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Siri on the Mac goes even deeper into your software than it does on iPhone and iPad. It can search for files, check your system settings, and understands contextual language, so you can ask one question and follow it up with a related one right after. How to enable Siri on the Mac When you first set up your Mac or update it to a new version of macOS, you will be asked if you want to use Siri on the Mac.
If you didn't enable it at that time, you can do so manually at any time from System Preferences. Click on the Apple icon in the upper left corner of your screen. Select System Preferences from the drop-down menu. Select Siri (it is in the fourth section down). Tick the box on the left side of the window to Talk to Siri. Select a language. Select a Siri Voice.
If you don't want Siri to speak, turn off Voice Feedback. Select the Mic input from the internal one or an external accessory. How to enable 'Type to Siri' on the Mac. In macOS High Sierra and later, you can type your search query to Siri instead of having to ask it out loud. So if you're in a meeting and trying to find that spreadsheet your boss just asked you for, you can ask Siri to find it for you without having to interrupt what's being said. How to use a keyboard shortcut to activate Siri You can click on Siri in your app Dock or the Menu bar at the top of the screen. But if you prefer keyboard shortcuts, you're in luck — Siri likes them, too.
Click on the Apple icon in the upper left corner of your screen. Select System Preferences from the drop-down menu. Select Siri (it is in the fourth section down). Under Keyboard Shortcut, select a keyboard shortcut to use. By default, you hold down Command-Space, but you can also select from Option-Space, Function-Space, or you can customize it with the key combination you prefer. When you have a keyboard shortcut assigned, you can simply press and hold the two assigned keys until Siri pops up.
How to pin Siri results to Notification Center All of your Siri search results can be pinned right into Notification Center. This can be very helpful if you are keeping track of documents for work — or you simply want to add pictures of Oscar Isaac to your Today view. Click on the Siri icon in the Menu bar or Dock, or use your keyboard shortcut to activate Siri.
Tell Siri to find you a file, document, or perform a web search. When the search results appear in Siri's window, click the Plus (+) button next to the search results. The Siri search results will be pinned to the Today view of your Notification Center.
To remove it, hover over the search section in Notification Center and click on the X. Here are some things that Siri can do on the Mac Siri can search for files. Siri has access to the files and documents on your computer. You can search for files based on date, and even narrow the search in a second query. 'Find files I worked on last week.' . 'Just the ones from Saturday.'
. 'Just Pages documents.' You can also search for emails, contact information, calendar events, directions, Notes, and more. 'Do I have any new emails?' . 'What's on my schedule today?'
. 'How do I get to the Apple Store?' . 'Find X name Note.' . ' What is my mom's address?'
(If you ask for contact information for a relationship, Siri will ask who that person is, by name.) Siri can tell you more about your Mac. Did you know Siri is a sports fan? Ask it which team will win the next big game. You can ask Siri for the schedule of upcoming games, the current standings of a league, the team roster of tomorrow's match, and player stats. Siri knows about football, baseball, basketball, hockey, soccer, and, as of macOS 10.2.4, cricket. Here's what Siri knows about sports:.
Soccer: Italian Seria A, English Premier League, Dutch Eredivisie, Major League Soccer, French Ligue 1, Spanish La Liga, and German Bundesliga. Baseball: Major League Baseball. Football: NCAA Football, NFL. Basketball: NCAA Basketball, NBA, WNBA.
Hockey: NHL. Cricket: IPL and ICC For each of those sports, Siri can provide:.
Scores. Standings. Schedules. Team Rosters.
Player stats If you want to know about a sports team, game, or league, just say, 'When do the West Indies play next?' Or 'Who won the A's game last night?' Siri will jam out to your tunes with you.
Siri has access to Apple Music and your music library. If you want to hear a specific song or album, or just want to relax to any genre of music, Siri can help.
'Play me some tunes.' . 'Play the top 10 songs of 1962.' . 'Play metal songs from the 80s.' Thanks to Shazam integration, Siri can also tell you what song is playing so you don't have to open iTunes to find out. Because Siri has access to your system settings, it can adjust the volume, pause, skip, and replay songs.
As of macOS High Sierra, when you're using Apple Music, Siri learns your style and can create custom playlists based on what you like. For example, it can create the perfect playlist for your weekend backyard BBQ or workout. It also answers music trivia like identifying members of a band, or what was the first album an artist put out. With support from Safari, Maps, and Find My Friends, Siri on the Mac can actually plan your evening for you.
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Ask about movies playing nearby, including their current rating; find out if there are any restaurants where you can book a table; and with Find My Friends enabled, you can even find out if your crew is putting one back at the local pub. 'What movies are playing tonight.' When you click on a movie, you will be directed to Fandango on the web.
'Is 'Sully' any good?' You'll get a Rotten Tomatoes rating and a link to watch the trailer on movietrailers.apple.com. 'Find reservations for dinner tonight at seven.' Siri can't book the reservation, but when you select a restaurant, you will see the Maps info card and can call or visit the website to make reservations. Set Smart Reminders with Siri. You don't have to get specific when asking Siri to set reminders for you: Since the Reminders app works with dates, times, and locations, you can get notified in a number of ways.
'Remind me to take out the garbage when I get home.' . 'Remind me to finish typing my resume tomorrow.' .
'Remind me to walk the dog every morning at 7:00 AM.' Siri also has an uncanny ability to recognize the app you're using thanks to its machine learning algorithms and can set reminders based on what you are doing currently. 'Remind me to look at this tonight.' . 'Remind me to respond to this email after lunch.'
Siri can control your HomeKit accessories. With the arrival of macOS Mojave and the Home app for macOS, Siri on the Mac has gained the ability to control your HomeKit scenes and accessories, just like it can on your iPhone or iPad. This includes everything from lights to thermostats. 'Turn off the lights in my bedroom.'
. 'Set the temperature to 72 degrees.'
. 'Set my Goodnight scene.' Ask Siri anything Siri has a wealth of knowledge built into its ever-increasing intelligence.
It knows a lot about sports, music, geography, astronomy, and more. If Siri doesn't know the answer outright, it can find more information for you with a quick search of the web. You can ask Siri anything — and the more you ask, the more Apple will (anonymously) learn about what users need from Siri.
Have a question about Siri on the Mac? Let us know in the comments.
Updated November 2018: Added information about controlling HomeKit accessories. Removed section about posting on social media, as that is no longer available in Siri for Mac.
During iPhone update to iOS 10.3.1, I was asked for my password using the correct machine name for my Mac mini. To be clear, the request was not for my iCloud password, my actual local user account password for macOS. This can also happen in the other direction - setting up a Mac may ask for verification for you to enter your iPhone / iPad passcode (and not your iCloud password) I could not find any information about this kind of access. I was thinking it was security for iCloud and possibly related to two step authorization or two factor authorization.
This is the first time I can think of that I entered a desktop password outside of that actual desktop. I don't have a screen shot but I recall an implication that some files in my Mac are encrypted and need my password. Need to enter the password for.' Are there settings I can I control this assuming it's a legitimate part of iCloud setup process or iOS setup process? When you reset all settings or restore a backup from iCloud (or set up a device as new), the Keychain / iCloud and local USB trust pairings are removed and you should be prompted to trust the Mac when it connects to your iPhone.
After the trust setting dialog pops up (if you are connected over USB), there is now a screen that asks you to enter your iCloud password to finish setting up the iOS device. I have not seen the follow on passcode/password page ever until today. In my case, it wanted the passcode on another iPad and not a Mac ( I have two iPads, an iPhone, Apple Watch, two Mac connected to my iCloud account as primary accounts / keychain sync enabled on all). Enter Passcode for Other iPad Access to your account is protected by the passcode for 'iPad'. Your passcode is encrypted and cannot be read by Apple.
In my case, the iPad in question is named iPad Air 2 and there's a blue link with the text 'Forgot iPad Air 2 passcode?' Tapping that lets me select another device to enter a passcode.
I then selected my Mac Pro and the text changes to: Enter Mac Pro Password Access to your account is protected by the password for 'Mike's Mac Pro'. Your passcode is encrypted and cannot be read by Apple. I do have two step authentication enabled for my iCloud account so this seems a legitimate change that Apple has implemented recently to secure backups and/or joining a 'new' device or OS to the keychain syncing / trust chain. After entering the password, there was a long delay (the iPad screen went dark) and the next step was the iCloud Keychain dialog which also was slow to continue when I tapped that. I had a similar password request and I have a screen shot.
This seems very strange to me. They could send me identification codes to all the devices but why do they ask for a password of a different device? Unless I see an official document by apple, I will not enter any passwords. I do not use icloud anyway.
This request comes without connecting to the mac. So, here is the solution: Just press: 'I forgot the password'. The phone will warn you that all the top secret info in the cloud will be deleted. But if you do not have anything in the cloud you can safely ignore this. After this everything is fine.
I think apple is a little bit confusing with asking for things it does not need (in cases of users that do not use icloud). I just went through this for the first time. To avoid entering the other device's password on the new iOS device, I followed this process:. Tap the 'Forgot other device passcode?' . After several confirmation dialogs, this should bring up up a list of other devices to choose from.
Tap the 'Forgot passcode for all devices' link at the bottom of the list. After additional confirmation dialogs, you should receive an alert on your other device(s) prompting you to approve the new device. Follow the prompts on one of your other devices to authorize the new device.