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The release was built with a macOS 26 deployment target, so the linker
made the executable depend on Swift runtime libraries that only exist on
macOS 26 (libswift_DarwinFoundation1.dylib and libswift_DarwinFoundation2.dylib).
On macOS 14 and 15 dyld cannot find them and the process aborts before
main() runs:
dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/lib/swift/libswift_DarwinFoundation1.dylib
Referenced from: .../removemacai (built for macOS 26.0 which is newer than running OS)
The new system design comes from building against the macOS 26 SDK, not
from setting the deployment target to 26, so lower the target back to 14
and keep the 26 SDK. The runtime guards and the app bundle's
LSMinimumSystemVersion are lowered to match.
Fixes running on macOS 14 (Sonoma) and macOS 15 (Sequoia).
Apple Intelligence starts at macOS 15, so there is nothing to remove on 14. Raise the deployment target, the runtime guards and the app bundle's LSMinimumSystemVersion to 15.
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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to This change lets the app run on macOS 15, but three problems remain. The built-in self-test can fail or crash on macOS 15.0. Mail summaries cannot be turned off on 15.1–15.3. After an OS upgrade, newly available settings may never be applied while the tool still reports success. These should be resolved before merging. Pre-merge checks |
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Apple ships Apple Intelligence in waves, so several catalog entries only exist from a later macOS: ChatGPT (15.2), Notes summaries (15.3), Mail smart replies and Safari summaries (15.4), and Spatial Photos, whose asset set com.apple.MobileAsset.UAF.Photos.SpatialPhotosRelive macOS 15 does not describe at all (getAssetSet returns nil). Offering those on an older macOS meant the profile set restriction keys the system ignores and off asked the asset service to remove a model set it cannot resolve. Each Feature now carries a since version, and the status, features, off --keep, the profile and the app all use the available ones, so unsupported features are hidden instead of half working. Verified on macOS 15.8.1: Spatial Photos is gone from status, features and the app, off --keep spatial-photos is rejected, and the remaining 13 features still work. selftest covers the gating.
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Review comments at @Sources/removemacai/Catalog.swift:
- Line 88: Update the Mail restrictions entry in the catalog so allowMailSummary
is available starting with macOS 15.1, while allowMailSmartReplies remains gated
at macOS 15.4; split the controls or assign each key its own version gate.
Review comments at @Sources/removemacai/Profile.swift:
- Line 40: Update the feature reconciliation around Catalog.availableFeatures
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as needing an update; ensure Commands.off does not take the profileReady &&
modelsBefore == 0 shortcut when newly required settings are missing.
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| domain: "group.com.apple.mail", key: "DisableAutomaticMessageSummarization", off: true), | ||
| ForcedPreference(domain: "group.com.apple.mail", key: "PersonalizedSmartReplies", off: false), | ||
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Separate the Mail summary and smart-reply version gates.
On macOS 15.1–15.3, this gate hides allowMailSummary because allowMailSmartReplies requires 15.4. Apple lists allowMailSummary as available from macOS 15.1. Split the controls, or gate each key separately, so the profile can disable Mail summaries on those releases. (developer.apple.com)
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Review comment at @Sources/removemacai/Catalog.swift at line 88:
Update the Mail restrictions entry in the catalog so allowMailSummary is
available starting with macOS 15.1, while allowMailSmartReplies remains gated at
macOS 15.4; split the controls or assign each key its own version gate.
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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift
Refresh the profile when an OS upgrade adds features.
If a person installs the profile on macOS 15.1 and upgrades to 15.4, this loop never added the 15.4-only settings to the installed profile. Commands.off() can still take its profileReady && modelsBefore == 0 shortcut because the stored kept IDs have not changed. It then reports success without installing the newly required settings. Compare the installed profile’s effective settings with newly generated profile data, or record catalog coverage and require a profile update after the OS upgrade.
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Review comment at @Sources/removemacai/Profile.swift at line 40:
Update the feature reconciliation around Catalog.availableFeatures and kept so
an OS upgrade that adds catalog features marks the installed profile as needing
an update; ensure Commands.off does not take the profileReady && modelsBefore ==
0 shortcut when newly required settings are missing.
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| check(!keptWriting.contains(Catalog.foundationModels) && keptWriting.contains(Catalog.spatialModels), | ||
| check(!keptWriting.contains(Catalog.foundationModels) && keptWriting.contains(Catalog.visualModels), |
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Make the self-test valid on macOS 15.0.
On macOS 15.0, every catalog feature fails the default 15.1 minimum. keptWriting therefore cannot contain visualModels, so this assertion fails. The same empty model-set list also leaves no download-blocking payload for the force unwrap at Line 155. Test the expected empty catalog on 15.0, and avoid unwrapping a payload that this supported OS cannot produce.
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Update the SelfTest assertions and download-blocking payload handling so macOS
15.0 expects an empty catalog and does not force-unwrap a payload that cannot
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What this fixes
The published 1.1.0 build (release tarball and the Homebrew bottle) crashes on every macOS older than 26, before
main()even runs:The binary's load command says it all:
Because the deployment target is 26.0, the linker emits dependencies on Swift runtime libraries that only ship starting in macOS 26 (
libswift_DarwinFoundation1.dylib,libswift_DarwinFoundation2.dylib). On macOS 15 they do not exist, so dyld aborts. The/opt/homebrew/opt/unixodbcpath in the message is just a stray Homebrew rpath; none of the tried paths can exist on those systems.This traces back to commit
70bf1af("Build for macOS 26 so the app gets the current system design"), which changed exactly one line:The premise behind that change is wrong: the new system design comes from building against the macOS 26 SDK, not from setting the deployment target to 26. Building with the 26 SDK and a lower minimum target keeps Liquid Glass on macOS 26 while letting the same binary run on macOS 15.
Changes
1. Run on macOS 15 (
Package.swift,main.swift,build-app.sh)Package.swift—platforms: [.macOS("26.0")]→.macOS("15.0"). The real crash fix; the SDK is still macOS 26.Sources/removemacai/main.swift— the two hard runtime guardsmajorVersion >= 26→>= 15. Even a correctly linked binary was refusing to run below 26.tools/build-app.sh—LSMinimumSystemVersion26.0→15.0so the app bundle agrees with the binary.macOS 15 is the floor because Apple Intelligence starts at macOS 15 (Sequoia); there is nothing to remove on 14, so 15 is the correct minimum rather than 14.
2. Hide the Apple Intelligence features this macOS does not have (
Catalog.swiftand its callers)Apple ships Apple Intelligence in waves, so several catalog entries only exist from a later macOS. Offering them on an older system meant the profile set restriction keys macOS ignores, and
offasked the asset service to remove a model set it cannot resolve:allowExternalIntelligenceIntegrations*documented "macOS 15.2+"allowNotesTranscriptionSummarydocumented "macOS 15.3+"allowMailSummary15.1+,allowMailSmartRepliesdocumented "macOS 15.4+"allowSafariSummarydocumented "macOS 15.4+"UAFConfigurationManager.getAssetSet:@"com.apple.MobileAsset.UAF.Photos.SpatialPhotosRelive"returns nil on 15.8.1; the set is only defined in the 26.0/26.1/27.2AssetDataEach
Featurenow carries asince: (major, minor)version and asupportedcheck.Catalog.availableFeatures/Catalog.availableModelSetsfeedstatus,features,off --keep, the profile and the app, so an unsupported feature is hidden rather than half working.off --keepnow names a feature that is not on this macOS instead of silently accepting it.setsToRemoveonly ever targets model sets a supported feature names, sooffnever asks the asset service to remove the Spatial Photos set macOS 15 does not describe.This mirrors the
sincegating the tweaks already use.Verified on macOS 15.8.1
Rebuilt and installed locally from this branch:
removemacai statusand the app run cleanly on 15.8.1. Spatial Photos is gone fromstatus,featuresand the app's Apple Intelligence list,off --keep spatial-photosis rejected, and the remaining 13 features still report and remove as before. Newselftestchecks cover the gating.Here is the app running on macOS 15.8.1 (built from this branch):
Notes
off,apply,clean) was run while verifying; only read-onlystatusandselftest..github/workflows/*run onmacos-26, so once this lands every new artifact will carryminos 15.0and run back to Sequoia. The Homebrew formula pulls the prebuilt tarball, so it needs a new release (and bottle) to pick this up.sincefield still defaults to(14, 0). That governs the debloat settings (Dock, Safari, etc.), not Apple Intelligence; since the app now requires 15 those are all reachable. Left as is.Summary by CodeRabbit