Apple has begun selling intelligence usage packs, a one-time purchase that lets Apple Creator Studio subscribers keep using intelligence features after they reach the monthly usage limit, according to an Apple support document published on 5 November.
Logic Pro for Mac is the first app to offer the packs and, so far, the only one. The price is $49.99, as reported by 9to5Mac, which says it is the only option shown in the app, and by The Verge. Apple’s support page lists no price.
Apple says the packs “are available as a one-time purchase.” They do not support Family Sharing and “can be used only by the Apple Account you were using for iCloud when the purchase was made,” the company says.
Unused additional usage rolls over from month to month and expires 12 months after purchase, according to Apple. Additional usage is consumed “for relevant features only after you’ve reached your monthly limit in any given month.”
All sales of intelligence usage packs are final, Apple says, and the packs “are not refundable except where required by law.”
The packs are available to customers with active Apple Creator Studio subscriptions in Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, India, Mexico, the United Kingdom and the United States, Apple says.
Where the purchase sits in Logic Pro
To buy additional usage for Logic Pro for Mac, Apple’s instructions are to choose Logic Pro from the menu bar, choose Intelligence Features, choose Show Usage, then choose Buy More Usage.
The same Show Usage screen carries a History option for viewing usage history in Logic Pro. On Mac, usage status for Keynote, Pages, Numbers, Freeform, Pixelmator Pro and Logic Pro is shown through Intelligence Features in the menu bar, with Freeform using a Show Usage Status item. On iPhone and iPad, Apple says usage status sits behind the More button in Keynote, Pages, Numbers, Freeform and Pixelmator Pro.
The Verge says the Buy More Usage option arrived with a Logic Pro update, and that Apple had published a support article in early September outlining usage limits for some Apple Intelligence features. The packs let users continue using features that carry usage limits because they rely on cloud-based models from OpenAI or Google Gemini, The Verge says.
The Logic Pro assistant runs on Google Gemini models
Apple says the assistant in Logic Pro for Mac is powered by Google Gemini models and is available in certain regions where Apple Creator Studio is available. A footnote on the support page says those features are available where Google Gemini models are available, except for Belarus, China mainland, Hong Kong, Macau, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Kosovo, Montserrat, Russia, Turks and Caicos Islands, and Venezuela, and that regions are subject to change.
The assistant needs a Mac with Apple silicon running macOS 27 or later and an Apple Account with iCloud set up and active. Managed account configurations may affect availability, Apple says. The assistant is available in U.S. English only, and Apple’s footnotes list it as available in beta.
Apple says the assistant’s usage limit “is impacted by the complexity of conversations you have with the assistant.” Usage limits reset each month.
The Verge says Logic Pro “has a built-in AI assistant to do things like ‘start a new song, set up a vocal track from a single prompt, or refine an active project.'”
On privacy, Apple says requests and any content shared go to the provider along with limited context such as time zone, country or region, device type, language and the feature in use. General location based on the internet connection is shared for purposes such as helping prevent fraud and complying with applicable law. The IP address is not shared, the information sent is not associated with the Apple Account, and providers are not allowed to use the information to train their models, Apple says.
Monthly limits across the other Creator Studio apps
Apple sets out minimum monthly volumes for the other intelligence features, if each is used exclusively:
- Generate 50 images
- Generate 250 shapes
- Generate 50 presentations, with approximately 8–10 slides each
- Generate presenter notes for 700 slides
The exact number of images, slides, shapes and presenter notes varies with the complexity of the queries, server availability and network availability, Apple says.
Generate Presentation is powered by OpenAI and is available only in regions that OpenAI supports and where Apple Creator Studio is available, according to Apple. Images generated for slides as part of that feature are also powered by OpenAI. Generate Image, Generate Shape and Generate Presenter Notes are powered by Google Gemini.
The features available exclusively to Apple Creator Studio subscribers are Image Generation in Keynote, Pages, Numbers, Pixelmator Pro and Freeform; Shape Generation in Keynote, Pages, Numbers and Pixelmator Pro; Super Resolution and Auto Crop in Keynote, Pages, Numbers and Freeform; Generate Presentation, Generate Presenter Notes and Slide Clean Up in Keynote; the assistant in Logic Pro for Mac; and Magic Fill in Numbers. Some features are subject to age restrictions that may vary by region.
9to5Mac says usage packs are expected in Final Cut Pro, Pixelmator Pro and the iWork suite when the rest of the already-announced Apple Creator Studio updates arrive this month. The Verge lists Pixelmator Pro, Final Cut Pro, Motion, Pages, Keynote and Numbers as expected to get the option this month.
Apple says the features “may lead to unexpected results” and provides a “Report a concern” control for generated presentations, presenter notes, images and shapes. The features do not integrate with personal ChatGPT and Google accounts.