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How to Enable “Type to Siri” on Mac

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While Siri is perhaps best known as the voice assistant bundled on modern Macintosh computers and iOS devices, Siri can also be interacted with by typing out good old text commands.

By enabling Type to Siri on the Mac, you can use Siri sort of like a text based virtual assistant, where typing out “set a timer for 5 minutes” has the same effect as the same verbal pronunciation would.

Type to Siri is an accessibility option in Mac OS (and iOS, though we’re focusing on the former in this specific article) but

How to Enable Type To Siri on Mac OS

Type to Siri requires macOS High Sierra 10.13 or later, it is not supported in Sierra or earlier MacOS releases, whether they have general Siri support or otherwise.

  1. Go to the  Apple menu and choose “System Preferences”
  2. Choose “Accessibility” and scroll in the left side menu and select “Siri”
  3. Check the box for “Enable Type to Siri” to turn on the feature

    4. Type To Siri on a Mac

  4. Close out of System Preferences as usual

Now you can use Type to Siri, interacting with Siri by typing out commands rather than speaking them.

Type To Siri on a Mac

Using Type To Siri on the Mac is pretty much what you’d expect. Activate Siri like you normally would on the Mac, either by pressing the little Siri icon in the upper right corner, the icon in the Dock, or a keyboard shortcut, and Siri will be summoned as usual. But instead of saying a command, start typing instead. For example “What time is it in London?” or “set an alarm for 6 am”.

What you’d normally interact with by voice can now be done by typing instead, try a few things out. If you need some ideas, refer to this huge list of Siri commands, our many Siri tips, or even the funny Siri commands for things a bit on the lighter side.

While this pertains to the Mac, Type To Siri also exists on the iPhone and iPad, but it’s arguably less useful in the iOS world since those devices are not as typing driven as a Mac would be.

Source: OSX Daily

January 12, 2018 0 comment
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How to Activate Siri on iPhone X

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The iPhone X includes Siri access, the ever helpful (and sometimes goofy) virtual assistant that can perform tons of tasks by issuing simple commands by voice. But if you’re accustomed to accessing Siri by holding down a Home button and now you have iPhone X, you’re probably wondering how to access Siri on the iPhone which does not have a Home button at all.

Accessing Siri on iPhone X is easy as it ever was, it’s just different because there is no Home button on the device. It turns out there are actually a few ways to access Siri on iPhone X, using a button, or by using the Hey Siri voice command.


Siri with no Home button? No problem! Rather than pressing a non-existent button, to get to Siri on the iPhone X you must hold down the Power button instead.

Yes, pressing and holding down the power button now summons Siri on iPhone X, and this is likely to be how you access Siri on future iPhone and iPad models that will forgo the Home button as well. You might be wondering how this works, and it’s quite simple:

Access Siri on iPhone X by Pressing Power Button

Press and hold the Power Side button on the iPhone X, keep holding the side button until you see the “How can I help you?” Siri screen with the little Siri listening indicator at the bottom of the display, and then release the button once you see Siri on screen.

How to access Siri on iPhone X

In case you were wondering, the Power / Side button is located on the right side of iPhone X if you’re looking at the screen.

Once you see the Siri screen on iPhone X, you can stop holding the Power button down. Just issue a voice command to Siri like you normally would, for example you can use these type of commands and questions:

  • “What is the weather in Oshkosh Wisconsin?”
  • “What time is it in Tokyo”
  • “Remind me at 4 o clock about the meeting with Joe”
  • “What song is playing right now?”
  • “Set an alarm for 7am every week day”
  • “How many feet are in 15 miles?”
  • “What can you do for me?”

    • There are literally hundreds of Siri commands available out there, if you’re not sure what you can do with Siri just ask Siri “What can you do for me?”

    Accessing Siri on iPhone X

    The Power / Side / Lock button on iPhone X performs many tasks. It’s what you click to lock the screen, press in combination to take a screenshot of iPhone X, double-press to access Apple Pay on iPhone X, press in a different combination to force restart iPhone X, and you can press it once to wake or sleep the screen too.

    Access Siri on iPhone X with Hey Siri Voice Commands

    You can also access Siri on iPhone X by voice command only, but you must setup and enable Hey Siri in iOS on the device.

    You may have done this already when configuring iPhone X on initial setup, but if you skipped it then simply go to the Settings app and find “Siri & Search” section and choose to enable “Listen for Hey Siri” in the settings.

    Once Hey Siri is enabled and configured to your voice, as long as the iPhone X is charged and screen up*, and not in Low Power Mode, you can say “Hey Siri” followed by a Siri command and that will work to access Siri too.

    Accessing and activating Siri on iPhone X

    * A little known trick for temporarily deactivating Hey Siri is to turn the iPhone screen down… the more you know!

    So, remember for iPhone X there are two major ways to access Siri: Hey Siri voice command, and by pressing and holding on the Side Power button.

    Using Siri on iPhone X

    The power button trick for accessing Siri is unique to iPhone X (or any other iOS device without a Home button if you happen to have some prototype model or future gen device), because previously you would hold down the Home button to access Siri on iPhone models. But, now iPhone X has no Home button, so you have to use the Side Power button instead.

    If for whatever reason you can’t get Siri to work at all, try these Siri troubleshooting tricks to resolve the problem.

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December 31, 2017 0 comment
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How to Disable Bad Language in Siri on iPhone and iPad

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If you don’t want Siri to ever dictate, speak, or write out explicit language, you can disable bad language in Siri for iPhone and iPad completely.

By disabling explicit language support in Siri, the virtual assistant will use asterisks to cover up curse words and bad language, like “s**t”, and will literally bleep explicit language if it is spoken or repeated by the AI voice for whatever reason.


To be perfectly clear, it’s not like Siri is going to swear at you if you don’t disable explicit language specifically. Siri will go out of it’s way to avoid bad language, and often reply to a curse word with something like “there’s no need to say that!”, but sometimes Siri can hear or interpret something wrong, a bad word can be fond when Siri is reading something on screen to you, or if you routinely use colorful language and four letter words yourself then it will be dictated and incorporated into the Siri commands you give to your iPhone or iPad. Also, some music and media content contains explicit language in the titles, and some foreign language translations may be dirty, and so those are additional situations where bad language could arrive from the typically polite Siri.

How to Disable Explicit Language in Siri for iOS

  1. Open the “Settings” app and go to “General” and then to “Restrictions” (you may need to enable restrictions to access this settings section, just don’t forget the passcode)
  2. Tap on “Siri” under the Restrictions settings
  3. Look for “Explicit Language” and turn the setting OFF to disable explicit language with Siri

    4. Disable Explicit Language in Siri for iOS

  4. Exit out of Settings

Now if you use Siri and feed it bad language (or vice versa if you can somehow get Siri to curse at you through a series of goofy Siri commands or legitimate ones), then Siri will use asterisks to blank out the bad word(s). Additionally, Siri will literally bleep bad language instead of saying it, sort of like what you hear if someone curses with bad language on live radio or TV, except it’s Siri doing the beep bleeping.

Siri bad language disabled

If you’re wondering why this setting is in Restrictions, it’s probably because the Restrictions feature of iOS is sort of like parental controls on the iPhone and iPad, and you can use other Restrictions settings in iOS to block adult content and adult websites too.

Siri disabled bad language

Remember, if you do set a restrictions passcode then do not forget it. If you forgot your iOS Restrictions password you will need to reset it which is not a particularly fun process that involves backing up and erasing the device, but as of now that’s the only thing to do.

And of course if you want Siri to have free reign with his/her language and be able to say **** at will, then re-enable the Explicit Language toggle again via Settings > General > Restrictions > Siri > Explicit Language.

This could be a particularly helpful tip for parents and educators, even if Siri will typically never report bad language unless it is dictated as a command. Or maybe you can use it yourself if you’re trying to cut out some particular words from your vocabulary? Who ****ing knows!

Source: OSX Daily

December 28, 2017 0 comment
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How to Turn Off Face ID With a Siri Voice Command

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Face ID on the iPhone X is great for quickly unlocking your device, but there are times when you don’t want it to work—like if a friend grabs your phone, a mugger steals it, or you have to deal with the police.

If your hands are free and the iPhone X is still in your possession, it’s easy to turn off Face ID. Just press down on all three physical buttons (volume up, volume down, and the side button) to switch off this feature. But what if someone already snatched your phone or your hands aren’t free because you’re driving? Don’t worry, Apple thought of that too.

As reported by Reddit, all your have to do is say “Hey Siri, whose phone is this?” and Face ID will switch off automatically—this also works for Touch ID on older iPhones. Once you’re in the clear, just say “Hey Siri, goodbye” to switch it back on.

You probably won’t use this feature very often, but it could be extremely handy in a pinch. The law is still a little murky when it comes to Face ID/Touch ID and the police—freedom of speech protects you from having to enter your passcode, but cops can still force you to unlock your device with a face or fingerprint scan.

This could also work if someone tries to steal your iPhone X and unlock it with your face, but in that case you may just want to play along. You’re probably better off just giving away your smartphone than risking bodily harm to keep it locked. You can always wipe it remotely afterwards.

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December 22, 2017 0 comment
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How to Translate Languages with Siri on iPhone and iPad

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Whether you’re a frequent traveler, simply learning a new language, or interacting with someone who speaks in a different language, Siri for iOS now has the fantastic ability to translate between languages on the fly. For example, you can ask Siri to say “I need a taxi ride to the airport” in French, and Siri will not only instantly translate that for you in written text, but also say it aloud.

Essentially you can think of of Siri on iPhone or iPad as a digital translator that is always with you, and it works to translate between English, Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, French, German, and Italian.

Try it out yourself, it works really well and is quite fast.

How to Translate Between Languages with Siri Instantly on iPhone and iPad

Think of Siri like your personal translator, it’s super easy to use on iOS:

  1. Summon Siri on the iPhone or iPad by using a button press or Hey Siri voice command
  2. Tell Siri “Translate (phrase) into (language)”, where language is either Spanish, French, German, Italian, or Mandarin Chinese

Translating languages with Siri on iPhone

Siri will instantly translate the phrase into the language specified. The translation is immediately spoken aloud, and also written out in text on the phone. Additionally, there is a little play button next to the translation to play the spoken translation again, so you can easily repeat the translated phrase too.

Replay the language translation with Siri in iOS

You can also ask Siri “How do you say (word or phrase) in (language)”.

Siri will report back the phrase translated into the requested language.

Example Siri Language Translation Phrases

For examples of what you can say for Siri to translate, try saying or requesting things like the following:

  • ‘Translate “I’d like to order the chicken schnitzel” in German’
  • ‘How do you say “I do not want sour cream in burrito” in Spanish’
  • ‘Translate “I need a taxi to the airport in 2 hours” in French’
  • ‘How do you say “this is the best piccata I have ever had” in Italian”
  • ‘Translate “what do you think of iPhone X” into Chinese’
  • ‘How do you say “give me two train tickets to Geneva” in German’

Translate with Siri

The key is to tell Siri specifically at the start of the command either to “translate” or ask “how do you say”, followed by the phrase and the language. If you simply tell Siri a phrase and then follow it up with “in (language)” it will not work properly. For example if Siri starts trying to search the web for something you asked, you didn’t make the right request, or Siri interpreted you wrong, or you’re speaking to it wrong.

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Not all major languages are supported yet with Siri translation, and currently Siri only can translate between English, French, Italian, German, and Mandarin Chinese, but it’s probable that other popular languages will debut in the future. Notably absent are the other major global languages with hundreds of millions of speakers, like Portuguese, Bahasa, Hindi, Japanese, Russian, Arabic, Punjabi, Korean, and others, but it’s quite likely translation capabilities for these other languages will arrive with future Siri updates and iOS versions.

Translating languages with Siri works for some but not all major languages yet

If you’re heading on vacation somewhere but aren’t quite fluent (or don’t speak a lick) in the native tongue, Siri is suddenly your indispensable travel companion. Of course this new Siri translation capability will also be useful for learning foreign languages and just communicating with people who are speak foreign languages, and not just traveling. Surely there will be a handful of kids who discover Siri language translation has made their French homework much easier too… And for those who are using this for educational purposes, don’t forget you can also change the language on your iPhone or iPad or MacA, which may further help you to learn a foreign language by immersing yourself a bit further.

The only requirements for Siri translation is that the iPhone or iPad be running iOS 11 or later and has an active internet connection, either cellular or wi-fi. This means if you’re abroad somewhere, you could grab a local SIM card and use your iPhone with you to translate anywhere you go, or use the translation ability anywhere there is wi-fi. However you use it, this is an undeniably convenient feature and a very welcome addition to iOS and Siri.

Have fun and try it out yourself, it’s pretty great!

Source: OSX Daily

November 15, 2017 0 comment
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How to Get Siri to Pronounce Your Friends’ Names Right

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One of the most useful things you can do with Siri on your iPhone is dictate a text message and send it to a friend, but that can also reveal one of the most annoying flaws about Apple’s software assistant: Siri really sucks at pronouncing uncommon names. Thankfully, there’s a solution if you’re tired of hearing Siri mispronounce the same names over and over.

AppleInsider has a video guide on how to correct Siri’s pronunciation. Check it out below, or read on for step-by-step instructions if you can’t watch a video right now.

How to Fix Siri’s Pronunciation of Your Friends’ Names

The next time Siri mispronounces a name, just respond “You pronounced it wrong.” (You can also trigger the interaction by saying, “Hey Siri, show contact…” and then spelling out their name.) Then correct the AI’s pronunciation.

Siri will ask how to pronounce the contact’s first name. Say it out loud and you’ll generate a list of options with a play button next to each one so you can listen to the audio. Pick the best pronunciation, or tap on “Tell Siri again” if none of them work. Once you find the right option you’ll do the same thing for their last name and then you’re done.

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If you don’t feel like talking to Siri, there’s also a text-based alternative. Just go into your iPhone contacts, pick a friend and select Edit. Then scroll down, tap on “add field” and pick “Pronunciation first name.” Type out how Siri should pronounce it. Then do the same thing for their last name too.

Finally, if Siri keeps mispronouncing your name just say, “Hey Siri, who am I?” When the AI offers a garbled version of your name in response, respond “You pronounced it wrong” and the follow the same steps as before to set up the right pronunciation.

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October 23, 2017 0 comment
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How to Identify a Song Playing on a Mac with Siri

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Have you ever been watching a movie or video, or maybe you’re in a coffee shop or restaurant, and you hear a song or some music that you want to identify? If you’re on your Mac, your computer can recognize what songs are playing by using Siri. This is essentially the feature that also works to identify what song is playing by using iPhone or iPad, but it’s on the Mac, and allows for identifying songs playing from the same hardware.


This obviously requires a Mac with a modern Mac OS release with Siri support as well as a microphone, so if you don’t have Siri on the Mac you won’t have this capability on your computer. And yes, the internal microphone works fine for picking up songs that are playing out of the computers own built-in speakers.

Recognize Songs and Music Playing on a Mac with Siri

  1. Either play a song or wait for a song to be playing somewhere…
  2. Click on the Siri button in the upper right corner of the Mac

    3. Siri icon

  3. Ask Siri “what song is playing”, Siri will listen for a moment and then respond with the song if identified

    4. Identify what song is playing on Mac with Siri

  4. When Siri identifies a song on the Mac, iTunes will also open automatically, but often do nothing

    5. Identifying what song is playing on a Mac with Siri

This works great to identify songs or music when watching a show or movie on Netflix or Amazon Prime, or even something you hear in a YouTube video, elsewhere on the web, or on Facebook or Instagram.

Find what song is playing on a Mac with Siri

That iTunes automatically opens after Siri has identified a song is a little strange and annoying, but there does not appear to be a way to disable that from happening so you’ll either have to quit iTunes or just ignore it.

Oh and by the way, if you have Windows 10 on a PC, Mac, or Virtual Machine, and have Cortana, Cortana can also identify music playing too on request. Or you can pickup and use an iPhone or iPad to ask Siri to tell you what song is playing as well.

This is just one of may abilities available with Siri, check out the Siri commands list for Mac and the Siri commands list for iPhone and iPad too, there is some overlap between the two but because Mac OS and iOS are different each has unique Siri functions available to their respective host operating systems too.

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September 8, 2017 0 comment
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Have Siri Show Your Calendar & Appointments on iPhone, iPad, or Mac

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Are you having a busy day, and wondering what is next on your Calendar agenda? Maybe you forgot when that appointment is tomorrow? Or perhaps you’re wondering if you’re free next Tuesday for a meeting at a specific time? You can ask Siri to tell you, utilizing the virtual assistant as a little personal assistant on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac.

Interacting with Calendar using Siri is one my favorite set of Siri command tricks, and if you get into the habit of using it this way it may become one of yours too. The Calendar on iPhone, Mac, and iPad is one of the most useful features of iOS and Mac for anyone who is maintaining a busy lifestyle or a lot of appointments and meetings, whether work, personal, or both, and combined with Siri the Calendar is even better since you can request all sorts of information with the digital assistant.

Siri Calendar Enquiries and Reporting Commands

Siri has full access to your Calendar and any events, so if you want Siri to tell you what’s coming up on your calendar or if you have a meeting today, tomorrow, or several years from now, just ask. All of these Siri commands work on any device with Siri, whether it’s an iPhone, iPad, or Mac.

Summon Siri as usual by holding down the Home button, by using Hey Siri voice activation, or hitting the menu button on a Mac, and then use the following type of questions about the calendar:

  • What’s on my calendar today?
  • What’s on my calendar tomorrow?
  • What’s on my calendar for Friday?
  • What’s on my calendar this week?
  • What’s on my calendar next week?
  • What am I doing next week at 4pm?
  • Show me my calendar for next Tuesday
  • Show me my calendar for next month
  • What’s coming up on my calendar?
  • Do I have anything planned for September 4?
  • What’s on my calendar in December of 2021?
  • When is my meeting with Bob?

Siri what is on my calendar today

Siri will scan your calendars, including shared calendars, and report back any findings, if you use broader questions that have larger time spans Siri will even provide a little calendar embedded into the response.

If nothing is found that pertains to the question asked then a response something like “you have no appointments on that day” or “I didn’t find any appointments for today” will arrive instead.

Siri says no appointments today on Calendar

And yes, if you show holidays on the Calendar then those will appear on the calendar requests from Siri too.

Siri showing everything planned on a specific day calendar

Of course you can also add and modify calendar events, meetings, and dates using Siri too, with commands like “set up a meeting for 10am with Bob”, “make a new appointment next Friday at 4pm”, “reschedule my meeting with Bob from 3pm to 4pm” or “cancel todays appointment” and many other variations. The Calendar and Siri work fantastic together, so give them a try.

If you enjoyed this, you might also like to see a giant list of Siri commands or browse through our wide collection of Siri tips here.

Source: OSX Daily

August 30, 2017 0 comment
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How to Type to Siri on iPhone and iPad in iOS 11

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Siri has primarily been a voice based assistant. While other assistants like Microsoft’s Cortana and Google Assistant have the ability to text to the assistant, Siri remained voice only. iOS 11 finally adds the ability to type to Siri. This will come in really handy when you’re in a position where you can’t talk out loud to your virtual personal assistant.

How Type to Siri Works

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iOS 11 has a new accessibility setting that switches you to a text mode for Siri. Using this mode, you’ll be able to use the keyboard to type out questions to Siri. And Siri will reply on screen. It won’t read out the answers.

Google Assistant lets you use both voice and keyboard in the same view. Siri does not. You have to expressly switch to Type to Siri mode.

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When enabled, you’ll find a keyboard propped up and ready to go. Type your question or just a keyword like weather and you’ll see the response on the screen. The keyboard will go away and you’ll still see a text input box at the bottom of the screen.

Yes, this isn’t the ideal way we’d want to use this feature. But as it’s under Accessibility, the implementation makes sense. And if you have hearing issues, you can finally switch to this mode and start using Siri. For others, we’ll need to make a choice if switching to the keyboard mode is useful enough to permanently give up on the voice assistant functionality (including Hey Siri feature).

How to Switch to Type to Siri Mode

Step 1: Open Settings app from the Home screen.

Step 2: From General, select Accessibility.

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Step 3: Tap on Siri.

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Step 4: In this section, tap on the toggle next to Type to Siri.

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Will You Switch to This Mode?

Is this feature what you thought it would be? Will you be switching to the keyboard mode? Share with us in the comments below.

Don’t forget to check out the iOS 11 features for the list of 125+ features, and our iOS 11 category page for the comprehensive coverage of the upcoming update for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.

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9 Cool Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do with Siri

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Some people use Siri every day to take care of tasks like opening apps, setting up meetings, or creating reminders. But, there are many others who completely forget that Siri exists. If you are in the latter group, you may not realize just how much Siri can help. Aside from ordinary tasks, take a look at what else Siri can do for you on your iOS device or Mac.

On Your iPhone or iPad

#1. Phone – Access Calls

When you need to make a call in a hurry, there is no reason to hunt down a contact’s number. And, Siri can get you other details as well. Try these commands without even opening your Phone app:

  • Call (contact) on their home phone.
  • Get my call history.
  • Play the voicemail from (contact).
  • Do I have new voicemails?

#2. Restaurants – Get Details

You may have a preferred app for finding restaurants or making reservations. But, Siri can do this for you too. The next time you want to make plans for dinner, you can use these Siri commands:

  • Find the best burger place in (city).
  • Show me reviews for (restaurant and city).
  • Make a reservation at (restaurant name or type) (day and time).
  • Where is the closest pizza place?
Restaurants Siri Commands

#3. Movies and TV – Search for Shows and Theaters

Whether you want to find the latest episode of your favorite show or see which movies are playing at your local theater, you are covered with Siri. Check out these examples of how Siri can help you find what to watch:

  • Watch the latest episode of (TV show).
  • Find horror movies on Netflix.
  • What is (movie) rated?
  • Show me what movies are playing nearby.
Movies and TV Siri Commands

#4. Settings – Access Settings

Save time from opening your Settings app to perform simple actions. Siri can do exactly what you need, when you need it. Here are just a few things you can ask:

  • Is my Bluetooth on?
  • Turn on Airplane Mode.
  • Open Sounds.
  • Show me my Facebook settings.
Settings Siri Commands

#5. Home – For Home App Users

If you use the Home app to secure your home or automate settings, Siri can speed things up when you are heading out the door. Give commands or ask questions like these:

  • Lock the back door.
  • Is the porch light on?
  • Set up for movie night.
  • Is the front door locked?
Home Siri Commands

On Your Mac

#6. Finder – Open Files

This may be one of the commands you already use to open folders quickly. But, what many people might not know is that Siri can open files based on a day, name, or contact. Just start the command with the words Find, Open, Get, or Show. Here are a few examples:

  • Find the Word doc I worked on yesterday.
  • Open the file (filename).
  • Get the file (contact) sent me.
  • Show me all Excel files.
Finder Siri Commands

#7. System Preferences – Make Adjustments

You can view and adjust system settings, change your display settings, and even ask a settings-related question. For instance:

  • Make my screen brighter (or darker).
  • Change my wallpaper.
  • Is my Wi-Fi on?
  • Put my Mac to sleep.
System Preferences Siri Commands

#8. About This Mac – Get Information Fast

While you can certainly click the Apple logo from your menu and select About This Mac, you don’t have to if you just ask Siri. Try some of these handy commands for quick details about your machine:

  • How much storage space do I have?
  • How fast is my Mac?
  • What is my serial number?
  • What OS version do I have?
About My Mac Siri Commands

#9. On All of Your Devices

  • General Questions: Get answers to math problems, city details, word spellings, and more.
  • Maps: Ask for directions, show locations on the map, or find local businesses.
  • Messages: Send or respond to messages, read alerts, search for messages.
  • Music: Play a specific artist or song from Apple Music, identify tunes, or buy songs.
  • Sports: Get scores, game schedules, and standings.

If you are ever unsure of what you can ask Siri, just open the app and click the Question Mark icon. Each category will display on your device and you can select one for more details.

Siri Commands

You can also have a little fun with Siri by asking questions like, “What’s your last name?”, “What’s your favorite color?”, or “Do you like Microsoft?”. Or, ask to hear a joke, story, or poem. Whatever you choose to use Siri for, remember to take advantage of this handy built-in tool. Are you an avid Siri user and if so, which commands do you use most often?

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Source: iPhone Hacks: 9 Cool Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do with Siri by Sandy Stachowiak

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