Somewhat alarmed that the LLM detritus seems to no longer have a toggle to be disabled in the iOS 27 and macOS betas. I hope, but do not expect, that it will come back in the final releases.

If I want to still be able to set a timer when I'm cooking with my voice, I probably need to accept a bunch of nonconsensual slop ("writing tools") being shoved in my face in every app.

Replying to @glyph@mastodon.social

@glyph @josh0 Disabling Siri doesn't disable Apple Intelligence. For example, Image Playgrounds functions on OS 27 with Siri disabled, whereas on OS 26 it doesn't since I have Apple Intelligence disabled. Instead, we have to use Screen Time's Content & Privacy restrictions.

support.apple.com/guide/mac-he

Apple SupportBlock access to Apple Intelligence features in Screen Time on MacOn your Mac, restrict access to certain Apple Intelligence features by setting Content & Privacy Restrictions in Screen Time.
Jul 6, 2026, 01:53 UTCen