Apple Intelligence has been downloading for months...

My MacAir M4 has been downloading Apple Intelligence for months. In settings, the system reports 100% complete but the little icon is spinning.. Any ideas?


MacBook Air 15″, macOS 26.0

Posted on Oct 20, 2025 1:48 PM

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Nov 10, 2025 2:10 PM in response to Kq4b

I have only had my computer for about 24 hours. Apple Intelligence is still "in progress", I tried changing Siri languages and back again, no change.


Is there a way to STOP it and restart? I wasn't even going to use it, but it appears my Pages won't work without it and that is what I mostly do with this computer. Every time I open it I get the spinning color wheel and have to Force Quit.


I can't go back to my old computer because it is about to implode at 13 years old.

Apple Intelligence has been downloading for months...

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