Introducing Apple Intelligence on Mac
Apple Intelligence is the personal intelligence system built into macOS Sequoia 15.1, iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1. It combines the power of generative models with an understanding of your personal context to deliver intelligence that’s useful and relevant. Apple Intelligence is designed to understand and create language and images; prioritise and summarise notifications, mail and messages; and draw from what it knows about you and the device you use to simplify and accelerate everyday tasks. And it does all this while protecting your privacy — ensuring that your data is never stored and never made accessible to anyone.
Supported devices: Apple Intelligence is available on Mac and iPad with M1 or later, iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max and all iPhone 16 models.
Availability: Apple Intelligence will initially be available in most regions around the world, with Siri and device language set to US English.
How to get started: To request activation of Apple Intelligence on your Mac, choose Apple menu
, tap Apple Intelligence & Siri, then tap Join the Apple Intelligence Waiting List. You’ll be notified as soon as Apple Intelligence is ready for your device.
Note: Apple Intelligence is currently in beta. Apple Intelligence uses generative models, and outputs may be inaccurate, unexpected or offensive. Check important information for accuracy.
Find the right words with Writing Tools
Writing Tools can summarise selected text with a click, proofread your work, and create different versions of the same text to help you find the right wording and tone.
Writing Tools are available virtually everywhere you write, including Mail, Notes, Safari and more. As you’re writing, just select the text you want to refine, Control-click the text, choose Writing Tools, then choose an option.
Discover a more capable and conversational Siri
Apple Intelligence uses systemwide intelligence to expand and enhance Siri capabilities. With richer language understanding, Siri is becoming more natural, more contextually relevant and more personal, with the ability to simplify and accelerate everyday tasks. Siri also knows more about your device’s features and settings. To learn how to do things with your Mac, just ask Siri — “How do I use AirDrop?” or “How do I schedule a message to send later?”
Intelligent features in Mail, Messages and Photos
In the Mail app, Priority Messages shows your most urgent emails at the top of your inbox. You can also see summaries of an email without needing to open it. Smart Reply in Mail and Messages identifies questions and suggests answers to make it faster to draft a response.
In Photos, you can search for specific images by describing what you want to find — “Maya skateboarding in a tie-dye shirt”, for example. You can also search for specific moments in a video and go straight to the relevant segment.
And more…
More is still to come. Image Playground will let you create original images — in Messages, Notes and more — based on a description or suggested concept. You’ll be able to create original Genmoji in supported apps with an emoji keyboard. Just click 
, type the description of the image you want — ”Golden Retriever catching the best wave ever”, for example — then click Create New Emoji. And in Photos, the Clean Up tool will identify and remove distracting background objects without altering the subject.
You’ll also be able to search across information on your device — including what friends have sent to you — so Siri can answer a question like “What are the book recommendations Jane sent me?” And you’ll be able to enable integration with ChatGPT, so you can tap into its expertise from Siri or Writing Tools.
Intelligence that protects your privacy
Apple Intelligence relies on understanding deep personal context while also protecting user privacy. It’s integrated into the core of your Mac, iPhone and iPad through on-device processing. So your personal information is used to process requests without collecting or storing it. To run more complex requests that require more processing power, Private Cloud Compute extends the privacy and security of Apple devices into the cloud. Apple Intelligence draws on larger, server-based models powered by Apple silicon, which helps Apple ensure your data is never stored and never made accessible to anyone.
To deactivate Apple Intelligence during the beta period on Mac, choose Apple menu 
, tap Apple Intelligence & Siri, then tap the button next to Apple Intelligence.
For more information about what’s possible with Apple Intelligence, see the Apple Intelligence website.