{"id":5026,"date":"2026-04-04T02:58:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T00:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reparationmac.be\/?p=5026"},"modified":"2026-04-04T04:46:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T02:46:43","slug":"apple-intelligence-mac-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reparationmac.be\/en\/apple-intelligence-mac-ia\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Intelligence: AI on the Mac"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article-blog\">\n\n<h1>Apple Intelligence on the Mac: everything Apple's AI changes for users<\/h1>\n\n<div class=\"article-meta\">Reading : 14 min | Apple News<\/div>\n\n<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/apple-intelligence-mac-ia.webp\" alt=\"Apple Intelligence on the Mac: AI functionalities integrated into macOS\" title=\"Complete guide to Apple Intelligence on the Mac\" width=\"1200\" height=\"568\" loading=\"eager\">\n\n<div class=\"answer-box\">\nIn a nutshell: Apple Intelligence is the artificial intelligence system built into macOS that transforms the way you use your Mac. It includes Writing Tools (rewriting, proofreading, text summarisation), a redesigned Siri that understands context, image generation with Image Playground, notification summaries and ChatGPT integration. Apple Intelligence runs on Macs with an M1 chip or later and requires at least 8GB of memory.\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"toc-box\">\n<strong>Contents<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#quest-ce-que\">What is Apple Intelligence?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#mac-compatibles\">Which Macs are compatible<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#outils-ecriture\">Writing tools: rewriting, correcting, summarising<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#siri\">Next-generation Siri on the Mac<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#image-playground\">Image Playground and Genmoji<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#mail-notifications\">Intelligent mail and notification summary<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#vie-privee\">Confidentiality and Private Cloud Compute<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#faq\">Frequently asked questions<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2 id=\"quest-ce-que\">What is Apple Intelligence?<\/h2>\n\n<p>Apple Intelligence is the personal artificial intelligence system developed by Apple and integrated directly into macOS, iOS and iPadOS. Unlike traditional AI assistants that operate exclusively in the cloud, Apple Intelligence relies heavily on local processing - the AI models run directly on your Mac's chip, without your data leaving the device for the majority of tasks.<\/p>\n\n<p>What fundamentally distinguishes Apple Intelligence from competing solutions is its system-level integration. AI isn't confined to a dedicated application: it's accessible in Mail, Notes, Pages, Safari, Messages, and virtually any application that handles text - including third-party apps. You select text, right-click, and the AI functions appear in the context menu.<\/p>\n\n<p>Apple Intelligence was launched gradually from the end of 2024 and continues to evolve with each macOS update, with new features added regularly. French has been fully supported since macOS Sequoia 15.4 (March 2025), and Apple is continually expanding the list of supported languages.<\/p>\n\n<h2 id=\"mac-compatibles\">Which Macs are compatible<\/h2>\n\n<p>Apple Intelligence requires an Apple Silicon chip to operate. Local AI processing requires dedicated computing power (the Neural Engine built into M chips) that Intel processors do not have.<\/p>\n\n<table class=\"tg-table\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Mac<\/th>\n<th>Compatible<\/th>\n<th>Condition<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"cell-label\">MacBook Air M1 and later<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span class=\"cell-desc\">Yes<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span class=\"cell-desc\">8 GB memory minimum<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"cell-label\">MacBook Pro M1 and later<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span class=\"cell-desc\">Yes<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span class=\"cell-desc\">8 GB memory minimum<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"cell-label\">Mac mini M1 and later<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span class=\"cell-desc\">Yes<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span class=\"cell-desc\">8 GB memory minimum<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"cell-label\">iMac M1 and later<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span class=\"cell-desc\">Yes<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span class=\"cell-desc\">8 GB memory minimum<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"cell-label\">Mac Studio M1 Max and higher<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span class=\"cell-desc\">Yes<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span class=\"cell-desc\">8 GB memory minimum<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"cell-label\">Mac Pro M2 Ultra and higher<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span class=\"cell-desc\">Yes<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span class=\"cell-desc\">8 GB memory minimum<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"cell-label\">All Intel Macs<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span class=\"cell-desc\">No<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span class=\"cell-desc\">No Neural Engine compatible<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n<div class=\"info-box warning\">\n<strong>Important information:<\/strong> if your Mac is an Intel model and you wish to access Apple Intelligence, a machine replacement is necessary. Our <a href=\"\/en\/mac-buyback-belgium\/\">Mac buyback<\/a> can take back your old Mac and advise you on the best Apple Silicon model for your needs. To precisely identify your Mac and its chip, use our <a href=\"\/en\/identify-your-mac\/\">Mac identification tool<\/a>.\n<\/div>\n\n<h2 id=\"outils-ecriture\">Writing tools: rewriting, correcting, summarising<\/h2>\n\n<p>Writing Tools are probably the most immediately useful feature of Apple Intelligence. Accessible anywhere you can enter text on macOS, they offer three main capabilities.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Rewrite<\/h3>\n\n<p>Select a text, go to Writing Tools and choose \u00abRewrite\u00bb. Apple Intelligence will propose a reworded version of your text. You can specify the tone you want: more professional, more friendly or more concise. This is particularly useful for business emails, client messages or writing documents - each rewording retains the meaning while adapting the style.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Review<\/h3>\n\n<p>The \u00abRevise\u00bb function goes further than a traditional spellchecker. It analyses the grammar, syntax, punctuation and consistency of your text, then suggests contextual corrections that you can accept or reject one by one. Unlike an automatic spellchecker, it explains its suggestions.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Summary<\/h3>\n\n<p>The \u00abSummarise\u00bb function condenses a long text into a few key points. It can produce the summary as a paragraph, bulleted list or table. Ideal for extracting the gist of a long article, report or email thread.<\/p>\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/outils-ecriture-apple-intelligence-mac.webp\" alt=\"Apple Intelligence Writing Tools on the Mac: rewriting, proofreading and summarising\" title=\"Apple Intelligence Writing Tools features on macOS\" width=\"1200\" height=\"568\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\n<div class=\"info-box tip\">\n<strong>Tip:<\/strong> Writing Tools work in third-party applications too - not just Apple apps. If you're writing an email in webmail, a message in Slack or a text in Google Docs, you can select your text and access Writing Tools via the right-click or Edit menu.\n<\/div>\n\n<h2 id=\"siri\">Next-generation Siri on the Mac<\/h2>\n\n<p>Apple Intelligence is radically transforming Siri on the Mac. The voice assistant - or text assistant, as you can now write to it directly - benefits from a considerably improved understanding of natural language and deeper integration with the system.<\/p>\n\n<h3>What Siri can do on the Mac with Apple Intelligence<\/h3>\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Contextual understanding :<\/strong> Siri retains the context between successive requests. You can go from \u00abWhat's the weather like tomorrow? to \u00bbWhat about this weekend?\u00ab without repeating the subject.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Product knowledge :<\/strong> Siri answers thousands of questions about your Mac's settings and features. \u00abFrom \u00bbHow do I activate FileVault? to \u00abWhere do I set auto brightness? - it guides you step by step.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Write to Siri :<\/strong> On the Mac, you can place Siri anywhere on your desktop and write your requests to her instead of dictating them. Handy in an open space or a library.<\/li>\n<li><strong>ChatGPT integration :<\/strong> for complex queries that exceed the capabilities of the local model, Siri can send your question to ChatGPT (with your explicit authorisation each time). No OpenAI account is required.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>Siri continues to evolve with each macOS update. Apple is gradually developing cross-application action capabilities - the ability for Siri to chain together actions in several apps with a simple voice request - which continually enrich the experience.<\/p>\n\n<h2 id=\"image-playground\">Image Playground and Genmoji<\/h2>\n\n<h3>Image Playground<\/h3>\n\n<p>Image Playground is Apple Intelligence's image generation application. It creates illustrations from text descriptions, in three visual styles: Animation, Illustration and Sketch. The result is deliberately stylised - Apple has chosen not to offer a photorealistic style to avoid the risks of misinformation and deepfakes.<\/p>\n\n<p>Image Playground can be accessed as a standalone application, but also directly from Messages, Notes, Freeform, Keynote and Pages. You can describe what you want, add predefined themes and even use photos of people from your library to create custom illustrations.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Genmoji<\/h3>\n\n<p>Genmoji pushes back the boundaries of classic emojis by allowing you to create personalised emojis from a text description. \u00abA cat in a Christmas hat coding on a MacBook\u00bb? Genmoji generates it in seconds. Like Image Playground, most of the generation is done locally on your Mac.<\/p>\n\n<h2 id=\"mail-notifications\">Intelligent mail and notification summary<\/h2>\n\n<h3>Mail enhanced by AI<\/h3>\n\n<p>Apple Intelligence transforms Mail into a much more powerful productivity tool:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Email summary :<\/strong> long messages are automatically condensed into a few lines in your email list, so you can quickly sort out what's important.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Intelligent response:<\/strong> Mail analyses the content of an email received, identifies the questions asked and suggests relevant responses. You validate, modify or complete before sending.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Priority notifications :<\/strong> Apple Intelligence identifies emails likely to require immediate attention and highlights them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h3>Summary of notifications<\/h3>\n\n<p>The macOS Notifications Center displays condensed summaries for long threads in Messages, groups of notifications from the same application and large textual content. Focus Mode <strong>\u00abReducing interruptions\u00bb<\/strong> uses Apple Intelligence to filter notifications and display only those that deserve your immediate attention.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Other integrated functions<\/h3>\n\n<p>Apple Intelligence is also present in Safari (article summary in Reader mode), Photos (natural language search, automatic creation of souvenir films), Notes (audio transcription and summary) and the Voice Recorder application (transcription and summary of recordings). To explore the AI-related security capabilities of macOS, read our article <a href=\"\/en\/mac-security-2026\/\">Mac security<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/apple-intelligence-mail-notifications-mac.webp\" alt=\"Apple Intelligence in Mail and notifications on the Mac\" title=\"Smart email and notification summary with Apple Intelligence\" width=\"1200\" height=\"568\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\n<h2 id=\"vie-privee\">Confidentiality and Private Cloud Compute<\/h2>\n\n<p>The issue of confidentiality is central to Apple Intelligence, and is what fundamentally differentiates Apple's approach from other AI solutions. The system is based on three levels of processing.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Local treatment (on the device)<\/h3>\n\n<p>The majority of Apple Intelligence tasks - text correction, suggested answers, summaries, searching Photos - run entirely on your Mac thanks to the Neural Engine in the Apple Silicon chip. Your data never leaves your device. That's the highest level of privacy.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Private Cloud Compute<\/h3>\n\n<p>For more complex tasks that exceed the capabilities of the local model, Apple Intelligence can call upon dedicated Apple servers, running on Apple Silicon chips and running a hardened operating system. Apple claims that these servers do not retain any data after processing, do not make it accessible to Apple, and that the entire system is auditable by independent security researchers.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Third-party integrations (ChatGPT)<\/h3>\n\n<p>When Siri or Writing Tools suggest using ChatGPT, your explicit permission is required each time. Apple states that no OpenAI account is required and that OpenAI does not store requests from Apple Intelligence. You retain full control over what is shared. To find out more about protecting your data in general, see our guide <a href=\"\/en\/protect-mac-data-security\/\">protect your data on the Mac<\/a>. Apple details its AI privacy policy on its <a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/fr-be\/121115\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">official Apple Intelligence page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"info-box tip\">\n<strong>Good to know:<\/strong> you can disable Apple Intelligence entirely in System Settings \u2192 Apple Intelligence and Siri. You can also selectively disable certain features (Notification Summary, Writing Tools, ChatGPT integration) while retaining others. Apple Intelligence also respects Screen Time parental controls.\n<\/div>\n\n<h2 id=\"faq\">Frequently asked questions<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"faq-section\">\n\n<div class=\"faq-item\">\n<div class=\"faq-question\"><span>Does Apple Intelligence work on Intel Macs?<\/span><span class=\"faq-toggle\">+<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"faq-answer\"><p>No. Apple Intelligence requires an Apple Silicon chip (M1 or later) to work. Intel Macs do not have the Neural Engine required for local AI processing. If you wish to access Apple Intelligence, you must upgrade to an Apple Silicon Mac.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"faq-item\">\n<div class=\"faq-question\"><span>Is Apple Intelligence free?<\/span><span class=\"faq-toggle\">+<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"faq-answer\"><p>Yes, Apple Intelligence is included free of charge in macOS on all compatible Macs. There are no subscriptions or additional costs. Basic ChatGPT integration is also free and does not require an OpenAI account. If you have a ChatGPT Plus subscription, you can link it to access advanced features.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"faq-item\">\n<div class=\"faq-question\"><span>Is Apple Intelligence available in French?<\/span><span class=\"faq-toggle\">+<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"faq-answer\"><p>Yes, French has been fully supported since macOS Sequoia 15.4 (March 2025). Writing Tools, Siri, Notification Summaries, Smart Mail and other features work in French. Apple regularly extends the list of supported languages.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"faq-item\">\n<div class=\"faq-question\"><span>Is my data sent to Apple or OpenAI?<\/span><span class=\"faq-toggle\">+<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"faq-answer\"><p>Most of the processing is done locally on your Mac. For complex tasks, Private Cloud Compute processes the data on Apple servers without storing it. Access to ChatGPT requires your explicit authorisation each time. You can disable ChatGPT integration in the settings.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"faq-item\">\n<div class=\"faq-question\"><span>How do I activate Apple Intelligence on a Mac?<\/span><span class=\"faq-toggle\">+<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"faq-answer\"><p>Go to System Settings \u2192 Apple Intelligence and Siri. If your Mac is compatible and macOS is up to date, Apple Intelligence should be offered automatically. Make sure the Siri language and system language are set to a supported language (French, English, etc.).<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"faq-item\">\n<div class=\"faq-question\"><span>Does Apple Intelligence slow down my Mac?<\/span><span class=\"faq-toggle\">+<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"faq-answer\"><p>In everyday use, the impact is negligible. AI processing uses the Neural Engine, a dedicated unit that does not penalise the main CPU. During an intensive task (generating an image, summarising a very long document), you may notice a slight increase in power consumption, but nothing that significantly affects the overall fluidity of the Mac.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"faq-item\">\n<div class=\"faq-question\"><span>Can Apple Intelligence be deactivated?<\/span><span class=\"faq-toggle\">+<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"faq-answer\"><p>Yes, entirely. Go to System Settings \u2192 Apple Intelligence and Siri and disable the feature. You can also selectively disable certain elements such as notification summaries, ChatGPT integration or writing suggestions, while keeping others.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"faq-item\">\n<div class=\"faq-question\"><span>Is 8 GB of memory enough for Apple Intelligence?<\/span><span class=\"faq-toggle\">+<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"faq-answer\"><p>8GB is the minimum required and Apple Intelligence works well with this configuration for most tasks (Writing Tools, Siri, Summaries). For more intensive uses (Image Playground with complex images, multitasking with AI in the background), 16GB offers a smoother experience. Apple Silicon Unified Memory is very efficient, but 8GB is still just enough when Apple Intelligence is added to your usual applications.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"faq-item\">\n<div class=\"faq-question\"><span>Does Apple Intelligence work offline?<\/span><span class=\"faq-toggle\">+<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"faq-answer\"><p>Features based on local processing (writing tools, text suggestions, proofreading) work offline. Features requiring Private Cloud Compute or ChatGPT integration require an Internet connection. In practice, the majority of day-to-day tasks remain accessible without a connection.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"faq-item\">\n<div class=\"faq-question\"><span>How can I get the most out of Apple Intelligence on the Mac?<\/span><span class=\"faq-toggle\">+<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"faq-answer\"><p>Start with the Writing Tools: select any text and right-click to access the rewrite and summarise options. Try writing to Siri (double-click the Siri icon) rather than speaking. Enable notification summaries for chatty applications (Messages, Slack, email). Explore Image Playground to create quick illustrations without leaving your Mac.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"related-links\">\n<strong>Related articles<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/mac-security-2026\/\">Mac security: threats and solutions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/protect-mac-data-security\/\">Protecting your data on the Mac: complete guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/essential-mac-apps\/\">Essential Mac applications<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/macbook-air-vs-macbook-pro-comparison\/\">MacBook Air vs MacBook Pro: comparison<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple Intelligence sur Mac : tout ce que l&rsquo;IA d&rsquo;Apple change pour les utilisateurs Lecture : 14 min | Actualit\u00e9s Apple En r\u00e9sum\u00e9 : Apple Intelligence est le syst\u00e8me d&rsquo;intelligence artificielle int\u00e9gr\u00e9 \u00e0 macOS qui transforme votre fa\u00e7on d&rsquo;utiliser votre Mac. Il inclut les Outils d&rsquo;\u00e9criture (r\u00e9\u00e9criture, correction, r\u00e9sum\u00e9 de texte), un Siri repens\u00e9 capable [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5029,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[231,104,305,252,304,303,300,53,301,302],"class_list":["post-5026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-actualites-apple","tag-apple-intelligence","tag-apple-silicon","tag-chatgpt-mac","tag-confidentialite","tag-genmoji","tag-image-playground","tag-intelligence-artificielle","tag-macos","tag-outils-ecriture","tag-siri"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reparationmac.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reparationmac.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reparationmac.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reparationmac.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reparationmac.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reparationmac.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5026\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reparationmac.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reparationmac.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reparationmac.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reparationmac.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}