How does Siri auto-enabling itself after being disabled in settings?

To duplicate on Mac book pro:


  1. Go into settings, Siri, remove the checkbox enabling Siri to disable it, and confirm. Notice that the enable checkbox is not checked.
  2. Work intensely on your Mac book pro for a couple days up to a week.
  3. Notice Siri popups starting up and getting more intense and also seem to occur every time you hit the delete/backspace key. Also notice that a Siri icon exists on the bar directly above the delete key.
  4. Go into settings, Siri, and notice that the checkbox to enable Siri is now mysteriously checked.


Is there a way to disable Siri and prevent Siri from re-enabling itself after a couple days of intense keyboard use?

Powerbook

Posted on Aug 8, 2019 5:54 AM

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Aug 8, 2019 8:36 AM in response to Spiraleddy

The Siri 'Turn off' feature you refer to only disables [√] Ask Siri, normally always listening for you to say, "Hey Siri"


The default keyboard shortcut to activate Siri at any time (regardless of the setting of the [√] Ask Siri checkbox) by default is "Hold command space", so if you hold command and space at any time, you will invoke Siri regardless of the checkbox.


If you honestly Never expect to invoke Siri for anything, change its keyboard shortcut to "Off", or to something much more unlikely and obscure.

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