You can make a difference in the Apple Support Community!

When you sign up with your Apple Account, you can provide valuable feedback to other community members by upvoting helpful replies and User Tips.

Apple Intelligence brings incredible new features across iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

The first set of features is now available, with many more rolling out in the coming months.

⏺ Overview

⏺ Compatible Devices

⏺ iOS 18

⏺ iPadOS 18

⏺ macOS Sequoia

Why is Apple Intelligence stuck on "Preparing" on my M1 MacBook?

Apple intelligence stuck on 'preparing' on macbook m1 for more than 10 days now. anybody know what to do?


[Re-Titled By Moderator]



Mac mini, macOS 15.1

Posted on Nov 4, 2024 9:14 PM

Reply
Question marked as Top-ranking reply

Posted on Nov 10, 2024 6:25 AM

There have been many discussions here on this very subject.


Some users have suggested setting the region to the United States and the language to English U.S.


What has worked for me?

First and foremost, you must establish your connection to a WiFi network 🛜, not simply a mobile hotspot.


If Apple Intelligence is stuck on your Mac:

  1. Open Settings ➢ General ➢ Storage.
  2. Scroll to the bottom and double-click ⚙️ macOS.
  3. Apple Intelligence should be fully downloaded if it reads: 4.94 GB.


Now, go directly to Settings ➢ Apple Intelligence & Siri and you should find the prompt or switch to toggle on Apple Intelligence.


Please provide any feedback if this has helped so we can all learn from this.


Good Luck! 👋🏼😉

18 replies

Why is Apple Intelligence stuck on "Preparing" on my M1 MacBook?

Welcome to Apple Support Community
A forum where Apple customers help each other with their products. Get started with your Apple Account.