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Went down this rabbit hole a few months ago seeing whether it was at all possible to disable the automatic OCR / processing of all image files on macOS. Wasn't
by ryantuck 9mo ago
Went down this rabbit hole a few months ago seeing whether it was at all possible to disable the automatic OCR / processing of all image files on macOS.
Wasn't able to figure out how to do so but this blog was absolutely the best resource for digging one layer deeper on all things Spotlight-related, highly recommend.
- Citizen8396 9mo agoHaven't tested this, but try: System Settings > General > Language & Region > Live Text "Select text in images to copy or take action."
- jwagenet 9mo agoI understand people don't like this kind of OCR stuff for privacy reasons, but selecting text from images is probably the most useful feature added to iOS in the last ~5 years for me.
- walterbell 9mo agoIt could be even more useful if performed on demand, e.g. long-press on photo region with text.
- jaffa2 9mo agoIsnt that exactly how it works?
- walterbell 9mo agoFrom the first message in this thread: automatic OCR / processing of all image files on macOS If OCR was deferred until user request/consent, it would eliminate the battery/performance cost of speculative image analysis.
- zapzupnz 9mo agoThe first message in the thread isn't the definition of the actual feature.
- walterbell 9mo agoWhat's the best way to disable all MacOS image processing background services?
- zapzupnz 9mo agoThere isn't any such service; it's on demand.
- walterbell 9mo agoThese macOS services appear to be related to image processing: photoanalysisd mediaanalysisd com.apple.photos.backgroundAnalysisService