Intelligence Settings

The Intelligence Settings configuration centrally controls Apple Intelligence features on managed macOS devices. The policy allows individual AI-powered features such as the Apple Intelligence Report, Genmoji, Image Playground, and Writing Tools, as well as app-specific Intelligence features in Mail, Notes, and Safari, to be allowed or blocked. In addition, the policy can enforce that dictation is processed exclusively on the device, without any connection to Apple’s servers.

This configuration is available for macOS devices running version 26.4 or later and can only be applied with Device Enrollment, not with User Enrollment (BYOD). Only one configuration of this type is possible per policy. Devices that do not support these settings do not receive the configuration.

Genmoji, Image Playground, Writing Tools, the Apple Intelligence Report and on-device only dictation can also be controlled via the Restrictions → configuration. The corresponding fields are marked as Deprecated there and are superseded by this configuration. For devices running versions earlier than macOS 26.4, they remain the only way to control these features. The summaries in Mail and Safari and the transcription summary in Notes are also available in the restrictions. The connection of external AI services is managed via the External Intelligence Settings → configuration.


Settings

  • Allow Apple Intelligence report
    • If disabled, the Apple Intelligence Report is disabled on the device. Enabled by default.
  • Allow Genmoji
    • If disabled, the Genmoji feature is disabled. Enabled by default.
  • Allow Image Playground
    • If disabled, Image Playground is disabled. Enabled by default.
  • Allow Writing Tools
    • If disabled, Writing Tools are disabled. Enabled by default.
  • Force on-device only dictation
    • If enabled, dictation is processed exclusively on the device, without any connection to Apple’s servers. Disabled by default.

Mail

  • Allow Smart Replies
    • If disabled, Smart Replies in Mail are disabled. Enabled by default.
  • Allow summary
    • If disabled, the summary feature in Mail is disabled. Enabled by default.

Notes

  • Allow transcription
    • If disabled, transcription in Notes is disabled. Enabled by default.
  • Allow transcription summary
    • If disabled, the summary of transcriptions in Notes is disabled. Enabled by default.

Safari

  • Allow summary
    • If disabled, the summary feature in Safari is disabled. Enabled by default.
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