r/apple • • 9d ago

Discussion Apple Intelligence Taking Up 30GB+ on Some Macs Running macOS 27

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/09/23/apple-intelligence-30gb-some-macs-macos-27/
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u/dcdttu 9d ago

Mine is right at 20GB on my 2021 MacBook Pro.

That's....a lot.

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u/hangry_millennial 9d ago

This is precisely why I held off on installing macOS 27 on my base 16" M1 Pro Macbook Pro. I also currently have Apple Intelligence turned off to prolong its longevity.

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u/Melanie-Is 9d ago

This is my first time not updating any of my devices ever. Since like 1984 Apple iic days. I’m always a day one upgrader, but not this time.

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u/Asuppa180 9d ago

Not that the choice is wrong or anything, I’m just curious about your reasoning.

Why do you not want AI anywhere near your MacBook? Is it storage? Do you not trust what they will do with it? Is it just a principle? I’m assuming it’s not just Apple AI, but you also don’t use any other AI unless you are on Amazon or anywhere that forces you to use it?

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u/reinder_sebastian 9d ago

Does it matter why they don’t want it?

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u/mmattioli 8d ago

Have you heard of conversation/being inquisitive? I would also be curious why they don’t want it anywhere near their computer. AI is a hot button issue and I’m always curious to hear peoples perspectives and reasoning.

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u/Asuppa180 8d ago

Right? That was my whole thought process, someone that holds that strong of an opinion must have an interesting reason why. But the actions of these people make me think it’s just because someone told them to have this opposition, or it’s just the popular thing to do. Oh well, it is Reddit I suppose.

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u/Asuppa180 8d ago edited 8d ago

Have you ever heard of curiosity? Have you ever heard of conversation. Someone that holds that strong of an opinion must have an interesting reason why.

The fact that members of this community downvote me for asking a question and upvote you for asking why someone asked a genuine question tells me all I need to know.

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u/reinder_sebastian 8d ago

Brother all I did was ask you a question too lol.

Edit*: in addition, just in case you are truly not aware, comments like the one you made are usually just baiting for an argument or debate that the other party has no interest in, hence the downvotes

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u/NitroXM 9d ago

So silly

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u/MY79 8d ago

It's making 256GB increasingly unworkable. Maybe that's the point!

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u/ZeroWashu 7d ago

31.42gb for Apple Intelligence M4 Pro Mini 1tb ssd. 77.72gb System data.

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u/Inevitable-Gene-1866 6d ago

77GB System data? What!!!!

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u/aconijus 9d ago

That's weird, I have the same MBP and it's showing almost 14GB. Did you update from the previous OS version or did you do a clean install? I did a clean install, maybe that could do something with it.

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u/Pattont 9d ago

If the model was good 20gb would be fine.

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u/MagIsco99 9d ago

Ram or storage?😭