Omlahore has released a command-line script called RemoveMacAI that completely deactivates Apple's AI features in macOS 27, including deleting associated models and freeing up storage space. The tool offers a more permanent alternative to the limited disable options provided by Apple, which retains AI models on disk even after deactivation or ignoring AI features. Users can choose specific AI components to disable through different commands, making the process customizable and reversible.
techspot.com
· 2026-10-06
Apple has made available the third developer beta of macOS 27.2 Golden Gate, introducing new features such as support for five additional languages in Siri AI, including French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish. The beta rollout comes ahead of the official release, with no prior beta for macOS 27.1 released, possibly due to related work on the iPhone Duo. Developers can install the update by following standard beta installation procedures, including backing up their devices.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-10-05
Apple's upcoming iPadOS 27.2 update will add a contextual Siri popup that appears when users select text with a trackpad or mouse, offering options like proofreading and rewriting suggestions. It will also bring user profiles to the Apple TV app on iPad, mirroring the feature already available on Apple TV 4K via tvOS.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-10-01
A developer testing Apple's macOS 27 'Golden Gate' beta documented multiple alignment glitches, outdated icons, and stale documentation across the system, including in QuickTime, System Settings, the Touch Bar panel, the Network app, and Mission Control. The release, positioned as a stability-focused follow-up to last year's Tahoe update, also reportedly broke third-party menu bar apps due to architectural changes and introduced new crashes and slowdowns.
squareorbits.com
· 2026-09-29
Apple's Shortcuts automation tool, available on Mac since macOS Monterey, gains a new AI feature called Describe a Shortcut in macOS 27 Golden Gate. The feature lets users type out what they want a shortcut to do and have the app assemble the actions automatically, rather than manually selecting and linking each action.
engadget.com
· 2026-09-29
Apple has released three macOS updates: 27.0.1 Golden Gate, 26.7.1 for Tahoe, and 15.8.1 for Sequoia, arriving a week after the second round of release candidates. Apple says the Tahoe and Sequoia updates patch a CoreGraphics out-of-bounds write flaw (CVE-2026-86950) that may have been exploited in a highly targeted attack on older iOS versions, while 27.0.1 has no published CVE entries.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-09-28
Apple's upcoming macOS 27, codenamed Golden Gate, will only run on Apple silicon Macs, cutting off every Intel-based MacBook. The cutoff includes 2020 MacBooks except for the M1 chip versions of the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air, meaning most MacBooks from 2021 onward remain supported. Users can check their chip type via the Apple menu's 'About This Mac' option.
engadget.com
· 2026-09-26
Apple has publicly released macOS 27 Golden Gate, following months of beta testing, adding Apple Intelligence features throughout its built-in Mac apps. Photos gains Spatial Reframing, Extend, and an improved Clean Up tool, Safari adds tab grouping, a Notify Me alert feature, and a natural-language extension builder, and Shortcuts now lets users create and refine automations using plain language descriptions.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-09-25
Apple released TestFlight version 4.4.0, adding landscape orientation on iPhone and support for the resizable iPhone Mirroring window in macOS 27 Golden Gate. The update also switches TestFlight's app list to a two-column layout in landscape and rearranges app detail screens to use extra horizontal space. The update follows Apple's rollout of resizable iPhone Mirroring aspect ratios in macOS 27 Golden Gate.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-09-25
Apple has made macOS 27.2 Golden Gate available to public beta testers, following the second developer beta release a day earlier. The build number, 26B5091g, matches that of developer beta 2, and adds Siri AI support for French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish alongside English.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-09-22
Apple's macOS 27 Golden Gate introduces an appearance slider that lets users control how clear or opaque the Liquid Glass design looks across the system, replacing the previous two-option toggle. The slider affects elements like the Dock, desktop widgets, and Now Playing bars in apps such as Apple Music and Podcasts, defaulting to a medium setting with a live preview during adjustment.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-09-22
Apple has pushed out the second developer beta of macOS 27.2, codenamed Golden Gate, carrying build number 26B5091g. The update follows last week's beta 1, which added multilingual support for Siri AI in French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish after its English-only debut with macOS 27.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-09-21
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