As part of the release of macOS Sequoia, Apple has provided management options on macOS for Apple Intelligence features. While not all of these Apple Intelligence features may be available as of macOS 15.1 in all areas of the world, use of these new features may not be acceptable for security reasons in all Mac environments. Having these management options available now allows Mac admins to get management of these features in place before Apple makes them available. For more details, please see below the jump.

As of macOS 15.1, management options are available for the following Apple Intelligence functionality:

• Genmoji
• Image Playground
• Writing Tools
• Summarizing emails

The relevant preference domain and key values are listed below:

Genmoji

• Preference domain: com.apple.applicationaccess
• Key: allowGenmoji
• Value: Boolean

Image Playground

• Preference domain: com.apple.applicationaccess
• Key: allowImagePlayground
• Value: Boolean

Writing Tools

• Preference domain: com.apple.applicationaccess
• Key: allowWritingTools
• Value: Boolean

Summarize emails

• Preference domain: com.apple.applicationaccess
• Key: allowMailSummary
• Value: Boolean

It’s important to note that while all of the settings listed above work on macOS Sequoia 15.1, not all the settings work on macOS Sequoia 15.0.0 and 15.0.1. Here’s the compatibility list:

macOS 15.0 and later:

• allowGenmoji
• allowImagePlayground
• allowWritingTools

macOS 15.1 and later:

• allowMailSummary

These settings can be managed by a configuration profile, where setting a boolean value of false will disable the Apple Intelligence feature in question. Please see below for example profiles. The example profiles are also available via the following links:

• Genmoji: https://github.com/rtrouton/profiles/tree/main/AppleIntelligenceDisableGenmoji
• Image Playground: https://github.com/rtrouton/profiles/tree/main/AppleIntelligenceDisableImagePlayground
• Writing Tools: https://github.com/rtrouton/profiles/tree/main/AppleIntelligenceDisableWritingTools
• Summarize emails: https://github.com/rtrouton/profiles/tree/main/AppleIntelligenceDisableMailSummary

Genmoji

Image Playground

Writing Tools

Summarize emails