Thread: Apple Computers: A Refuge from Microsoft Copilot?

I have used Win10 for years but have never seen CoPilot. I'll have to look up what it is and what it does.

My wife uses a Mac but I can't use one, too hard to use after being a Windows user from day 1.

(I have separate laptops with 3.1, 95, 98, XP, Win 2000, Win 7, and Win 10 - plus Linux Mint. I have Win 8.1 in a box.)

Co-pilot and one drive are easily removed with the free version of revo uninstaller

Originally Posted by p38arover

I have used Win10 for years but have never seen CoPilot. I'll have to look up what it is and what it does.

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copilot is an Ai type thingy assistant for helping with various things(as I understand it)

My partner has to write up assignments, and while she can communicate well, her English isn't perfect.
She's got her degree in Japan, so knows how to do the work, just that it's more confusing for her trying to disseminate English AND trying to complete this MBA course.

copilot helps her to translate English to Japanese and back.

The topics asked of her are 'nearly' understandable, but to confirm her understanding she will translate it into Japanese. Then she knows what she has to do, writes it up in Japanese translates it into English and I check it for grammar and spelling.
copilot is helpful here.

On the online version of word, it's a bit pesky pretty much always asking you what it is you want to do ... basically an assistant.

It would be interesting to see how well it recognises voice ... for example dictation or whatever too(if it can do this).

Originally Posted by incisor

Co-pilot and one drive are easily removed with the free version of revo uninstaller

Do tell - Dave! How and where can one source such a version? Especially, if it is from a secure and reputable source! I am very cautions of clone downloaded freeware that gets somehow linked to the less reputable types, such as hackers.

Postscript: Following on the old philosophy "the Lord helps those who help themselves", I revisited some of the Microsoft forums that are highly critical of Copilot. Armed wit Dave's information I found a contribution that provided a link to the very same company that Dave kindly mentioned. Here is the link.

1. Use Revo Uninstaller to uninstall the program. See the link below:

https://www.revouninstaller.com/revo-uninstalle...


Also, thank you Manoel Barros Independent Advisor for posting the original link. I checked out the site and was happy with their offerings and the security offered if I chose to opt for the paid for - more features version of their software.

Kind regards
Lionel

Originally Posted by Lionelgee

Do tell - Dave! How and where can one source such a version? Especially, if it is from a secure and reputable source! I am very cautions of clone downloaded freeware that gets somehow linked to the less reputable types, such as hackers.

Kind regards
Lionel

You don't need it that much.

On the PC, just go to your programs list in the c section, rightclick copilot and uninstall... easy as that.

If the online version is annoying too, you can disable it via your microsoft account settings. That is, you have Office365, so you have to have a Microsoft account. that could be an outlook, hotmail or whatever account you used to get 365. In the account that you use, you can disable the copilot assistant.

Originally Posted by AK83

You don't need it that much.

On the PC, just go to your programs list in the c section, rightclick copilot and uninstall... easy as that.

If the online version is annoying too, you can disable it via your microsoft account settings. That is, you have Office365, so you have to have a Microsoft account. that could be an outlook, hotmail or whatever account you used to get 365. In the account that you use, you can disable the copilot assistant.

Hello Arthur,

Thank you for that advice and insight. As Maxwell Smart used to say ... "I missed it by that much!"

However, I am more than happy to make a small contribution to any little player in the field who devotes time to remove some of the excesses that some giant conglomerates consider it their right to impose upon their consumers.

Lionel's small act of rebellion against the big players for today .... Tick

Back in the day when even very small country towns had at least one newsagent, they frequently had a rotating stand that held a range of A4 sized laminated posters. One I remember featured a cartoon image of a mouse standing up like a human in the foreground. In the rather too close background was an eagle with its talons fully extended towards the mouse. The eagle's beak was fully opened too. The poster had an inscription something like "The last act of defiance" Closer inspection of the mouse identified that their right hand's middle finger was extended. Apparently, I have not evolved beyond that poster. I never did buy the poster though!

I am back from researching the proper term associated with giving things like animals human characteristics. Thanks to Kassiani Nikolopoulou (2023. Revised on February 7, 2025), accessed 2nd August 2025 from, What Is Anthropomorphism? | Definition & Examples

Anthropomorphism


Anthropomorphism is the attribution of human traits, feelings, and behaviors to inanimate objects, nonhuman animals, or nature. Anthropomorphism can occur consciously or unconsciously and is a common way people perceive the world.

Lionel's little bit of research for today .... Tick

Now it is time for Lionel to go for a walk in the paddock ... see ya!

Kind regards
Lionel

I just checked, Copilot is installed on my PC but it's never shown it's head and I have no idea how to activate it.

I have a MacBook running ventura and use the 365 package mainly because it was part of a deal with telstra and a domain name registration.

I vaguely remember the co-pilot thing popping up out of the blue some months ago when I opened an old word doc and just clicked something like 'not now' or 'decline' or something similar and haven't seen it ever since. Just checked now and it's not there.

DL