<![CDATA[Seen a bunch of people sharing that "RemoveMacAI" tool, so feel like I should point out it's largely built on top of someone else's tool that isn't getting anywhere near the same love: https://github.com/4evy/pared]]>Seen a bunch of people sharing that "RemoveMacAI" tool, so feel like I should point out it's largely built on top of someone else's tool that isn't getting anywhere near the same love: https://github.com/4evy/pared

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/02fe218f-89e5-456c-8691-3f408d759eb8/seen-a-bunch-of-people-sharing-that-removemacai-tool-so-feel-like-i-should-point-out-it-s-largely-built-on-top-of-someone-else-s-tool-that-isn-t-getting-anywhere-near-the-same-love-https-github.com-4evy-paredRSS for NodeSun, 11 Oct 2026 22:55:07 GMTMon, 05 Oct 2026 18:57:57 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Seen a bunch of people sharing that "RemoveMacAI" tool, so feel like I should point out it's largely built on top of someone else's tool that isn't getting anywhere near the same love: https://github.com/4evy/pared on Tue, 06 Oct 2026 19:30:54 GMT]]>@Sobex I haven’t tried both myself. The removemacai person says his version is meant to streamline the number of commands you need to call for it to work, but they both have the same core features. removemacai didn’t originally credit pared; he added that later.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://digipres.club/users/misty/statuses/117395623441198041https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://digipres.club/users/misty/statuses/117395623441198041Tue, 06 Oct 2026 19:30:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Seen a bunch of people sharing that "RemoveMacAI" tool, so feel like I should point out it's largely built on top of someone else's tool that isn't getting anywhere near the same love: https://github.com/4evy/pared on Tue, 06 Oct 2026 02:33:08 GMT]]>@glyph You’re welcome! I see the other project eventually added attribution, but it seems like it’s been getting 100% of the credit and I wanted to make sure the original project got its due too.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://digipres.club/users/misty/statuses/117391621385303977https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://digipres.club/users/misty/statuses/117391621385303977Tue, 06 Oct 2026 02:33:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Seen a bunch of people sharing that "RemoveMacAI" tool, so feel like I should point out it's largely built on top of someone else's tool that isn't getting anywhere near the same love: https://github.com/4evy/pared on Tue, 06 Oct 2026 02:07:24 GMT]]>@misty thank you for the better citation

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/glyph/statuses/117391520225230915https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/glyph/statuses/117391520225230915Tue, 06 Oct 2026 02:07:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Seen a bunch of people sharing that "RemoveMacAI" tool, so feel like I should point out it's largely built on top of someone else's tool that isn't getting anywhere near the same love: https://github.com/4evy/pared on Tue, 06 Oct 2026 02:06:14 GMT]]>@misty thank you for the tool! One question, its it possible for apple to remotely patch this or only on a macos version bump?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116283281820749038/statuses/117391515595393236https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116283281820749038/statuses/117391515595393236Tue, 06 Oct 2026 02:06:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Seen a bunch of people sharing that "RemoveMacAI" tool, so feel like I should point out it's largely built on top of someone else's tool that isn't getting anywhere near the same love: https://github.com/4evy/pared on Tue, 06 Oct 2026 01:45:26 GMT]]>@misty now i wonder for how long we can remove AI tools before we can't do it anymore 🏃‍♂️‍➡️

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://c.im/ap/users/116352254831008129/statuses/117391433796470099https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://c.im/ap/users/116352254831008129/statuses/117391433796470099Tue, 06 Oct 2026 01:45:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Seen a bunch of people sharing that "RemoveMacAI" tool, so feel like I should point out it's largely built on top of someone else's tool that isn't getting anywhere near the same love: https://github.com/4evy/pared on Mon, 05 Oct 2026 23:11:11 GMT]]>@misty I stand by what I said but am sorry if I posted it in the wrong manner.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/rayotron/statuses/117390827259888689https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/rayotron/statuses/117390827259888689Mon, 05 Oct 2026 23:11:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Seen a bunch of people sharing that "RemoveMacAI" tool, so feel like I should point out it's largely built on top of someone else's tool that isn't getting anywhere near the same love: https://github.com/4evy/pared on Mon, 05 Oct 2026 22:17:48 GMT]]>@rayotron “Stop using MacOS” is not a helpful answer for the record and I would not recommend jumping into a stranger’s mentions to say this

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://digipres.club/users/misty/statuses/117390617397276437https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://digipres.club/users/misty/statuses/117390617397276437Mon, 05 Oct 2026 22:17:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Seen a bunch of people sharing that "RemoveMacAI" tool, so feel like I should point out it's largely built on top of someone else's tool that isn't getting anywhere near the same love: https://github.com/4evy/pared on Mon, 05 Oct 2026 22:14:20 GMT]]>@misty @steve_zeke @CuriousMagpie

The kind of blowhards that don't credit someone elses work often make other mistakes. I'd wait to use RemoveMacAI until I'd seen it had been well vetted. If it's buggy imagine the damage it could do. Best solution: stop using MacOS. Apple's as evil these days as Alphabet or Microsoft. Run away, run away!
🏃

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/rayotron/statuses/117390603732864230https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/rayotron/statuses/117390603732864230Mon, 05 Oct 2026 22:14:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Seen a bunch of people sharing that "RemoveMacAI" tool, so feel like I should point out it's largely built on top of someone else's tool that isn't getting anywhere near the same love: https://github.com/4evy/pared on Mon, 05 Oct 2026 21:59:16 GMT]]>@misty - MacOS 26 allowed users to turn off Apple Intelligence, yet still use Photos > Clean Up.
I’d use either of these nuclear options on 27.
Will review this developer’s (pared) GitHub as to the possibilities.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/bazcook/statuses/117390544481737211https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/bazcook/statuses/117390544481737211Mon, 05 Oct 2026 21:59:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Seen a bunch of people sharing that "RemoveMacAI" tool, so feel like I should point out it's largely built on top of someone else's tool that isn't getting anywhere near the same love: https://github.com/4evy/pared on Mon, 05 Oct 2026 21:37:18 GMT]]>@steve_zeke @CuriousMagpie FWIW, the pared credit was only added later after he had started promoting his tool, and people realized it was built on something else without attribution.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://digipres.club/users/misty/statuses/117390458148619958https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://digipres.club/users/misty/statuses/117390458148619958Mon, 05 Oct 2026 21:37:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Seen a bunch of people sharing that "RemoveMacAI" tool, so feel like I should point out it's largely built on top of someone else's tool that isn't getting anywhere near the same love: https://github.com/4evy/pared on Mon, 05 Oct 2026 21:36:00 GMT]]>@CuriousMagpie @misty
As someone a little more tech savvy than average, but far from expert, removemacai looks a bit simpler to use with simpler documentation. The dev does appropriately credit pared but perhaps improves upon it in terms of user experience.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://freeradical.zone/users/steve_zeke/statuses/117390453015595024https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://freeradical.zone/users/steve_zeke/statuses/117390453015595024Mon, 05 Oct 2026 21:36:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Seen a bunch of people sharing that "RemoveMacAI" tool, so feel like I should point out it's largely built on top of someone else's tool that isn't getting anywhere near the same love: https://github.com/4evy/pared on Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:19:15 GMT]]>@misty what do folks recommend for people who are not that tech savvy but still would like to remove the AI?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/CuriousMagpie/statuses/117390151243365280https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/CuriousMagpie/statuses/117390151243365280Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:19:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Seen a bunch of people sharing that "RemoveMacAI" tool, so feel like I should point out it's largely built on top of someone else's tool that isn't getting anywhere near the same love: https://github.com/4evy/pared on Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:14:03 GMT]]>@misty What’s the difference between pared and removemacai, (I did see removemacai explicitly credit pared).

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.sciences.re/users/Sobex/statuses/117390130793194917https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.sciences.re/users/Sobex/statuses/117390130793194917Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:14:03 GMT