How to Generate a Report of Apple Intelligence Requests Sent to Private Cloud Compute

From Apple’s support documentation:

You can generate a report of requests your iPhone has sent to Private Cloud Compute.

  1. Go to Settings, then tap Privacy & Security.

  2. Tap Apple Intelligence Report, then choose a report duration for the last 15 minutes (default) or last 7 days. Choose off to disable the report.

    Note: The report may be empty if there haven’t been any Private Cloud Compute requests since you changed the duration.

  3. Tap Export Activity, choose a place to store the file, then tap Export.

    The report is saved as a file named Apple_Intelligence_Report.json.

  4. Open the file with a text reader.

These are the iOS instructions, but they’re exactly the same on MacOS 15 Sequoia. My first generated report was empty for the last 7 days, and it was empty again even after running the Writing Tools Proofread function on the text of my 4,000-word “Something Is Rotten in the State of Cupertino” article from this week. But when I ran the Writing Tools Summarize feature on the same text, I wound up with a long entry that was sent to Private Cloud Compute. So, at the moment, Summarize seems like a good way to invoke Private Cloud Compute, even from a relatively powerful Mac.

Here’s the summary Apple Intelligence generated. I have to say: it’s pretty good. It’s completely petty but also completely me to notice and object to the way it uses two spaces after periods — and worse, only some of the time. Also, the sentence “This raises concerns about the company’s ability to maintain its position as a leader in AI innovation” is, let’s say, off the mark.

★ Saturday, 15 March 2025