Script to disable and re-enable Siri

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Script to disable and re-enable Siri

Hi Everyone,

We are using a MFA sign on system on our Macs. When a system is locked and the user is prompted to sign in again and with MFA, Siri no longer works. I can click on Siri icon and nothing pops up. The only way to get it working again is to disable it in System Preferences and re-enable it. Or restarting the computer works too. This is incredibly inefficient though.

This happens in MacOS Catalina and above.

I have the MFA company looking into a fix but there is no ETA.

Does anyone know of a script or a way to automate a fix for Siri?

Thank you,

Adam

MacBook Pro

Posted on Aug 5, 2022 7:22 AM

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avanspro Author

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Sep 19, 2022 9:04 AM in response to avanspro

Found this on StackExchange.

https://idmsa.apple.com/IDMSWebAuth/signin?path=%2F%2Fthread%2F254091262%3FreplyId%3D254091262021%26login%3Dtrue&language=US-EN&instanceId=EN&appIdKey=529eb2b096d5a3d54162171f0f29ba797e602812660013123243e58bc7bedf56&rv=1

Using defaults command to operate settings in .plist file is much easier and quicker.

# Disable "Ask Siri"
defaults write com.apple.assistant.support "Assistant Enabled" -bool false

# Remove siri icon from status menu
defaults write com.apple.Siri StatusMenuVisible -bool false

The daemon assistantd is still running. I don't recommend disable it cause you need to disable SIP.

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This command to disable/enable Siri works, however after the MFA program Watchguard AuthPoint locks the Macs, this command does not seem to solve the issue.

I will keepp looking.

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Script to disable and re-enable Siri

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