whitesoulss/enableappleintelligence

This project is a one click shell script for Apple Silicon Macs sold with a China market SKU, aimed at unlocking Apple Intelligence features that Apple does not normally enable on those specific machines. The README is written in Chinese and confirms testing on macOS versions 26.5 and 26.5.1, with experimental, not fully stable support for the newer macOS 27 beta. The core idea is that a China market Mac reports its region as China at a low system level, in a hardware identity record read very early during startup, and every Apple Intelligence related service downstream checks that value before deciding whether to turn features like the new Siri, Writing Tools, or Image Playground on. Instead of patching each app individually, the script installs a small kernel extension that changes this low level region and country value at runtime to look like a United States machine, so every process that checks it afterward sees the changed identity automatically. Using it requires lowering the Mac's built in security protections first: disabling System Integrity Protection and authenticated root from macOS Recovery, and switching Startup Security Utility to a reduced security mode that allows loading kernel extensions from identified developers. The README also recommends using a non Chinese Apple ID, setting the system region to the United States, and connecting through a non Chinese network. After running the script, it installs the kernel extension plus a background service that reloads it automatically on every startup, adjusts several internal system settings and caches related to region and eligibility checks, and switches the default search engine used by Siri and Safari. The script includes commands to check its own status, verify success, and fully uninstall itself and restore the original settings. The author also notes that once the change is confirmed working, some security protections such as authenticated root and FileVault can safely be turned back on, but System Integrity Protection itself must stay in its reduced mode, since fully restoring it would stop the kernel extension from loading. This is a narrow, region specific system tweak intended for technically confident Mac owners, not a general purpose tool.