Hands-On Mac 166: Apple's New AI Clean Up Tool

In this episode, Mikah Sargent explores Apple's new Clean Up feature, part of the Apple Intelligence suite, which aims to remove distractions from photos. - Clean Up is a new feature in macOS Sequoia's Photos app that uses on-device machine learning to remove unwanted objects from images - To use Clean Up, enter edit mode, select the Clean Up tab, and either click, brush, or circle the object to remove - Mikah tests Clean Up on a photo of a puppy with a toy in the background; it successfully removes the toy but loses some pillow texture - On a building photo, Clean Up struggles to properly remove a person, distorting the stairs - Clean Up has difficulty fully removing an iPhone and keyboard from a spatial photo of Leo Laporte - Apple's on-device approach to machine learning, driven by privacy, currently falls short of Google's server-side Magic Eraser feature - Clean Up is available on all Apple devices that support Apple Intelligence features, including iOS and iPadOS Host: Mikah Sargent Want access to the video version and exclusive features? Become a member of Club TWiT today! https://twit.tv/clubtwit Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord.