, but now they say 7 GB.

How to get Apple Intelligence - Apple Support (CA)

Apple Intelligence is the personal intelligence system that helps you communicate, work, and express yourself. It combines generative models with your personal context to deliver intelligence that is most useful and relevant to you, while protecting your privacy.

support.apple.com

However, I don't know how much of that is just for installation and how much is the final amount needed after installation.

7GB of free space is required for installation

on my Mac it takes up 4.86 GB

 

[nathansz]

Oh yes it does.

on my Mac it takes up 4.86 GB

7 GB is the free space required to complete the installation

 

[nathansz]

Trying to think of feature Apple added that required me to turn it on.

sorry I read your post backwards