Unwanted bloatware on MacBook Air M2

My MacBook Air M2 has way too much bloatware which is not useful or needed. While many of you say to live with it, I would reply that having all of the bloatware running in the background is using up memory, CPU cycles and leave the system open to hackers. Every update adds more and more bloatware. I have no need to games, finances, classroom, teacher, and many other bloatware running in the background consuming resources and slowing down my internet. Spying on user activities should not be allowed to an extent where the Internet is disrupted just so reports can be sent to Apple.

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MacBook Air, macOS 15.1

Posted on Dec 16, 2024 4:55 PM

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Dec 16, 2024 6:51 PM in response to edouard58

None of the apps installed with macOS consume anything but drive space until you launch them. They don't run in the background, they don't consume CPU cycles and they definitely don't leave your system open to hackers. They don't track you and they don't spy on your activities.

Your perception of what you call bloatware on the Apple Mac platform is misinformed.

Apple is one of the strongest proponents of user privacy and security of all the big tech companies.

If your don't wish to use these apps, simply tuck them away in a folder in Launchpad and ignore them. They won't run without you launching them. They don't even have to be in your line of sight if you don't wish it.

If you are experiencing some sort of performance issue with the internet on your MacBook, please feel free to explain to us what's going on and we'll see what we can do to help you solve the problem.

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Unwanted bloatware on MacBook Air M2