{"id":73066,"date":"2024-11-15T21:00:23","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T13:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=73066"},"modified":"2024-11-15T18:25:29","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T10:25:29","slug":"apple-intelligence-macos-features","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/apple-intelligence-macos-features\/","title":{"rendered":"A Look Into Apple Intelligence in macOS"},"content":{"rendered":"

p>With the release of iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1<\/a>, Apple introduced Apple Intelligence<\/a>, an AI-powered suite designed to boost productivity across apps like Mail, Notes<\/a>, Reminders, and more. Unlike cloud-based AI, Apple Intelligence processes everything on-device, ensuring privacy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This feature enhances how you search, organize, and interact with content in some of Apple\u2019s native apps such as Mail, Notes, Reminders, and Siri<\/a>. Let\u2019s take a look at some of the features and how you can enable and use Apple Intelligence on your Mac.<\/p>\n

Enable Apple Intelligence<\/h2>\n

At the time of writing, Apple Intelligence is in Beta. It might not be automatically enabled on your macOS yet. You can enable it by going to System Preferences<\/strong> \u2192 Apple Intelligence<\/strong> and toggling the switch to enable it. Sometimes, however, you might find yourself having to join the waitlist.<\/p>\n

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Once you\u2019re in, you can configure it for Siri integration and start using Apple Intelligence across some Apple apps.<\/p>\n

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Siri Integration<\/h2>\n

With Apple Intelligence, Siri has now become smarter and a bit more like ChatGPT, except that it has direct access to your operating system, allowing it to perform system-wide tasks.<\/p>\n

You can ask Siri to perform tasks like searching for files, creating reminders, or even reading content<\/a>. You can now also ask Siri to handle system-wide tasks like changing settings, opening apps, or sending messages using only natural language.<\/p>\n

For example, you can tell Siri to switch to dark mode with this prompt: \u201cSwitch to dark mode\u201d<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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You can also ask it to set a reminder or an alarm at a specific time with this prompt: \u201cSet an alarm for 7am\u201d<\/strong>. Siri can understand more complex prompts like \u201cSet an alarm for 7am on weekdays\u201d<\/strong>, and it will set the alarm from Monday to Friday.<\/p>\n

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Or, ask it to write an email. During my test, Siri was smart enough to select the recipient and fill in the email content, but it failed to fill in the subject. I had to specify the subject manually, like this: \u201cSend an email to Hongkiat Lim saying I\u2019ll be heading to Singapore tomorrow. Subject: Heading to Singapore\u201d<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Then, you can just prompt Siri with \u201cSend\u201d to actually send the email.<\/p>\n

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Mail App<\/h2>\n

As mentioned, Apple Intelligence<\/strong> is embedded in some native apps, including the Mail app. The Apple Intelligence features are available in the toolbar of the app, or when you highlight text, it will show a floating icon next to the highlighted text, giving you access to options such as:<\/p>\n