[jwagenet]

I understand people don't like this kind of OCR stuff for privacy reasons, but selecting text from images is probably the most useful feature added to iOS in the last ~5 years for me.

[walterbell]

It could be even more useful if performed on demand, e.g. long-press on photo region with text.

[jaffa2]

Isnt that exactly how it works?

[walterbell]

From the first message in this thread:

  automatic OCR / processing of all image files on macOS

If OCR was deferred until user request/consent, it would eliminate the battery/performance cost of speculative image analysis.

[zapzupnz]

The first message in the thread isn't the definition of the actual feature.

[walterbell]

What's the best way to disable all MacOS image processing background services?

[zapzupnz]

There isn't any such service; it's on demand.