Q: siri

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masong517

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Q: siri

I have installed Sierra on my mid-2014 iMac. Everything is working pretty well except Siri. I have set all of the parameters in System Preferences, etc. but can never get it to work. The icon is in the menu bar, but clicking it does nothing (apparent anyway). I never see the wavy box, nothing. Any ideas?

Posted on Sep 26, 2016 9:56 AM

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dialabrain

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Mac App Store

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FWIW, there were a few posts about Siri not working if the Notification Center was disabled. Either purposely or not.

See this post…

Siri not working on Mac Sierra

Posted on Sep 26, 2016 10:15 AM

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by Allan Eckert,

Allan Eckert Sep 26, 2016 10:08 AM in response to masong517
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Sep 26, 2016 10:08 AM in response to masong517

You don't get an audio greeting from Siri on the speakers and a little pane in the upper right hand of the screen showing how Siri interprets your command?

What do you see in System Preferences > Siri?
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masong517 Sep 26, 2016 1:41 PM in response to Allan Eckert
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Sep 26, 2016 1:41 PM in response to Allan Eckert

Nope, not a thing. Preferences show Siri enabled and icon in the menu bar.
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masong517 Sep 26, 2016 1:44 PM in response to dialabrain
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Sep 26, 2016 1:44 PM in response to dialabrain

Thanks - I just tried this, but no joy. I had disabled notifications intentionally, but it is now working, but still no Siri.
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masong517 Sep 26, 2016 1:53 PM in response to dialabrain
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Sep 26, 2016 1:53 PM in response to dialabrain

Yay! After a system restart, it works.
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dialabrain Sep 26, 2016 2:11 PM in response to masong517
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Sep 26, 2016 2:11 PM in response to masong517

Glad to hear it. I think a restart was mentioned in the other thread.
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Accepted Answer · Sep 26, 2016 10:15 AM

dialabrain

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Sep 26, 2016 10:15 AM in response to masong517

FWIW, there were a few posts about Siri not working if the Notification Center was disabled. Either purposely or not.

See this post…

Siri not working on Mac Sierra

Q: siri

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