For the first time, Apple is charging separately for additional usage of Apple Intelligence, and the first stop is Logic Pro.
New “Buy More” option for $49.99 one-time. What did you buy? Some AI functions in Logic Pro rely on the cloud models of OpenAI or Gemini. These functions originally have quota limits. In the past, you had to wait until they were used up, but now you can pay to renew them.
There are three rules: it can only be used by the person who purchased the account; the unused quota will be carried over from month to month; it will expire after 12 months. This month it will also be expanded to applications such as Pixelmator Pro and Final Cut Pro.
The signal is bigger than $50 itself.
When Apple talked about AI in the past, it was always handled on the device side, built into the system, and without charging any additional fees. But once the function needs to adjust the large third-party cloud model, each call has a real cost, and Apple cannot cover it indefinitely. Users of professional creation software have a high willingness to pay and intensive usage, so it is most reasonable to use them to test the waters first.
For musicians, the most important thing to calculate is how many cloud functions they use in a month. If you use it occasionally, the default quota is probably enough; if you rely on it to arrange and split tracks in batches, you will have to pay for it sooner or later.
The next question is whether Siri and writing tools on iPhone will reach this point. Apple didn't say anything, but the door was already opened.