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Toggle Apple Intelligence ​

Starting from macOS 15.3, Apple Intelligence is activated by default on ARM Macs. It is possible to deactivate it from the command line.

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It may be needed to restart the Mac after toggling the option.

  • Tested on macOS:
    • Sequoia
  • Parameter type: bool

Set to false ​

Deactivate Apple Intelligence.

bash
defaults write com.apple.CloudSubscriptionFeatures.optIn "545129924" -bool "false"

Set to true (default value) ​

Activate Apple Intelligence.

bash
defaults write com.apple.CloudSubscriptionFeatures.optIn "545129924" -bool "true"

Read current value ​

bash
defaults read com.apple.CloudSubscriptionFeatures.optIn "545129924"

Reset to default value ​

bash
defaults delete com.apple.CloudSubscriptionFeatures.optIn "545129924"

Set value from UI ​

  1. Access Apple Intelligence settings from macOS UI
  2. Toggle "Apple Intelligence" value

END USER NOTE: ​

After a few other post release updates, it appears the "patchID / code" for Apple Intelligence (referenced above) seems to CHANGE after updates. I am using the following technique to "extract" this code using simple bash, and THEN apply the aforementioned update: (NOTE TO AUTHOR: apologies in advance, I did not know where this information wouold best be structured on your original page format. Please feel free to adjust or advise me where this should be structured)

patchID=""
tmpres=`defaults read com.apple.CloudSubscriptionFeatures.optIn`
IFS=$' \n\t'
myarr=($tmpres)
for item in "${myarr[@]}"; do
  # Only care about lines that ONLY contain digits
  if [[ "$item" =~ [^0-9] ]]; then
    continue
  fi
  # If $patchID is empty, we fill it in with the value that is "only digits"
  # We only care about first entry, so we break loop when done
  if [[ -z $patchID ]]; then
    patchID=$item
    break
  fi    
done

echo "Patch ID is: $patchID"
defaults write com.apple.CloudSubscriptionFeatures.optIn ${patchID} -bool false
defaults write com.apple.CloudSubscriptionFeatures.optIn auto_opt_in -bool false
defaults read com.apple.CloudSubscriptionFeatures.optIn