Does the Sequoia 15.3 update address the issue of Spotlight search not finding certain folders and documents?
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Apple Releases macOS Sequoia 15.3 With Genmoji
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Joke on you - I've just tried it a now the damn window with "Choose Starting Point" won't close.
I just did the update on my M1Max MacStudio, and unlike the warning in a story from last week that Apple Intelligence would be automatically turned on - it is still off. I did turn it off in 15.2, so happy about that
Anecdotally, mine (M4 Max) was disabled in 15.2 and enabled itself during the 15.3 log-in process, where it asked me to log into icloud and I complied. Disabling it was easy enough and all of my other privacy settings seem to have stuck which is good, but it should still have a “set up later” button at minimum.
SPECULATION: I get the feeling from the mixed nature of the reports that if you never enabled Apple Intelligence, it will install and activate. But if you installed it and then turned it off, it will remember and not turn it on after the x.3 updates. If true this seiously sucks. I mean I already made it clear I did not want AI.
It doesn't remove the software, or the Apple Intelligence models.
Anyone having issues with the auto brightness after this update? Mine will just randomly go down too completely dim while in the middle of using it, never had this issue before
I'm not even inclined to start it once... the whole concept is so bizarre... it's just a glorified image generative AI riding on the name that doesn't have anything to do with the interop that actual emoji brings...
yay, even more bloat... sometimes when I'm running out of space od my drive (as everything becomes more and more bloated) I'm noticing that there is so much space and memory wasted by darn pointless services... just the other day I saw hundreds of MBs of wallpapers... 🤦♂️
It was when I updated my MBA a few minutes ago. I just opened the "Apple Intelligence" panel in Settings and turned it off, took 5 seconds if that.
Genmoji… I’m sure this appeals to someone, but isn’t top of mind on my Mac!
Genmoji. What a cringe name. Who actually wants this?
Off does not mean deleted. Like Stickies and Podcasts, and Photo Booth and several other apps that clutter up Applications that I never use but are not deletable. AI reportedly uses 7 GB of Apple's famously stingy SSD capacity. I can find a better use for those 7 GB.
The good news is the iPad only has an A13 SOC and is exempt from AI.
I just updated to 15.3 - took about 13 minutes. The PDF bug has been fixed as The Works of Edgar Allen Poe is now displaying correctly.
When I upgraded my Monterey 12.7 to Sequoia 15.3 tonight (yeah, I waited awhile), everything went smoothly. However, it said something about my HP printer driver (I have an HP Laserjet 1022n) possibly no longer being supported. I Googled it and other people are having issues. But when I tried to see if I would as well, nothing seems wrong! Everything prints just the same as it always has. I used Preview to print both an image as well as a page from a .PDF file. Any idea what this issue is, others are having?
there is also a new safari 18.3 for sonoma and ventura
It is like going back to Ancient Egypt. I use the basic stuff that have been around for years, like the smiley and thumbs up and that is it. I have no interest in using other Emojis.
One of the reason I went from Windows as they were pushing all this AI and other rubbish onto people. it seems I went away from it on Windows just to get it on my Mac.
How i wish the software I use could be used on Linux.
You are missing the point, Apple AI downloads a load of stuff when first initialised and even when turned off that code stays on the drive. Should have something that pops up, asking if people want it, not just assume. I fed up with companies assuming
this is me! I'm getting more and more fedup with macOS, Apple and whole AI hype... at least with Linux I have some semblance of control and can simply ignore AI crap and don't install it... luckily when switching to Mac I made sure I use interoperable software and services to avoid being locked-in so switching to Linux will be rather painless...
I think you might be right with the models, but enabling it did always download a shed load more data. I don't think Image Playground installs until Apple Intelligence is enabled, but you don't get that option now. It's forced on you.
Just one observation, if your damn quick after upgrading and you head straight to settings and disable it it doesn't download the spammy junky apps.
Hopefully it will remember my preference for future updates now.
Setting up an external drive to serve as Time Machine back on my Intel NUC with Linux was so painful – every reboot = executing two scripts that sometimes needed to work in one order and sometimes other – that I ended up hackintoshing that NUC, that was easier. Now I have a Mac Mini. Every year I read about how Linux is just about to become very easy and user-friendly and every year it doesn’t happen.
But also the software I use doesn’t exist for Linux (Adobe CC to begin with) and I’d rather deal with all the macOS bugs at once than return to windows. (You can look up my username plus ‘yoga c930’ to find out how I hackintoshed THAT. At one point I was close to hackintoshing the fridge, only stopped by the fact that it had no Intel inside, despite its cooling abilities
) I’ve read that on iOS it eventually removes itself? My free space went from 487 to 507 GB on update (!) so maybe that’s what happened? I don’t know where to look for it on the Mac and I am not switching it back on to see whether I lose that 20 GB again.I think you might be right with the models, but enabling it did always download a shed load more data. I don't think Image Playground installs until Apple Intelligence is enabled, but you don't get that option now. It's forced on you.
Just one observation, if your damn quick after upgrading and you head straight to settings and disable it it doesn't download the spammy junky apps.
Note to self: remember to switch it off immediately on the iPhone in April when it comes to the EU…