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I can't find Siri icon in system preferences

Hello everyone. I have a macbook air 2017 and i can't find Siri icon in system preference. So how i can activate Siri? Please help me guys.




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MacBook Air 13", OS X 10.11

Posted on Feb 23, 2020 6:52 AM

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Posted on Feb 28, 2020 1:32 AM

Siri was never on El Capitan.

If your mac can run Sierra it can run High Sierra which still receives security upgrades.


The model and year of your Mac will determine which macOS you can upgrade to,

read the following links.


How to upgrade to macOS Mojave - Apple Support

How to upgrade to macOS High Sierra - Apple Support


Before upgrading make a full back up of your Mac.


Check that third party apps you use have updates available for the new OS.

https://roaringapps.com

Check that your printers/ scanners etc have updated drivers and software available for the new OS.


If you are considering upgrading to Catalina be warned that it does not support 32bit apps.

Your Mac is probably running 32bit apps and these will need to be updated to 64bit apps,

some updates may be free, some may be paid. Use this app to discover which apps you have

are 32bit, https://www.stclairsoft.com/Go64/. Once the list has been created you can then

contact the developers of the apps to see if they provide 64bit updates. 


How to upgrade to macOS Catalina – Apple Support


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Feb 28, 2020 1:32 AM in response to OutSider-

Siri was never on El Capitan.

If your mac can run Sierra it can run High Sierra which still receives security upgrades.


The model and year of your Mac will determine which macOS you can upgrade to,

read the following links.


How to upgrade to macOS Mojave - Apple Support

How to upgrade to macOS High Sierra - Apple Support


Before upgrading make a full back up of your Mac.


Check that third party apps you use have updates available for the new OS.

https://roaringapps.com

Check that your printers/ scanners etc have updated drivers and software available for the new OS.


If you are considering upgrading to Catalina be warned that it does not support 32bit apps.

Your Mac is probably running 32bit apps and these will need to be updated to 64bit apps,

some updates may be free, some may be paid. Use this app to discover which apps you have

are 32bit, https://www.stclairsoft.com/Go64/. Once the list has been created you can then

contact the developers of the apps to see if they provide 64bit updates. 


How to upgrade to macOS Catalina – Apple Support


I can't find Siri icon in system preferences

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