


This leads to a few uncomfortable situations. (You can remove them later by clicking an X icon in the same location.) No copyright intended. You can drag and drop, or copy and paste, results into other apps, Many results also come with a plus icon in the top right corner, allowing you to pin them to the top of the Today view inside Notification Center. When Siri returns answers to your requests in that floating window, that’s not the end of the story. (You can choose what microphone Siri uses, and whether Siri speaks its results aloud, in the new Siri pane in the System Preferences app.) Activating Siri brings up a floating window with an audio waveform, and then displays the results of your query in that same window. It’s largely the Siri you know, but since a Mac is not an iPhone or iPad, there are a few interesting variations.įirst off, you can’t trigger Siri on the Mac with a “Hey Siri.” Unlike iOS devices, on the Mac you need to type a keystroke or click on the Siri icon in the menu bar or the Dock in order to begin speaking. It took five years, but Siri has finally made the leap from iOS to the Mac with Sierra. I’ve spent the last couple of months using Sierra almost every day. There’s also an intriguing new integration with iOS hardware, a major update to Photos, and a whole lot more. Though the name has changed, macOS Sierra follows Apple’s Mac gameplan of recent years, adding features in sync with updates to iOS, and expansion of iCloud integration. Version 10.12 of the operating system that runs the Mac is here, and with it, a new/old name: macOS. Note: This story has not been updated since 2016. MacOS Sierra Review: Hey Siri, where did my files go?
