I’ll finally be getting a Mac soon. I just have a few more questions. Is there a way to scan for viruses or malware on a Mac? Or does it do it itself? Is it ok to keep the MacBook plugged in all the time, and is it better to have it only charge up to 80%? I’m pretty sure I saw that somewhere. And to not let the battery go down below 20%. And should you always leave the Mac on, even if it’s a MacBook?
It has anti-malware built in and always working. See ruclips.net/video/Dhl9_P8uBw0/видео.html Yes, keep it plugged in when convenient and use it on battery when convenient. If power is available, keep it plugged in. It will manage the battery itself, you don't need to do anything like watch the charge amount. macOS handles that and will adjust to maximize battery longevity. Don't try to second-guess it.
Just like Gary said, it’s fine. Apple uses batteries that have no memory effect, the only battery recommendation I’m aware of is if you shut it down for an extended time, several weeks or months. Apple recommends leaving it unplugged until the battery reaches 50%, then shut down. As to viruses, one of the benefits of Apple’s software in addition to what Gary mentioned, is that it it hellishly hard to write a virus to infect a Mac.
@@macmost thanks. I forgot to ask about memory swap. Does it eventually ruin the ssd? The MacBook I’m getting is 16 gigs of ram. I’m just using apps like pages, numbers, notes reminders and no video ending. Mainly for writing and internet. The most safari tabs I’ll have open is two, maybe three. I heard some people say memory swap ruins the ssd and others say it doesn’t.
@@j.j4090 Ruin the SSD? No. The idea that memory swap ruins the SSD is based on bad logic and certainly hasn't been the case even though Apple has been putting SSDs into MacBooks for more than 15 years. Either way, you don't have any option. Using swap is how modern computers work.
Great video. I tried using the Writing Tools feature in Script Editor and asked it to write an AppleScript to do something I've been wanting to do for a while. It worked flawlessly.
This is useful info, thanks! How do I get the chatGPT Safari extension? Does it have to be installed separately or just turned on? I don't see it in the settings. Thanks!
Super helpful. Is there some way to use Apple Intelligence to create smart inboxes / filters on the native MacOS Mail app, similar to what you can get with Spark? Thanks again!
Great video! - I’m trying to find a microphone that will work with Apple Intelligence and the "Hey Siri” command. Regular microphones do not work because ‘Hey Siri” won’t show up in settings. With Apple Airpods “Hey Siri” shows up but I dont want to have them in my ear for the whole day. Some people said the Apple Display should work but I don't want to buy one as long as I don’t know… Do you know?
Thanks Gary for this useful video, but there is a question. What about Privacy issues of sending one's personal data like messages, email details and docs and all that and sharing with ChatGPT?
Thank you Gary for explaining how owners of Apple products can get more from our products. I would like to use Apple Intelligence when I work on a project. Enjoy the Journey - Cheers
No idea. It wouldn't be a straight comparison. Not that easy. There are lots of things: processor speed, number of processors, how the processors are used, bus speed, memory speed, swap memory speed, GPU speed (and number of them), other processors speed/number, speed of connection from processors to memory... and so on. It is easier to just compare benchmarks for something you actually do. Like if you render a 10 minute 4K video in Adobe Premiere, then do that and compare.
One thing I've noticed when you send a document to ChatGPT to review its content, and want to ask it follow on questions, you may lose the chat if you accidentally click outside the Siri input. In order to make sure that doesn't happen, click and pull the Siri input down a little, so that it locks it on the screen. That way you won't accidentally lose the chat.
Would love to use Apple Intelligence on my new M4 Mac Mini but my internet is over my iPhone's hotspot and apparently Apple have decided I can't. Is there any solution to this please? I cannot get any internet where I live other than using a hotspot. Any idea why Apple is stopping hotspot use?
@@macmost in System Settings having tried to turn Apple Intelligence on it has just gone into an infinite loop showing "Downloading…" and in xCode the Predictive Code Completion Model has also hung saying "Downloading…". I did a google dive and found other users saying that using a hotspot instead of wifi was often the problem. I live out in the country and a hotspot is the only realistic way of getting internet out here.
What is your definition of "directly?" To ask ChatGPT a question, you'd need to use their web site, or install their app or some other app. So the same as using Siri to do it. An advantage to Siri is better context, like some of the examples I show here.
Why do I not have the same ChatGPT options as you show in your video? I don't have any ChatGPT options in System Settings. I have Apple AI and ChatGPT on my Macbook.
I dont have the extension section below Apple Intelligence, is there an Updated for that??? as a matter of fact I still have the beta word on apple intellingence section.
I wondered why I don't have Image Playground. Turns out I have switched to UK English (because keyboard was doing weird thing if I use US English). Gosh. It's all the same English.
I have pc and I have iPhone with backups I have backup update on pc and one old backup on iCloud storage use up storage 2.9 GB and I use 5GB free what I do delete old only one backup is this iPhone to clean up storage? So that be no backup on iCloud, only on pc iTunes can do that make easy life not harder
That would be a big topic. Lots of different programming environments and situations. If I did one, it may be for something completely different than what you are using. I'll probably stay away from that topic for the most part as it is too fractured and doesn't really fit most of my audience.
If all these Apple Intelligence features seem to upload the questions to ChatGPT, why on Earth does Apple need to limit these features to Apple Silicon?
Most of the features here do use ChatGPT. But lots of other Apple Intelligence features work without it, often right on your device without calling out to the Internet at all. This video just happens to highlight a lot of the ChatGPT ones. And you can certainly do this on an older Intel Mac. You can use the ChatGPT web site. The ChatGPT app may also work on Intel Macs (haven't checked).
@@macmost I fully understand the coincidence that most of the things you showed used ChatGPT, but for what it's worth, any features that are only supported via sending information to ChatGPT should be made available to Intel Macs too. There's no technical reason why they don't support it.
Dont't get me wrong Garry, I LOVE your channel,... yet language models such as ChatGPT are some of the most energy-guzzling technologies of all. A single query to an AI-powered chatbot can use up to ten times as much energy as an old-fashioned Google search. According to a research from the University of California, Riverside, a conversation with ChatGPT consumes around 50 cl of water, the equivalent of a small plastic bottle. With nearly 1.5 billion users a month, that adds up fast.The industry’s environmental impact is a key issue, yet the companies that produce such models have stayed remarkably quiet about the amount of energy they consume - probably because they don’t want to spark our concern. Not everything that CAN be done technologically, SHOULD necessarily be done ... Something to think about...
Same as with a human fact-checker, I suppose. But whether you use AI to fact-check, or employ a human to do it, it is often better to have such a check than to skip it.
@@macmost Sure. However, my primary concern with the term "Fact Checker" is that it reflects a recently popularized Orwellian idea that has now been integrated into the Apple software ecosystem. While I hope that Apple fact-checking remains objective, I have a feeling that if it hasn't already, may become subjective over time.
@@utah32804 I'm simply talking about fact checking here as literally that. You create a presentation, like the one on wombats I show, and you you use ChatGPT to help prevent a mistake. Like maybe you got the speed at which wombat teeth grow wrong. Be nice to have that fixed before you embarrass yourself at your monthly meeting of wombat enthusiasts.
@@macmost I see your point and agree completely. AI is incredibly valuable for getting objective information. Also, I just wanted to say that your RUclips channel is fantastic! It’s my go-to resource whenever I have questions about MacOS.
There are many more aspects to Apple Intelligence than these particular examples. Apple is actually leading everyone else by far with on-device AI, an aspect you may not be considering.
Actually, Apple is leading in one very important aspect of AI: on-device processing. Many things like the proofreading, rewriting and summary tools, and also image tools, are done on your device. No reliance on massive server farms and no privacy issues. Apple is way ahead on this.
don't get me wrong I suppose it's quite clever but for me I just turned it off . A waste of time don't need it ... I think it's all a bit of a gimmick if I'm being honest ...
Not every feature is for everyone. I'm sure there are features you use, maybe even every day, that others do not. What is a waste of time and a gimmick to others is useful to you, and the other way around.
I just turned Apple AI off because it was a time consuming pain, it wouldn’t respond by voice even though that setting was selected, and would take 10 seconds or more to respond to anything
How else would you do it? Ask another human to do it? Both another human and AI can make mistakes. But either one is better than no fact-checking at all.
@@parster2010 Why not both? If your cat is able to read your presentation over and look for mistakes, then also have ChatGPT do it too. What's the harm? It is up to YOU to make the changes, right? If you put in the presentation that wombats have green eyes and then ChatGPT (or your cat) tells you that this isn't true, now you have the chance to fix it. You can look into it yourself if you don't trust ChatGPT, but at least it alerted you to the potential problem. Why would you intentionally avoid making your presentation more accurate?
@ that’s fine but when you’ve got a presentation about Wombats that’s factually accurate and has say for example 40 facts about Wombats in it, at the moment ChatGTP will remove 10 of them (because it doesn’t feel they are important), it will change 10 of them (because the databases/information it is referencing is inaccurate) and it will add 10 facts about another animal (because they think it has something to do with wombats). You correct it, but tomorrow it does the same.
Why the continued reference to Keynote, Numbers, and Pages. I get it that this is a Mac video, but nobody uses these programs. Mac users use the Mac version of the Microsoft products.
I’ll finally be getting a Mac soon. I just have a few more questions. Is there a way to scan for viruses or malware on a Mac? Or does it do it itself? Is it ok to keep the MacBook plugged in all the time, and is it better to have it only charge up to 80%? I’m pretty sure I saw that somewhere. And to not let the battery go down below 20%. And should you always leave the Mac on, even if it’s a MacBook?
It has anti-malware built in and always working. See ruclips.net/video/Dhl9_P8uBw0/видео.html
Yes, keep it plugged in when convenient and use it on battery when convenient. If power is available, keep it plugged in. It will manage the battery itself, you don't need to do anything like watch the charge amount. macOS handles that and will adjust to maximize battery longevity. Don't try to second-guess it.
Just like Gary said, it’s fine. Apple uses batteries that have no memory effect, the only battery recommendation I’m aware of is if you shut it down for an extended time, several weeks or months. Apple recommends leaving it unplugged until the battery reaches 50%, then shut down. As to viruses, one of the benefits of Apple’s software in addition to what Gary mentioned, is that it it hellishly hard to write a virus to infect a Mac.
@@macmost thanks. I forgot to ask about memory swap. Does it eventually ruin the ssd? The MacBook I’m getting is 16 gigs of ram. I’m just using apps like pages, numbers, notes reminders and no video ending. Mainly for writing and internet. The most safari tabs I’ll have open is two, maybe three. I heard some people say memory swap ruins the ssd and others say it doesn’t.
@@j.j4090 Ruin the SSD? No. The idea that memory swap ruins the SSD is based on bad logic and certainly hasn't been the case even though Apple has been putting SSDs into MacBooks for more than 15 years. Either way, you don't have any option. Using swap is how modern computers work.
@@j.j4090 no. I program and have multiple tabs open on different browsers on my M1 MBP. No issues ever and it's a 16 GB RAM. Never entered swap ever
I always find something useful in your videos, Gary. I’m so glad you’ve been around for so long and you continue to offer valuable service to people
Thanks as always, Gary!
Great video. I tried using the Writing Tools feature in Script Editor and asked it to write an AppleScript to do something I've been wanting to do for a while. It worked flawlessly.
Great use!
Very useful tips. Many thanks!
Super super useful!
Thanks a million Gary
I found this useful. Thank you!
Your videos never disappoint me. Thanks from New Mac user. ❤
Stunningly useful; I love your pragmatic approach
This is useful info, thanks! How do I get the chatGPT Safari extension? Does it have to be installed separately or just turned on? I don't see it in the settings. Thanks!
Safari extension? I’m not talking about any Safari extension here.
Super helpful. Thanks for creating this video!
Super helpful. Is there some way to use Apple Intelligence to create smart inboxes / filters on the native MacOS Mail app, similar to what you can get with Spark? Thanks again!
I don't know what those do exactly as I don't use that app.
Great video! - I’m trying to find a microphone that will work with Apple Intelligence and the "Hey Siri” command. Regular microphones do not work because ‘Hey Siri” won’t show up in settings. With Apple Airpods “Hey Siri” shows up but I dont want to have them in my ear for the whole day. Some people said the Apple Display should work but I don't want to buy one as long as I don’t know… Do you know?
Sorry, I don't know which ones would or would not. I wouldn't want to just guess and mislead you there.
Thank you. Very useful !
Thanks for this video, one of the best video out there about Apple Intelligence!
Super helpful video, Gary!! You are definitely, the Mac MOST!!!
You are the best. Thank you.
Thanks Gary for this useful video, but there is a question. What about Privacy issues of sending one's personal data like messages, email details and docs and all that and sharing with ChatGPT?
You can read all of the details about how Apple privacy right here: www.apple.com/legal/privacy/data/en/intelligence-engine/
Thank you 👍🏼
Great job !
Thank you again
Thank you Gary for explaining how owners of Apple products can get more from our products. I would like to use Apple Intelligence when I work on a project. Enjoy the Journey - Cheers
Gary, what would be the equivalent power needed in a PC ro match a Mac Mini M4 please (processor etc) ?
No idea. It wouldn't be a straight comparison. Not that easy. There are lots of things: processor speed, number of processors, how the processors are used, bus speed, memory speed, swap memory speed, GPU speed (and number of them), other processors speed/number, speed of connection from processors to memory... and so on. It is easier to just compare benchmarks for something you actually do. Like if you render a 10 minute 4K video in Adobe Premiere, then do that and compare.
This is a fantastic video, there’s some great tech coming in the next 2 years
please make a video on understanding mac system report...
One thing I've noticed when you send a document to ChatGPT to review its content, and want to ask it follow on questions, you may lose the chat if you accidentally click outside the Siri input. In order to make sure that doesn't happen, click and pull the Siri input down a little, so that it locks it on the screen. That way you won't accidentally lose the chat.
very useful. thanks!
Great Gary, thank you 🙏
Really great as I’m enjoying playing around with Image Playround and AI
Awesome Gary
Loving it ❤
Would love to use Apple Intelligence on my new M4 Mac Mini but my internet is over my iPhone's hotspot and apparently Apple have decided I can't. Is there any solution to this please? I cannot get any internet where I live other than using a hotspot. Any idea why Apple is stopping hotspot use?
I haven't heard that this is an issue. What is the exact error message you are getting?
@@macmost in System Settings having tried to turn Apple Intelligence on it has just gone into an infinite loop showing "Downloading…" and in xCode the Predictive Code Completion Model has also hung saying "Downloading…". I did a google dive and found other users saying that using a hotspot instead of wifi was often the problem. I live out in the country and a hotspot is the only realistic way of getting internet out here.
Very helpful it works on RUclips videos too cool
Sir at 9:20 how you opened that untitle page it is present where?
When? The video is only 9:21 long. That is during the closing credits.
@@macmost sir at 6:33 the untitled blank page how you open that
@@Panditponga53 At 6:33 I'm showing two windows: Untitled 2 is a TextEdit window. Behind that Untitled is a Numbers window.
@@macmost how to open text edit windows?
@@Panditponga53 Launch TextEdit. Then File, New.
What about using it with notes I do not see options there
In Notes there is no "document file" to send. But you can certainly select text and use the Edit, Writing Tools functions there.
What is the advantage of using Siri to interact with Chat GPT, rather than just interacting directly? It seems somewhat redundant
What is your definition of "directly?" To ask ChatGPT a question, you'd need to use their web site, or install their app or some other app. So the same as using Siri to do it. An advantage to Siri is better context, like some of the examples I show here.
Why do I not have the same ChatGPT options as you show in your video? I don't have any ChatGPT options in System Settings. I have Apple AI and ChatGPT on my Macbook.
Are you using macOS 15.2?
@ yes
@@staynavytom2963 Which options are you missing, exactly? And in what situation, and in which app?
I dont have the extension section below Apple Intelligence, is there an Updated for that??? as a matter of fact I still have the beta word on apple intellingence section.
Perhaps you are still using 15.1?
@ thanks for your quick response, yes! I am still in 15.1, but u dont have any available update yet
@@sergioperello8059 Go to System Settings, General, Software Update.
How can I get Siri to report minus temperatures like "minus 4" instead of just "4" with respect to the weather outside?
Sorry, I don't know. It isn't showing you that now? I just tried some locations in northern Alaska and it showed negative numbers for me.
You can turn Chatgpt permission request off so it goes there without asking
I wondered why I don't have Image Playground. Turns out I have switched to UK English (because keyboard was doing weird thing if I use US English). Gosh. It's all the same English.
I have pc and I have iPhone with backups I have backup update on pc and one old backup on iCloud storage use up storage 2.9 GB and I use 5GB free what I do delete old only one backup is this iPhone to clean up storage? So that be no backup on iCloud, only on pc iTunes can do that make easy life not harder
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"Could you please make a video on how to use Apple Intelligence in programming?"
That would be a big topic. Lots of different programming environments and situations. If I did one, it may be for something completely different than what you are using. I'll probably stay away from that topic for the most part as it is too fractured and doesn't really fit most of my audience.
If all these Apple Intelligence features seem to upload the questions to ChatGPT, why on Earth does Apple need to limit these features to Apple Silicon?
Most of the features here do use ChatGPT. But lots of other Apple Intelligence features work without it, often right on your device without calling out to the Internet at all. This video just happens to highlight a lot of the ChatGPT ones. And you can certainly do this on an older Intel Mac. You can use the ChatGPT web site. The ChatGPT app may also work on Intel Macs (haven't checked).
@@macmost I fully understand the coincidence that most of the things you showed used ChatGPT, but for what it's worth, any features that are only supported via sending information to ChatGPT should be made available to Intel Macs too. There's no technical reason why they don't support it.
Jesus wept hearing 'chat GTP' every time you talk to Siri gets really annoying
How to delete apple intelligent data ?
You should be able to go into settings and stop Siri from asking every time.
So the best part of Apple AI is being able to use Chat GPT… got it! 😂
Who said anything about the "best" part? If you asked, the best part may be how much is on-device.
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Dont't get me wrong Garry, I LOVE your channel,... yet language models such as ChatGPT are some of the most energy-guzzling technologies of all. A single query to an AI-powered chatbot can use up to ten times as much energy as an old-fashioned Google search. According to a research from the University of California, Riverside, a conversation with ChatGPT consumes around 50 cl of water, the equivalent of a small plastic bottle.
With nearly 1.5 billion users a month, that adds up fast.The industry’s environmental impact is a key issue, yet the companies that produce such models have stayed remarkably quiet about the amount of energy they consume - probably because they don’t want to spark our concern. Not everything that CAN be done technologically, SHOULD necessarily be done ... Something to think about...
Love your videos, but fact checking? What could go wrong?
Same as with a human fact-checker, I suppose. But whether you use AI to fact-check, or employ a human to do it, it is often better to have such a check than to skip it.
@@macmost Sure. However, my primary concern with the term "Fact Checker" is that it reflects a recently popularized Orwellian idea that has now been integrated into the Apple software ecosystem. While I hope that Apple fact-checking remains objective, I have a feeling that if it hasn't already, may become subjective over time.
@@utah32804you have a fear, more than a feeling. You can’t be led astray more than not even thinking about such things
@@utah32804 I'm simply talking about fact checking here as literally that. You create a presentation, like the one on wombats I show, and you you use ChatGPT to help prevent a mistake. Like maybe you got the speed at which wombat teeth grow wrong. Be nice to have that fixed before you embarrass yourself at your monthly meeting of wombat enthusiasts.
@@macmost I see your point and agree completely. AI is incredibly valuable for getting objective information. Also, I just wanted to say that your RUclips channel is fantastic! It’s my go-to resource whenever I have questions about MacOS.
I love Apple but they are late to the game. I expected an actual Apple AI, not a piggyback ride on Chat GPT. Thanks for your help!
There are many more aspects to Apple Intelligence than these particular examples. Apple is actually leading everyone else by far with on-device AI, an aspect you may not be considering.
I would like Apple Intelligence a lot more if it didn't take up 5Gb of hard drive space on my Macs ridiculously undersized SSD..
Thanks for the video.
Seems that Aple Intelligence is not intelligent at all. GPT does all the work. Seems I can skip Siri and ask GPT directly.
Sorry Gary, not this time
apple intelligence aka chatgpt aka the evil empire
It’s a joke !! , come on Apple Leave it , you don’t have it, it’s out of your waters .
Actually, Apple is leading in one very important aspect of AI: on-device processing. Many things like the proofreading, rewriting and summary tools, and also image tools, are done on your device. No reliance on massive server farms and no privacy issues. Apple is way ahead on this.
@@macmost no
The best way to use Apple Intelligence at this point in time is to not use it at all.
In your case maybe, in others, it works well.
Why not? You can’t use your own intellect and judgement to assess its usefulness?
I like Gary , not impressed by so called apple intelligence at all... a work in progress
Sorry I do not care to use chat GP at all.
its just bad i feel like throying my mac into a wall when i use siri i rather directly use gpt.
Pity that so called "Apple Intelligence" is not available with Australian English 😥
Confirms what I thought, AI is a waste of time right now.
don't get me wrong I suppose it's quite clever but for me I just turned it off . A waste of time don't need it ... I think it's all a bit of a gimmick if I'm being honest ...
Who cares?
@ obviously you do because you've just spent the time with replying 😂😂😂
Not every feature is for everyone. I'm sure there are features you use, maybe even every day, that others do not. What is a waste of time and a gimmick to others is useful to you, and the other way around.
I just turned Apple AI off because it was a time consuming pain, it wouldn’t respond by voice even though that setting was selected, and would take 10 seconds or more to respond to anything
You’re asking ChatGPT to fact-check? You’re joking, right?
How else would you do it? Ask another human to do it? Both another human and AI can make mistakes. But either one is better than no fact-checking at all.
@@macmostyessss!
Would rather ask my cat to fact check things before I get ChatGTP near it.
@@parster2010 Why not both? If your cat is able to read your presentation over and look for mistakes, then also have ChatGPT do it too. What's the harm? It is up to YOU to make the changes, right? If you put in the presentation that wombats have green eyes and then ChatGPT (or your cat) tells you that this isn't true, now you have the chance to fix it. You can look into it yourself if you don't trust ChatGPT, but at least it alerted you to the potential problem. Why would you intentionally avoid making your presentation more accurate?
@ that’s fine but when you’ve got a presentation about Wombats that’s factually accurate and has say for example 40 facts about Wombats in it, at the moment ChatGTP will remove 10 of them (because it doesn’t feel they are important), it will change 10 of them (because the databases/information it is referencing is inaccurate) and it will add 10 facts about another animal (because they think it has something to do with wombats). You correct it, but tomorrow it does the same.
Why the continued reference to Keynote, Numbers, and Pages. I get it that this is a Mac video, but nobody uses these programs. Mac users use the Mac version of the Microsoft products.
As I see it, it is very unreliable in some respect that I tested.
No to Ai… it’s a huge mistake and will become our control prison. Mark my words
Nah man, Apple AI is going the way of my iPad, gathering dust. Both are pointless.
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